Investor Presentaiton
The public had a special space
dedicated to remembering
and describing their childhood
games. PHOTO ALINE ARRUDA
"The challenge of organizing a festival about film and education
is in preserving the idea that there is no distinction between educa-
tion and life." This idea, mentioned in the talk by Patrícia Durães,
the curator of the Ciranda of Films, during her speech became
even clearer throughout the days of the festival, in São Paulo.
The idea was for the festival to take place in just one day,
but the project expanded like a ciranda circle and became the first
Brazilian audiovisual festival dedicated to education and child-
hood. The Ciranda of Films, like the ciranda dance, had in its first
edition a rhythm that gave it fluidity, with roundtable discussions,
spaces for games and memories, concerts - all of this guided by
the themes of the 35 films that were exhibited for free.
In this rhythm of ciranda the event, co-produced by the Alana
Institute, the Cinearte Circuit and Aiuê Content Productions, at-
tracted over 3000 educators, parents, artists and others interested
in themes about childhood, learning and transformational move-
ments. During three days in São Paulo, domestic and interna-
tional films curated by Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo and Patrícia
Durães inspired the roundtable discussions, conducted during the
event in order to share and reconsider childhood and processes of
education in a playful manner.
Attendees became cirandeiros, experiencing a melting pot that
mixed various forms of expression, such as music, debates, playful
expressions and an exhibition of the Territory of Play project. Those
who joined in this atmosphere also became children: they were invited
to recall their own childhood in a quest for reflections and new paths.
The premiere of the film Tarja Branca (Drops of Joy), dur-
ing opening night, was driven by the dances and music of the
multifaceted artist Antônio Nobrega, long known as Brincante.
The following day, open to the general public, had the screen-
ing of films that had birth and childhood as their theme. And
it ended with a roundtable talk with the pedagogue Adriana
Friedmann, the pediatrician Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Côr-
rea (known as Cacá), the pedagogue Luiza Lameirão, and the
educator Renata Meirelles.
The second day had inspiring learning experiences as its
backdrop. The talk involved the pedagogue and art educator
Marcos Ferreira Santos, the pedagogue Maria Amelia Pereira
(known as Péo), the artist and educator Stela Barbieri, and the
producer and filmmaker Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo. During the
final day of the festival, films that presented ideas for reinterpret-
ing the concept of education and transformational movements.
The talk was with the pedagogue Ana Lucia Villela, president of
Alana, the researcher of de-schooling Ana Thomaz, Argentine
filmmaker German Dorín, and the sustainability and peace con-
sultant Regina Migliori.
In order to wrap up these three intense days of learning and
exchange, the final night had the premiere of the film Sementes
do Nosso Quintal (The Seeds of our Garden), by Fernanda Heinz
Figueiredo, and an exciting ciranda led by Tião Carvalho and
educator Therezita Pagani from the Te-Arte school, featured in
Fernanda's film.
Changes in 2015
The festival was so big that in 2015 it will
have a different format. The three creators
of this initiative Ana Claudia Arruda
Leite, Fernanda Heinz Figueiredo and
Patrícia Durães became partners and
turned it into a social enterprise under the
guidance of Alanapar.
3
DAYS
The 2nd Ciranda of Films is scheduled
for May 2015, in São Paulo, and the work has
already started. The opening, on the 20th,
will have the premiere of the documentary
feature Território do Brincar (Territory of
Play) at the Ibirapuera Auditorium. Then,
from May 21st to the 23rd, Cine Livraria
Cultura will once again host the film festival
and all the transformations it causes...
2,700
PEOPLE
3
ROUNDTABLES
ciranda
de filmes
What is it: A film festival focused on child-
hood and education. Its first edition hap-
pened in 2014 at the Cine Livraria Cultura, in
São Paulo. 35 films were screened, curated
by Fernanda Heinz and Patrícia Durães.
Highlight: Over three days, the festival at-
tracted 2,700 people.
35
FILMS
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Co-production: ALANA, CINEARTE AND AIUÊ
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