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Fantasy and Illustrated Novels Meet the Art of Cinema (La Lanterna Magica for Libriamoci)
The DIGITALE 2.0 Project of the L’Aquila Film Institute, carried out as part of the 2024 “National Plan for Cinema and Visual Media in Schools” promoted by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture.
From February 16 to 21, “La Lanterna Magica” will host, in the classrooms participating in the DIGITALE 2.0 project, a session as part of the national “Libriamoci” campaign, promoted by the Ministry of Culture’s Center for Books and Reading, which for twelve years—in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Merit—has been bringing read-aloud sessions to schools in Italy and abroad.
The chosen theme is “Singing of Beauty”: fantasy and illustrated novels that whisper of the wonder hidden in creation and in our hearts. They recount the magic of imaginary worlds and the secret power of the words that bring them to life. Reading thus becomes a gentle journey toward the most authentic and free part of each of us, while cinema establishes itself as a universal language capable of uniting and moving people.
For Preschool and Elementary School
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE is the first novel in the high fantasy series written by J. K. Rowling and set primarily in the fictional Wizarding World during the 1990s. Conceived in the early 1990s, it was published in 1997. The film adaptation was directed in 2001 by Chris Columbus and written by Steve Kloves. PLOT: An orphan enrolled in a school of witchcraft and wizardry learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil plaguing the wizarding world.
For Middle School
CORALINE is a fantasy novel for young adults written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean, published in 2002, winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella, and published in Italy in 2003. In 2009, a stereoscopic animated film based on the novel, titled *Coraline*, was released, directed by Henry Selick. The stop-motion animated film was written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Feature Film category for the 2010 awards. PLOT: Coraline discovers a secret door in her house and is transported to a parallel world identical to her own… but better.