International Forum Cinema of Small Nations, Film Literacy and New Audiences

Coord.: Xosé Soengas (USC)

– Presentation of the objectives of the International Forum “Cinema of Small Nations, Film Literacy and New Audiences”
– Introduction to the R+D Project “Towards European Digital Space. The role of Small Cinemas in original version” (MINECO. CSO2012-35784)

Speakers:
• Margarita Ledo Andión (USC)
• Antía López Gómez (USC)

Coord.: Amanda Paz Alencar (Universiteit Van Amsterdam)

– To explore the situation of small cinematographies in order to evaluate the role of diversity in the European public policies for cinema.
– To identify the problems for the visibility of these cinemas in the European Digital Space.

Speakers:
• Marta Pérez Pereiro (USC)
• Pietari Kääpä (University of Stirling).
• Steve Blandford (University of South of Wales)

Coord.: Vítor Reia Baptista (Universidade do Algarve)
– New audiences for non-mainstream productions.
– New languages and products or cultures with a limited visibility in the market.
– Media literacy as a key factor for the development of new audiences, skilled to watch films from small cinematographies in OV.

Speakers:

• Mark Reid (British Film Institute)
• Ian Wall (Film Education)
• Florine Wiebenga (Eye Film Institute)

Coord.: Marta Pérez Pereiro (USC)

The access to diversity in cinema under several perspectives:
– The accessibility of different collectives to cinema as producers and audience
– Experiences of deleting physical, comercial or linguistic boundaries
– Different modes to face and deal with exclusion in films

Speakers:
• Pablo Romero Fresco (University Roehampton)
• Federico Spoletti (Sub TI)
• Virginia Villaplana (Universidad de Murcia)

Coord.: Patxi Azpillaga (Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea)
– To analyse who small cinemas are accessible, particularly through new screens and how they generate new modes of consumption.

Speakers:
• Marijke de Valck (Universiteit Van Amsterdam)
• Luz Delgado (Europa Cinemas) e Juan Heras (Cines Van Dyck)
• Aida Vallejo Vallejo (Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea)

Coord.: Enrique Castelló Mayo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

“Persoas” (IES Cacherias-Teo. 2013. 15’)
“Massó no recordo” (CEIP A Rúa Cangas. 2013. 20’.)

– Margarita Ledo Andión (USC): President
– Ana Isabel Rodríguez (USC): Secretary
– Silvia Roca Baamonde (USC): Secretary

– Enrique Castelló Mayo (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
– Xaime Fandiño Alonso (USC)
– Antía López Gómez (USC)
– Amanda Paz Alencar (Universiteit Van Amsterdam)
– Marta Pérez Pereiro (USC)
– Xosé Soengas Pérez (USC)

-Margarita Ledo Andión (USC)
-Francisco Javier Azpillaga Goenaga (Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea)
-Steve Blandford (University of South Wales)
-Demetrio Brisset Martin (Universidad de Málaga)
-Enrique Castelló Mayo (USC)
-Xaime Fandiño Alonso (USC
-Begoña Gutiérrez San Miguel (Universidad de Salamanca)
-Antía López Gómez (USC)
-Amanda Paz Alencar (Universiteit Van Amsterdam)
-Marta Pérez Pereiro (USC)
-Vitor Reia-Baptista (Universidade do Algarve)
-Ana Isabel Rodríguez Vázquez (USC)
-Francisco Sierra Caballero (Universidad de Sevilla)
-Xosé Soengas (USC)
-Virginia Villaplana Ruiz (Universidad de Murcia)

“Read the Masks. Tradition is not given” (Petra Bauer and Annette Krauss. 2009. 80’). 23, October. 19:15 h. Auditorium.
The film is part of an ongoing project of the same title which questions the Dutch tradition of Zwarte Piet (Black Pete) in the light of its social and political implications.

“Subtramas” (Virginia Villaplana, Diego del Pozo and Montse Romaní. 2014. 70’). 24 October. 13:30 h. Auditorium.
Documentary video-essay reflecting on a set of practical-theoretical experiments that explore the collaborative approach to the creation of audiovisual narratives. Three
open-ended lines of inquiry are combined in the film: the construction of new imaginaries,experiments on participatory reception, and a pedagogy of collective images.

“Negra Blanca” (Imma Benavente, Helena de Llanos, Miguel A. Rodriguez, Elsa Barreras, Irene Núfar, Ángel Monpeán, e Nacho Valero. 2013. 90’). 24 October. 19:30 h. Auditorium.
Collective film between reality and fiction of people who likes stories. How far are we willing to believe?

“Persoas”(IES Cacherias-Teo. 2013. 15’). 24 October. 18:15 h. Auditorium.
Short on migration and equality between people. International issues such as poverty, gender discrimination, war and lack of freedom of expression. The piece is the result of the
media literacy project “Aturuxo Filmes”, that IES Cacheiras Teo has been developing for nine years. The session will be preceded by exposure of the project from its creators.

“Massó no recordo” (CEIP A Rúa Cangas. 2013. 20’). 24 October. 18:30 h. Auditorium.
Documentary work on the memory of a place and the imprint it makes on people who lived there. The film project is the result of the media literacy project “Cineando Illusions” that
CEIP A Rúa de Cangas has developed in collaboration with the Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (CGAI) as part of the activity “Cinema en curso” The session will be preceded by
exposure of the project from its creators.