The Magic Lantern is an international cinema club for children aged 6 to 12. Its purpose is to help young audiences to discover the pleasure of cinema …at the cinema. Once a month, club members are invited to attend an age appropriate, quality film in a real cinema. Exclusively for children (without their parents) but [...]
In tandem with their activities in the cinema theatres and in accordance with its objectives for heightened visual media literacy, The Magic Lantern develops numerous projects and activities notably on the Internet, in schools and for television. There are many websites pertaining to cinema on the Internet. However, sites dedicated to visual media literacy and [...]
The Magic Lantern is an international cinema club for children aged 6 to 12. This unique club has been in existence for nearly twenty years. Its purpose: to help young audiences to discover the pleasure of cinema and to provide them with tools to understand the images they are seeing, using an age-appropriate concept. A [...]
Several days before each session, all children club members receive a small illustrated magazine in the mail, presenting the film to be shown. Reading the magazine helps the children to prepare for the film and to become familiar with cinematographic terms. The day of the film showing two presenters greet the children at the cinema [...]
At The Magic Lantern, children are considered as real spectators: demanding, critical yet always capable of being amazed. Having prepared for the film screening by reading the magazine as well as with the short preamble preceding each film showing, children are able to accept and appreciate even difficult works such as films by Pierre Etaix [...]
The Magic Lantern is an international cinema club for children aged 6 to 12. Its purpose is to help young audiences to discover the pleasure of cinema …at the cinema. Once a month, club members are invited to attend an age appropriate, quality film in a real cinema. Exclusively for children (without their parents) but [...]
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The Internet series The Cat Who Wanted to Make a Movie is an amusing and educative initiation in filmmaking. It takes you through the entire process from the initial idea, right up to its release in the cinema. Through it’s interactive concept, this site introduces children to the Internet tool using confidence-building techniques. It emphasizes [...]
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Listen to the interview about The Magic Lantern on Abu Dhabi Classic FM! Visit the website of The Magic Lantern in the United Arab Emirates: click here!
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The Magic Lantern Film Club for Children at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2011 Saturday, 22 October 2011, 4 pm On the occasion of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (ADFF), The Magic Lantern is going to present a film session for children aged 6 to 12 at the VOX Cinemas, Marina Mall, Abu Dhabi. In [...]
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The Internet series The Cat Who Wanted to Make a Movie is an amusing and educative initiation in filmmaking. It takes you through the entire process from the initial idea, right up to its release in the cinema. Through it’s interactive concept, this site introduces children to the Internet tool using confidence-building techniques. It emphasizes [...]
The CINE-BAZAR is a portal conceived by The Magic Lantern for young audiences. It presents a bundle of sites available to children and parents: The Internet series The Cat Who Wanted to Make a Movie is an amusing and educative initiation in filmmaking. It takes you through the entire process from the initial idea, right [...]
