La Semaine de la Critique, true to its ambition of exchange and knowledge transmission, carries on its singular mission, to reach out to ever-broader audiences by favouring screen education initiatives dedicated to the young public. La Semaine de la Critique organises at the Cannes Films Festival and all year-round several educational activities for high school students, apprentices, secondary school pupils.
The programme includes: screenings of the selected short and feature films, meetings with film critics and members of the selection committees of La Semaine de la Critique, film analysis, workshops on how to write a film review and an introduction to film criticism.
The Franco-German Youth Office
For the eighth consecutive year, La Semaine de la Critique organises in collaboration with The Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO), a French-German training workshop on film criticism from May 22nd to 25th, held in Cannes during the Festival. Twenty French and German high school pupils from underprivileged areas participate to this workshop. The screenings and writing workshops are meant to encourage the exchange and stimulate intercultural dynamics between France and Germany, to participate to the cultural democratisation by broadening the audiences. It is also dedicated to screen education and training on film criticism for the young generation of viewers.
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The Île-de-France Region
La Semaine de la Critique organises a one-day workshop in film criticism for the “Lycéens et apprentis au cinéma” scheme in the Île-de France region. For many years, this workshop has allowed about thirty high school students to try their hand at writing on a feature film screened at La Semaine de la Critique. The workshop will be held in Paris in autumn and will be led by two professional film critics, in collaboration with the Parisian independent cinemas (CIP).
Among its activities the French Union of Film Critics has offered a foundation course and training workshops in film criticism since 2019 as part of the Ile-de-France Region’s cultural outreach programme.
The goal of this 4-day programme for 6 classes in 2 high schools located in the Ile-de-France region is to learn (cinematic and journalistic vocabulary, discover new works), to practise (film criticism writing workshops), and to discover new crafts through meetings and debates about screenings with film professionals (film journalists and critics, directors, and producers).
This course is made possible thanks to this year support of Le Vincennes, Arcel cinemas (Corbeil-Essonnes), and Le Méliès in Montreuil.
SUD/Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region
Steadfastly committed to cinema-lovers, La Semaine de la Critique is devoted to screen education for pupils in collaboration with the association Cinéma du Sud. 200 pupils from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region are welcome to its screenings during the festival in Cannes. Around sixty highshcool students will also benefit from workshops on how to write a film review, led by profesionnnal film critics during the Cannes Film Festival.
The Alpes-Maritimes County Council
La Semaine de la Critique has set up screen education programmes for the pupils in the region for many years. Thanks to this endeavour, 6 secondary-school classes - i.e. about 150 pupils - will be shown films selected by La Semaine de la Critique, discovering the short-film and feature-film formats, discovering what it is to be a film critic, and developing their analytical skills.
Paris City Hall
In 2024, La Semaine de la Critique is setting up training workshops in film criticism for secondary school pupils, in collaboration with the City of Paris and CIP collèges [CIP’s film in education programme for secondary schools]. These workshops take place over 10 half-day sessions, and are led by journalists and critics, members of the French Union of Film Critics. Pupils will watch two short films selected by La Semaine de la Critique, thus honing their analytical skills by recording and listening to their reviews in small groups. Eight classes - i.e. close to 200 pupils - will take part in this programme.
The Critique & Création Fund
Support young filmmakers and champion film criticism by becoming a patron of the Critique & Création Fund.
Created in 2023 by the French Union of Film Critics, the Critique & Création Fund supports endeavours led by the French Union of Film Critics and La Semaine de la Critique. An institution to welcome patrons and donors who wish to foster and promote critical thinking among young generations and support burgeoning young talents worldwide.
“Collège au cinéma” Drôme Ardèche
In 2024, La Semaine de la Critique will visit Drôme and Ardèche – two counties in southern France - and 330 secondary school pupils for Film Criticism workshops in partnership with the “Collège au Cinéma” cultural outreach programme This workshop is an opportunity to try their hand at writing a review of a feature film selected by La Semaine, after its screening. This two-day workshop will be led by a professional film critic member of the French Union of Film Critics and of the Semaine de la Critique selection committee.
Institut de l’Image – Aix-en-Provence.
La Semaine de la Critique organises foundation workshops in film criticism for secondary school students. This endeavour will allow pupils to discover both short-film and feature-film formats through films selected by La Semaine de la Critique, and to try their hand at film criticism, specifically by preparing a spoken film review, which will be recorded. This workshop is organized in two stages over two days, and is led by a film critic, member of the French Union of Film Critics.
International School in Valbonne
A one-day foundation workshop in film criticism will take place in the International School in Valbonne, for about a hundred high-school students. This one-day workshop, led by a professional film critic, member of the French Union of Film Critics, is an opportunity for pupils to try their hand at writing a film review of a film selected by La Semaine de la Critique, and screened for them.