ELMA enthusiastically supports programming that connects children, teens, and college students with European cinema and filmmakers. We believe exposure to European cinema at an early age develops a much-needed appreciation for diversity and multiculturalism in the next generation of young Americans.
Scroll down to learn more about past educational programs we've supported.
Examples of Educational Events
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COLCOA French Film Festival
Beginning in 2008, ELMA and the COLCOA French Film Festival created the opportunity for high school students to experience a foreign film — many for the first time. Altogether, since the launch of the high school screenings, over 25,000 students from 100 high schools in Los Angeles County have participated in the program.
In 2010, a masterclass was introduced for colleges, film schools and universities, which consists of a premiere screening of a French film, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. These have involved students from 30 colleges and universities.
Thanks to ELMA's continued patronage, COLCOA is able to offer these programs free of charge.
Our high school screening programs often feature in-person Q&As with European filmmakers and actors, as well as fun activities like red carpet photo ops and Snapchat filters!
Past Events
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ANIMATION IS FILM Festival
COLCOA High School Screenings
(’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’19)
Los Angeles Children’s Film Festival
(’13)
Spotlight on French Cinema
(’12)
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
('19)
Spanish Film Study-Day
Crossing Borders: Foreign Films in Hollywood
LA Greek Film Festival, June 2011
The age of global interconnectedness is shaping the ways films are made, distributed and exhibited in the US and abroad, while the dividing lines between foreign films, independent productions and Hollywood studio films are beginning to blur.
For the first time in the history of American cinema, Hollywood studios have set up international offices to facilitate local productions filmed in the local language. Similarly, foreign films may be facing a newly kindled interest in the US. While still marginal players in the US distribution and exhibition domains, foreign films have a growing effect on both studio and independent domestic filmmaking, shown by an increasing number of international co-productions and Hollywood studio remakes.
This panel addressed questions on the future potential of foreign films in the broader international market, including issues such as international representation and the use of alternative distribution and marketing resources.
Seminar on the Influence of European Film Movements
Aero theater, May 2008
What inspires the visual and narrative construction of a Scorsese, Yimou, Lynch, Miyazaki, Coen or Dardenne Brothers film?
European film movements of the 1920s to the 1990s have often been cited as focal points to understanding the work of our reigning masters of cinema. Whether it is through Italian Neo-Realism, French Poetic Realism, French New Wave, '70s New German Cinema or Dogma 95, this seminar, led by film consultant Thomas Ethan Harris, will help you to understand the founding principles of each revolutionary European film movement and how important each is to the design of cinema today.
