26/07/2002

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From 15 to 24 November 2002, Europe will celebrate its film heritage with CinEd@ys Europe 2002 an initiative of the European Commission and of its responsible for education, culture and audiovisual media.
CinEd@ys Europe 2002 is founded on two parallel and simultaneous events: European Film Heritage Week launched throughout Europe this year, and Netd@ys Europe a campaign promoting the use of new media in education and culture. Since 1997, this annual November event has mobilised over 30,000 schools and 500,000 young people and education and culture professionals around exchanges and multimedia projects. This year´s Netd@ys 2002 focuses on (moving) image education.
This initiative is organised with the patronage of the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and is supported by many European cinemas and film libraries.

CinEd@ys Europe 2002 objectives are threefold:
- To enable Europeans, especially young people, to (re)discover the treasures of European cinema, to deepen their understanding of their own cinematographic culture or simply their knowledge of Europe;
- To raise the profile of European Film Heritage in all its rich diversity;
- To introduce Europeans to the possibilities now created by digital imaging technologies.

In addition to programming classic European films in cinemas and across television networks, this initiative will allow young people to improve their knowledge of cinematic heritage and of `the image,´ through a programme of events carried out by schools, film institutes and other educational and cultural bodies.
European Cinema Heritage Week is in line with the European Union's Media Plus programme, which encourages the development, distribution and promotion of films.
«There is not just `one´ European cinema, but `several´. In establishing the Week, I hope that the European public will discover the great films which are the key elements of our cultural diversity, and that they will get into the habit of going to see European films. I also see this Week as an opportunity to underline the importance of conserving the archives and to undertake initiatives throughout Europe for education in the visual image» said Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Education and Culture.

Events related to CinEd@ys Europe 2002 will be organised throughout Europe, with an opening event in Copenhagen on 14 November, under the patronage of the Danish Presidency, and, as the main event, a film and multimedia screening in Brussels on 23 November.

You can become a partner of CinEd@ys Europe 2002 by filling the entry form.