Lo schermo dell’arte is committed to promoting moving images for younger audiences through the project Oltre lo schermo.
An image education project aimed at students and teachers from nursery, primary, and lower secondary schools, designed to strengthen critical knowledge of audiovisual media by expanding educational offerings with activities that introduce cinematic language, and to provide skills in writing, production, and editing.
Activities will begin in January 2026 with film screenings in cinemas and via streaming, as well as workshop-based activities for both students and teachers.
The schools involved in the project are I.C. Pirandello in Florence, I.C. Pelago, and I.C. Teresa Mattei in Bagno a Ripoli.
Oltre lo schermo – 3rd Edition
is an initiative carried out within the framework of the National Plan for Cinema and Images for Schools, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC) and the Ministry of Education and Merit (MIM).
LO SCHERMO DELL’ARTE YOUNG
February 3 – March 31 2026
Film programme
Four morning screenings at Cinema La Compagnia in Florence and Cinema Italia in Pontassieve
Lo schermo dell’arte Young is a film programme addressed to pupils in the 4th and 5th grades of primary school and the 2nd and 3rd grades of lower secondary school from the three schools involved in the project.
The films were introduced by Milo Adami, filmmaker and lecturer at ISIA Urbino, CIPS trainer, and founder of the association 24FPS.
SCHEDULE
Cinema La Compagnia, Florence – 9 February and 4 June 2026
Screenings for 2nd-year lower secondary school classes from I.C. Pirandello and I.C. Teresa Mattei
Cinema Italia, Pontassieve – 31 March 2026
Screenings for 2nd-year lower secondary school classes from I.C. Pelago:
- On the 8th day
Directed by Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois
(France, 2023, 8’)
Seven days were needed to create the world; just one was enough to disrupt its balance. Created by a collective of newly graduated students from Pôle 3D in France, Au 8ème jour is the result of an extraordinary animation project with a strong visual impact, made with fabric and thread and accompanied by an intense musical score.
- Sauvages
Directed by Claude Barras
(Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2024, 87’)
In the heart of Borneo, Kéria rescues an orangutan baby from loggers. Together with her cousin Selaï and little Oshi, she faces a forest threatened by destruction, rediscovering along the way her roots in the Penan indigenous community. Sauvages is a sensitive and engaging story that intertwines environmental protection with cultural identity, powerfully and delicately bringing together ecological and universal themes.
- The Ostrich
Directed by Marie Kenov
(Switzerland, 2025, 9’)
A sparrow dreams of becoming an ostrich, fascinated by the perfect images he sees every day on social media and in advertisements. Through training, transformations, and attempts to approach his ideal, he is eventually confronted with reality when he meets a real ostrich. The Ostrich is an ironic and delicate fable about identity and self-acceptance, reflecting on the power of images and the endless pursuit of a model of perfection.
Cinema Italia, Pontassieve – 3 February 2026
Screenings for 4th and 5th-year primary school classes from I.C. Pelago.
Cinema La Compagnia, Florence – 20 February 2026
Screenings for 4th and 5th-year primary school classes from I.C. Pirandello.
- L’ultima ape
Directed by Andrea Deaglio, Monica Torasso
(Italy, 2023, 10’)
The story of a bee that, in a world devastated by pollution, finds a home in an unexpected and surprising place: a special waste landfill.
- Mary Anning
Directed by Marcel Barelli
(Switzerland, Belgium, 2025, 72’)
At the age of 12, Mary is a determined and curious teenager. She spends her days exploring the seashore in search of fossils, strange stones from another time. She believes that, by uncovering the secret behind a mysterious sketch left by her father as his only legacy, she will be able to lift her family out of poverty. What she discovers will make Mary the first palaeontologist of the modern era.
Streaming
13 April – 13 May 2026
From 13 April to 13 May 2026, 10 feature-length and short films, including animated films and documentaries, were made freely available to teachers from the participating schools on the MYmovies ONE platform, accompanied by educational kits to support classroom screenings.
PRIMARY SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
January - March 2026
Three workshops for 4th and 5th grade classes at I.C. Statale Pirandello, led by artists Agnese Galiotto, Claudia Losi, and Lori Lako.
The workshops, focused on early and hands-on visual literacy, are dedicated to exploring the world of moving images and are structured into three distinct activities.
Agnese Galiotto – Animals in Motion
Years 4 and 5, “Locchi” Primary School, I.C. Pirandello
January 20–21, 2026
A workshop dedicated to drawing and representing animal movement. Through the creation of drawing sequences and the use of the Toupie Fantoches—a rotating mirrored pyramid—children transform still images into small animations inspired by early cinema.
The three-hour workshop alternates between screening, experimentation, and hands-on activities, fostering observation, imagination, and creativity.
Claudia Losi – Anìmule
Years 4 and 5, “Calvino” Primary School, I.C. Pirandello
January 22–23, 2026
Starting from her performance Anìmule, artist Claudia Losi leads a workshop for children that reinterprets and adapts the principles of the original project, previously presented as part of the VR exhibition Eating the Planet at Palazzo Strozzi during the 18th edition of Lo Schermo dell’Arte.
The activity invites children to explore the relationship between form, light, and storytelling through a simple creative gesture: tearing sheets of paper by hand to create silhouettes. These figures, born from a spontaneous and intuitive act, then become the protagonists of a short story.
