Film Education and Students’ Mental Health

How can film education contribute to the mental well-being of pupils and students? And what are the opportunities and challenges of working with film in school?

A moderated discussion with educators of film education will offer inspiring perspectives on how film can be used to explore topics such as mental well-being, empathy, and self-reflection, while also helping to create a safe classroom environment. The sharing of specific approaches, experiences, and methods will serve as inspiration for teachers and professionals who wish to use film not only as an artistic medium, but also as an educational and supportive tool.

The speakers will be Daniela Nicklisch and Christian Dirksen.

The programme will be held in English and translated into Czech.

PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME IS POSSIBLE AFTER WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF YOUR REGISTRATION. THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS OCTOBER 26. REGISTER HERE!

FREE ADMISSION.

For further information, please contact adela@boofest.cz.

Daniela Nicklisch teaches German and history and is an experienced, long-standing film education teacher, which is her passion. She sees working with film as a way to motivate students to work independently and creatively, which boosts their self-confidence and enables them to experience success beyond traditional teaching methods. Her focus is on combining film analysis with practical film work. Daniela works as a seminar leader for teachers, provides film training for teachers and educators, writes film booklets, and creates worksheets for working with film in the classroom. She has established her own film department at her school, the Hermann-Hesse-Gymnasium in Berlin-Kreuzberg. She is a member of the Film Education Network in Berlin. The network meets regularly to exchange ideas about possibilities and methods of film education.

Christian Dirksen studied art education, history, and social studies for teaching in Frankfurt am Main. He has been working for 20 years at IGS Herder in Frankfurt am Main, a cultural school of the state of Hessen. There, he is engaged in various aspects of film education: in a four-hour practical film day, the youth film jury group, the short film break group, as well as in subject lessons. For the past five years, he has participated with the practical film day in the renowned international film education program “Le cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse” (CCAJ). At the school, he coordinates the cooperation with the German Film Institute & Film Museum (DFF).