Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids – a section curated by Schermi e Lavagne, the Cineteca di Bologna’s Educational Department – offers our younger viewers a journey through time and space: an eight-day programme filled with approximately thirty films, creative workshops, shows and concerts.

Of the several themes included, the programme will voyage through the fairy tales of the world, the Polish school of animation, a programme in collaboration with the La Rochelle festival; there will be classics such as White Mane by Albert Lamorisse and Heidi by Luigi Comencini, and finally, the “Cinemini” selection, presented by the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt.

Alongside screenings for children, Schermi e Lavagne introduces activities dedicated to young cinephiles. Students from the Conservatory of Rovigo have recently composed the soundtracks for a selection of Italian films from the 1910s, under the guidance of Daniele Furlati. The Cinema Ritrovato Young group will present a number of titles and produce video clips, interviews with guests and the audience, and film reviews. Schermi e Lavagne will organise, alongside the European Children’s Film Association, the first edition of the ECFA Workshop Warehouse, an initiative that will host approximately fifty operators specialised in film education and representatives of European festivals to follow a series of innovative workshops.