Using a flashlight, the silhouettes are animated and projected onto the walls, turning into moving shadows. The experience becomes a reflection on early cinema and on how light, movement, and narrative are closely intertwined in the creation of an image.
Lori Lako
Years 4 and 5, “Ambrosoli” Primary School, I.C. Pirandello
February 19–27, 2026
A video workshop introducing children to the use of the fixed shot, without editing, allowing rhythm to emerge from each participant’s timing, words, and gestures.
The activity takes place around a single desk, positioned in a location within the school chosen together with the participants. The shot begins empty and, one by one, the children enter the frame, sit down, and say a verb in the infinitive form, inspired both by everyday school actions and by imagined gestures.
Before leaving the frame, each child places a personal object on the desk, contributing to the creation of a collective installation. The videos produced by the different classes are then edited by the artist as variations on the same theme, moving between reality and imagination.
Lower Secondary School Workshops
January - March 2026
Year 3, Lower Secondary School – I.C. Pirandello, Florence
January 21 – February 25, 2026
Artists Roberto Fassone and Giacomo Raffaelli will guide the classes in the creation of a video through playful and experimental activities developed during the previous two editions of the project. These activities allow students to learn by doing, stimulating creativity and encouraging lateral thinking.
The programme includes hands-on exercises in filming techniques, sound recording, and basic editing skills, aimed at combining images, sounds, and words to generate different meanings and emotions.
March 9–20, 2026
We Are Moved by Desire, Not by Calculation is a workshop led by artist Marina Arienzale, with the support of sound artist Francesco Puppo. The classes will explore the tools and formats typical of short videos and interviews.
At the end of the programme, the artist will present a video and audio interpretation of the experience shared with the students, based on editing the materials produced during the sessions.
February 4 – May 7, 2026
Guided by tutor Veronica Citi—videomaker, lecturer, and coordinator of the two-year Cinema and Audiovisuals course at the Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence—the classes will experiment with the stages of audiovisual production and acquire skills in writing, filming, and editing.
Specifically, students will engage either with stop-motion animation techniques or the creation of a collective music video
MINICINE
March - May 2026
In collaboration with Taartrovers, Lo schermo dell’arte produced MiniCine, a kit for playing and reflecting on moving image, donated to the five nursery schools of the partner institutes involved in the project. Designed to introduce young children to the world of cinema and pre-cinema through play and experimentation, the kit includes hands-on activities such as creating moving images with stop-motion animation, making thaumatropes, and telling stories through the shadow theatre.
Thanks to MiniCine, a series of classroom workshops was organised, combining the use of the kit with screenings of short abstract, animated and non-narrative films. The activities provided children with the opportunity to explore the broad and diverse world of moving images, encouraging new perspectives and reflections, fostering imagination and creativity, and nurturing a curious approach to the language of cinema.
The project was also accompanied by training activities for teachers, aimed at providing them with the tools and skills needed to use MiniCine independently and integrate its activities into their everyday teaching practice.
workshops for teachers
February - May 2026
I.C. Pirandello
22 April – 27 May 2026
Ideas, Stories and Imagination: Audiovisual Tools and Methods for the Classroom
A workshop led by Roberto Fassone and Giacomo Raffaelli, combining theory and practice to explore the language of moving images through creative, playful approaches that foster imagination. The course is divided into three modules, each including a theoretical introduction to the history, methods and educational objectives of audiovisual practices, hands-on activities with practical exercises and group discussions, and a counselling session designed to help teachers adapt and apply the acquired knowledge within their own teaching contexts.
I.C. Pelago and I.C. Teresa Mattei
11 – 16 February 2026
Reason and Emotion: Cinema in Educational Practice
A teacher training course led by Chiara Tognolotti, Associate Professor at the University of Pisa and expert in film history and gender studies. The course explores cinema as both an educational tool and a space for critical reflection. It consists of three sessions: from educational approaches to cinema and the relationship between screens and classrooms, to cinema as a means of engaging with cultural diversity, and finally to reflections on the representation of gender identities.
I.C. Teresa Mattei
22 April – 18 May 2026
Practical workshop for teachers led by Veronica Citi designed to provide teachers with practical skills that can be readily applied in everyday teaching, combining elements of film theory with accessible digital tools. It was structured into three modules: an introduction to the fundamentals of film directing, audiovisual language, and visual storytelling; a hands-on module focused on the production of video materials based on ideas developed by the teachers themselves; and a video editing module centred on the use of CapCut, a software selected in collaboration with the teachers for its ease of use and its potential to be integrated into classroom activities and future school projects.
OLTRE LO SCHERMO 2026
An initiative realised within the framework of the National Plan for Cinema and Images for Schools, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Culture (MiC) and the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit (MIM).
The workshop led by artists Roberto Fassone and Giacomo Raffaelli is part of Guida Immaginaria dell’Isolotto, a project by Lo schermo dell’arte in collaboration with Fondazione CR Firenze.
Project partners
- Taartrovers, Amsterdam
- UNIPI DISCO Discipline dello Spettacolo e della Comunicazione
- UNIPI CoMeTe Comunicazione, Media, Tecnologie
- UNIFI DAMS Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo
