Curtas-metragens como dispositivos de mediação cultural: um estudo de caso sobre os projetos Cine Escola e Cineminha On-line

Abstract

Cinema provides an aesthetic experience that enhances the realm of imagination and critical thinking, playing a fundamental role in teaching and learning within art education and education in general. The short film format, despite its limited duration, can be as complex, profound and meaningful as a feature-lenght film. It offers a brief yet intense cinematographic experience, being flexible for use in different educational situations, whether performed in formal environments, such as schools, or non-formal ones, like cultural spaces. This research aims to demonstrate the potential of using short films as mediation and knowledge construction devices, analyzing two related mediation experiences that use this format, both developed by the School of Visual Arts at the Artistic and Technological Training Center (Cefart) of the Clovis Salgado Foundation (FCS): Cine Escola and Cineminha On-line. By contextualizing these projects and reviewing the literature, this study adresses concepts such as cultural mediation and educational curatorship, exploring the relationship between cinematic language and education. Finally, the study discusses the possibilities and challenges of incorporating cinema in schools, the advantages of utilizing short films in this context and the importance of curating and mediating these resources.