Search, find, select
Searching among the astronomical quantity of films on television, on DVD, on the Internet, then choosing a film according to our activities with children is a fascinating job, but having a methodology for searching for quality films is necessary to offer a wide variety of choices, a fair idea of the panorama of audiovisual production of films for children.
The educational objectives of a film and its use in class guide the choices. Introduce children to image techniques? Stimulate artistic sensitivity? Show a film for its informative content? Enrich a subject studied at school?
Our portal aims to bring together a certain number of poetic and original films whose quality and diversity will constitute an educational environment and become an educational tool at the service of teachers and parents.
Stimulate children’s artistic sensitivity
How do films allow you to build tastes?
Why do films stimulate children's artistic sensitivity?
© Olivier Defaye. How to stimulate children's artistic sensitivity?
How to use a film as an educational support?
Can we create an educational environment of films?
Is the diversity of visual universes important for education?
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Having a wide variety of choices is necessary to correctly choose a children's film. As for broadcasters and traditional media, choices are often limited by economic constraints.
A wise method for discovering original films is to look at the creators, to listen to directors, animation schools, production companies, children's film festivals. Many short films are freely and legally accessible.
Follow the latest cinema news.
Having tools, determining criteria for choosing allows you to select films based on the use of a film in class or at home.
Capturing the attention of small children
A film to laugh with the family, to explain ecology? A film to entertain at school, to study cinema? A film to extend a subject developed with the students, to create an educational activity?
© Rebecca Manley. Children's film: Table Manners
Asking questions about the educational potential of films guides research, selection criteria and the choice of films. Why show, what is a film for? To offer educational, entertaining and original films likely to captivate children, the content of the films must be adapted to the age of the children.
Offer original messages and visual universes
The originality of the stories and visual universes aims to raise awareness and artistic awakening in children. The objective of our children's film portal is to offer original films, which little ones do not easily have the opportunity to see.
How to follow cinema news to find the right film?
The rankings, inventories and lists of films allow you to have a quick overview of the best films. Several rankings, top 10, top 100, are available on the internet and children's film specialists regularly publish their own selection. Children from 2 or 3 years old sometimes have difficulty maintaining their attention for a feature-length animated film; so we think that short films are perfect for little ones. However, feature films, the great classics of animated films for children, remain a source of discovery, reflection and wonder. Here is our ranking of the most beautiful animated films for young audiences, the best animated films to see with the family, the unmissable ones. We have selected, for each film, the most representative extracts and the most beautiful songs.
best feature films for children...
© Paul Grimault. Children's feature film: The King and the Bird, 1980.
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