CINeDUCATION
Within the framework of the mission of the cultural organization A.E.I. AUDIOVISUAL FORUM to train our young people in cultural heritage issues through innovative actions, the educational program CINeDUCATION was designed, as part of the Annual AEI Cyprus Film Festival.
The program started in 2018 in policy and in collaboration with the UNESCO Corporate Schools Network (ASPnet) Cyprus and which continues uninterrupted until today with great success. Currently, the CINeDUCATION program is aimed at Secondary Education students, University students and youth centers.
The CINeDUCATION program includes film workshops production of short documentaries by professionals in the field of cinema with the aim of acquiring skills in the field of film production with an emphasis on the documentary genre.
As part of the workshops, the participating groups of pupils and students must create a ten-minute documentary on a topic of their choice, which belongs to one of the following three thematic sections:
- Archaeology
- Ethnography
- History
In the six years of implementation of the CINeDUCATION program, approximately 700 secondary school students and 100 students have participated and 60 ten-minute documentaries have been created.
School Workshops
Film Student Workshops
The ten-minute documentaries created by the CINeDUCATION program participate in the Educational Department of the AEI Cyprus Film Festival and compete for the following monetary prizes that are awarded by our institutional sponsors: the Cyprus Radiotelevision authority and the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO.
Three cash prizes from the Cyprus Broadcasting Authority are as follows: 1st prize 500 Euros, 2nd prize 300 Euros and 3rd prize 200 Euros. They are awarded to the three best productions by student groups.
The special prize of the Cyprus National UNESCO Commission of 400 Euros, is awarded to a documentary created by a student or student group and which presents in the best way a topic from the cultural heritage of Cyprus.
The screenings are done in the presence of their creators, who share with the public their experiences gained from their participation in the specific Action.
The educational program CINeDUCATION is completed with the organization of the Students’ Day at the end of the AEI Film Festival and before the opening of the school year after the Christmas Holidays.
Teachers and students from all levels of public and private education are invited to the Student Day in order to be informed about the specific action.
Also, they can register their participation, if interested, for the next cycle of CINeDUCATION. As part of the conference, the three award-winning student documentaries are screened in the presence of their creator, thus offering the opportunity to interested students and teachers to chat with them and answer questions.
