The cinemas in the district have been closed for weeks and months. If the pandemic and the local infection numbers allow, they may soon be able to resume operations under certain conditions. And the school cinema week, in which the Moosburger Rosenhof-Lichtspiele have been participating for years, should then be on the program again. But Rosenhof operator Verena Dollinger is still a little cautious. In her announcement she speaks of “that the annual Bavarian School Cinema Week will probably take place again in our house in April”.
According to the plan, the 14th edition of the Bavarian School Cinema Week will be offered from April 26th to May 5th – after the largest project in the country to promote film and media skills had to be canceled shortly before the opening last year. “Bavarian schoolchildren can then look forward to a film program as usual that is tailored to grades, subjects and curriculum-relevant content. , writes Vision Kino, a film and media literacy network responsible for school cinema week. Vision Kino is a non-profit organization that promotes film and media skills among children and young people. The Bavarian School Cinema Week is coordinated and carried out by the State Institute for School Quality and Educational Research on behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture. The Ministry of Culture recognizes the attendance of the film screenings as teaching time.
“In order to do justice to a comprehensive protection and hygiene concept”, this time the school cinema week has been extended to a period of ten instead of five days, “because, among other things, the start times are organized with a time delay and the number of viewers in the cinema is limited to individual schools and classes.” , explains Rosenhof boss Verena Dollinger. “That means that only closed class groups from one school are possible per performance.”
According to the official project description by Vision Kino, cinemas have firmly established themselves “as cultural learning locations” in everyday school life. 120 cinemas in 109 cities are taking part in the 14th Bavarian School Cinema Week “and will most likely reopen their halls for cinema lessons after long closing times”. An extensive accompanying didactic program is available. According to the announcement, free teaching materials for downloading as well as additional digital offers ensure optimal preparation and follow-up of the films in class. In the run-up to the project weeks, “in February and March, teachers were offered online training courses in film education in order to prepare them as well as possible for dealing with the medium of film in the best possible way.”
The offer of the school cinema week includes special programs on current focus topics. The films in the special series deal with the bioeconomy as part of the Science Year 2020/21 or the 17 goals of the UN Agenda 2030 for a sustainable, just and livable future. “The issues of racism, police violence and black life in US cinema films, a special program that was created in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education,” said the announcement, have particular social relevance and topicality. Another focus is “Reality – yesterday and today” with films on contemporary history, social change and political education.
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