A projection of animated short film is available in the garden, one Tuesday evening per month at the sweet season (March if possible, to July, then September and October if possible).
Programming (films + schedule) is consistent with the public that comes to these projections (people from the surrounding neighbourhood): families or even children coming alone.
This project started from the initiative of an employee of "Home and Encounters" local resident and a neighbour. Then the event has grown: the programming is now offered by "People and Culture", which has become our partner. It is an association of public education, fighting for 60 years against cultural inequalities and fighting for the right to learn throughout life.
The evening begins before the screening with a picnic where everyone is invited to bring something to share with others.
Each session is prepared by a group of people composed of programmers viewers and has a specific theme (eg friendship, over-consumption, the strangeness and madness of men).
A moment of exchange with the public on this topic is made in the introduction and other moments of exchange take place after the movies.
A special evening is held in June for the annual festival of music, the music is then also the film's theme chosen for the occasion. The movie is preceded by concerts (choir, jazz and funk band, etc.) to wait in a festive way to the dark for projection! This year, "Accueil et Rencontres" is considering organizing a meal, sold at a modest price, to be prepared by a group of neighborhood women, (these women do it already all year long in a social center nearby)
These movies in the garden led this year to a side event : a workshop about "animated films":
- "Accueil et Rencontres" has offered to gardeners and nursery school children to participate.
- A dozen children and their parents participate to these workshops led by “Peuples et Culture” (People and Culture)
In ten sessions (one hour thirty each), they achieve an animated film entitled "Tree", with elements of the garden (sounds, collages of natural features, scenery), and this film will be screened in the garden!
Obiettivi
The organization of such festive and cultural events is relatively simple and inexpensive, and allows a large number of people to have access to an original cultural recreation.
Furthermore, it is more than a moment of leisure: it gives the possibility to everyone to exercise a form of citizenship through exchanges about selected topics.
It also promotes social diversity and intergenerational dialogue.
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Valutazione
We count the total number of spectators we noticed that a group comes up regularly (group consisting of people from various areas).
The number of adults accompanying the children increased.
The atmosphere is always good, and the problems of disruption of meetings by tweens (who came alone) have disappeared (they were managed by several adult viewers).
Since movies in the garden were proposed in 2009, the frequency of sessions increased, the content has been enriched, the public is still there and comes back once on the other.
In addition, this event, originally organized by a few people involved in neighborhood life, led to a rewarding partnership, the establishment of the annuel feast of music in the garden, and a workshop of animated film production.
Suggerimenti
These cinema showtimes create social ties: the garden, with its quiet and pleasant collective space, is a place for friendly moments, where the meeting between people is encouraged by the proposal of sharing meals and exchanging ideas, feelings, around the films.
For some people from the neighborhood, who come primarily for a moment of leisure with the cinema, then it is an opportunity to discover the garden.
The selected films are not "classic" and are of all nationalities, the techniques and themes also are very varied.
The surrounding areas are characterized by contrasting habitats: sensitive social housing areas alongside residential areas, old and new. Thus, whatever their cultural or social origin, people get together to share a moment of cultural recreation friendly. De facto these movies in the garden create social mix.
In addition, they promote intercultural and intergenerational dialogue, because of times for discussion before and after the films. This mix is always observed, and there is a group of 'faithful' spectators, mixed, children and adults, who comes back with visible pleasure. Children and adults who participate in exchanges also come from different backgrounds: the ambience simple and good-natured encourages everyone to express themselves.
