Second edition of the festival CULMEA: Film and Environmental EducationIt takes place between October 16 and 20, in Brasov, and is the first film festival that aims to use film education in support of children and young people who want to know more about the environment and the climate crisis and to provide them with a tool for debate and engagement.
Short film program for 7-12 year olds - perfect for schools, after-schools
The course of short films for schools lasts 40 minutes and is followed by a guided discussion with a cultural mediator from the CULMEA team. We encourage you to come with the class for a one-hour program that includes watching short films and a guided discussion by a mediator experienced in working with children. They will learn more about what they have watched, about themes in the films, and will be able to ask questions to satisfy their curiosity about the films, characters, animation techniques or themes addressed. We are ready to answer all the questions of “Yes why?”:)
WHEN:
Wednesday 16 Oct, Thu 17 Oct, Friday 18 Oct - from 11:30am to 12:30pm and 12:30pm to 1:30pm
DETAILS:
The price of a short film ticket is 5 lei for children and 10 lei for adults.
The price of a ticket to feature films is 10 lei for children and 20 lei for adults.
The screenings take place at Olimpia - the Museum of Mountain Sports and Tourism (George Coşbuc Street No. 2) and the entrance ticket to the film also allows you to visit the museum.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased online by herein.
MOVIE PRESENTATION
Soup (Netherlands, 2023, directed by Christa Moesker, 10 min, 8 years +)
A shipwreck on an island in the ocean. An old scenario since the world, but nowadays the ocean is full of garbage and adds new challenges for our character. The animation is inspired by a real story from 2019, where a ship lost cargo off the coast of the Netherlands and hundreds of containers disappeared at sea. All garbage from containers ended up on beaches and embankments, bringing pollution from the planetary ocean before our eyes.
🏆 In the selection Athens International Children's Film Festival 2023, Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2023, Cinekid 2023
Hedgehog (Czech Republic, 2023, directed by Daniela Hýbnerová, 2 min, 6 years +)
Can hedgehogs swim?
🏆 Awarded at FEST - New Directors/New Films 2023, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023, Riga International Film Festival 2023
Dipsas speaks (Ecuador, 2022, directed by Craig Leon, 6 min, 8 years +)
The short film is a poetic reflection on the conflict between humans and wild animals. In the Amazon forest of Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet we listen to the thoughts of a snake Dipsas Klebbai, who observes the changes around her.
🏆 In the selection of the San Francisco International Film Festival 2023
The sky is square (Germany, 2022, directed by Agnes Maagaard, 12 min, 8 years +)
Chelar is upset. Angry at climate change, angry at the rules of school games, and angry at the absence of any real connection with nature. So she decides to become a tree. What begins as a spontaneous act of rebellion turns into a perspective-shifting pattern for her friends and the adults around her.
🏆 In the selection Olympia International FF for Children and Young People 2022, Giffoni 2022, Golden Sparrow 2022
The Wind and the Trees (Canada, 2022, directed by Todd Stewart, 9 min, 8 years +)
A meditation on the cycle of life, narrated by two trees in the boreal forest. One day, a small pine sapling initiates a conversation with a nearby tree. As the seedling grows, the older pine shares what it has learned about the strong wind blowing through the forest.
🏆 Awarded at Barcelona International Short Film Festival 2023, Los Angeles Animation Film Festival 2023, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023
And Thursday 17 October, at the Olimpia Museum, from 17:00we will design the wonderful adventure movie Guardians of the Delta (Romania, 2021, directed by Liviu Mărghidan, 85 min, 7 years +)
The film depicts the adventures of a group of children in a camp located in the Danube Delta; the story intertwines the lessons of initiation in kayaking and survival in the wild, with activities to greening the biosphere reserve, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991. A group of eight children break away from the rest of the camp members and discover two poachers. Courageous, but also aroused by the ironies and mischievous remarks of poachers, the little heroes embark on a real special operation sprinkled with suspense and unexpected happenings.
🏆Best Screenplay Award at Nature & Tourism Film Festival 2023
The ticket costs 10 lei for children and 20 lei for adults and can be bought online at herein.
The film screenings will be followed by discussions with cultural mediators from CULMEA team and some of the screenings will be followed by workshops.
WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.- projection of short films 8+
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.- projection of short films
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.- workshop Emerging animals 8 years + - More and more natural ecosystems are being destroyed as a direct consequence of human activities and thus many species of fauna have become endangered animals. In children, during the period when theymany questions arise, a practical approach, from the artistic sphere, can make the learning process much easier. The series of workshops “Emerging Animals” is aimed at forming an attitude to protect the environment, to take responsibility towards nature. Together we will do an imagination exercise in which we will answer the question “What will the fauna of the future look like?”, and through the mixed media technique we will sketch these beings, which we will then expose both offline and online. The workshop will last 45 minutes, and the children will be organized in groups of max 8. Recommended age: 8 - 12 years
Price: 10 lei
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.- projection of short films 8+
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.- projection of short films 8+
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.- workshop I am one with nature 8 years + - It is much more convenient for children thanchildren to be present. To stop recognizing the sounds of nature, to differentiate the shades of trees, to understand and admire the forms that the environment takes.The workshop “We are one with nature” aims to connect with the environment. Using their imagination, children will try to identify with elements of nature by creating a work of art that directly translates the way they see themselves close to nature. Are they a coniferous forest in the middle of a storm? Are a family of birds looking for warmer winds? Or maybe it's the sun that warms the earth in spring?We will thus try to make replicas of the CULMEA 2024 visual, and we will exhibit them later on the last day of the festival. The workshop will last 45 minutes, and the children will be organized in groups of max 8. Recommended age: 8 - 12 years
Price: 10 lei
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.- projection of short films 8+
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.- projection of short films 8+
DETAILS:
The price of a movie ticket is 5 lei for children and 10 lei for adults. The price of a workshop is 10 lei.
The screenings take place at Olimpia - the Museum of Mountain Sports and Tourism (George Coşbuc Street No. 2) and the entrance ticket to the film or workshop also allows you to visit the museum.
Tickets are limited and can be purchased online by herein.
