Cinema and Creative Writing

Can motion pictures be used as stimuli and model techniques for writing stories/narratives?

Animator: Stavros Grosdos, PhD in Audiovisual Literacy and Creative Writing in Education, scientific associate and head of educational programs of the Chania Film Festival.

Workshop Day: Monday 24 October 2022

Time: 18.00 – 21.00

Duration: 3 hours

Place of Implementation: Cultural Center of Chania

It is addressed to teachers, parents, workshop animators, students, those who love cinema.

A certificate of participation will be given

IT IS MANDATORY TO REGISTER THROUGH THE FOLLOWING LINK (first come, first served)

Workshop Description

Can motion pictures be used as stimuli and model techniques for writing stories/narratives? The participants of the workshop are active in the enchanting world of the cinema screen. Having approached a multitude of didactic multi-paradigm proposals, they will be able to design film outreach activities, design and implement creative writing activities stimulated by films.

Short CV

Stavros Grosdos holds a PhD in Audiovisual Literacy and Creative Writing in Education (School of Education of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), with postgraduate studies in Language Education. She worked as a School Advisor in Primary Education (2007-2018). He has taught, as an external collaborator, in the Postgraduate Programs of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Western Macedonia. His research interests revolve around issues of language teaching, art teaching, creative writing and audiovisual literacy. He has presented at conferences and published numerous articles in scientific journals. He is a scientific associate of the Chania Film Festival in the field of educational and educational programs.
His books: The Festival of Colors (1996), Creative Colored Games (1998), Language and Art (2003), The Stranger, the Other, the Different: Is It Me? (2005), Reading Games and Reading Animations (2011), Creativity and Creative Writing. From child secretary to child text creator (2014), Image and Creative Writing (2017), Cinema and Creative Writing. Film literacy courses (2018).

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