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Alice in the Cities chosen
as one of 35 films to be introduced A commission in Berlin has presented a list of 35 international movies, which it hopes will constitute the core of a German film education program in the near future. The list of films has been suggested for use in classes from grade 1 through 13. At present German schools utilize films in class only to illustrate literature or history classes. A film-specific curriculum does not exist. Some people want to change that. "The moving picture is the leading medium of the 20th century" says Thomas Krueger, president of the German Federal Center for Political Education (bpb), who initiated the program together with the curator of the Berlin Film festival Alfred Holighaus. Among the panel of 19 people who were chosen to select the films are many film directors - Andreas Dresen, Dominik Graf, Volker Schloendorff and Tom Tykwer among others - as well as writers, critics and film scholars. Other European countries, such as Sweden and the Netherlands, have noticed the potential of movies as assets for education and have already integrated programs in their respective school systems in the late Nineties. The potential of movies to effectively confront students with societal issues such as drugs, friendship, family, foreign cultures, violence, role models, environment, prejudice. If the Education commisar of the European Proponents of the program argue that the potential of movies to effectively confront students with societal issues such as drugs, friendship, family, foreign cultures, violence, role models, environment and prejudice is tremedous. If Viviane Reding - Culture Minister at the European Union - had her say, the subject film would be introduced at schools Europa-wide immediately. An ongoing discussion on the project, its validity and benefits can be followed on the web site of the German Federal Center for Political Education. (Sorry folks -German only) Click here for the list of films and more information
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