Not the simple projection of films in the children's ward, but a real cinema project, which will culminate with a workshop for the creation of cartoons made by pediatric patients with the guidance of experts.
The Film for kids at Hospital project, co-financed by the European Commission's 'Creative Europe' program, which has joined over 90 pediatric hospitals in Europe, is inspired by cinematic therapy and which has 6 associations active in Belgium, Spain, Croatia and Slovenia online. , Sweden and Italy.
To make it possible in our country, the Cinemainospedale.it platform which contains 70 films, divided by age group and type, based on an intercultural and multilingual approach. The films, long, short and animated, are also enriched by short video presentations of the directors and digital cards through which to deepen some parts or themes in a fun and interactive way. "Cinema is a useful means of helping children and young people to cushion the trauma caused by the disease and allows adults to take care of the emotional sphere of children", explains Rosa Ferro, artistic director of Il Nuovo Fantarca, the Bari cooperative that created the Cinemainospedale.it platform with the contribution of the Guarantor for children's rights of the Puglia Region.
Studies conducted on cinematherapy, he adds, "show how the viewing of films creates a psychological 'pause effect' for patients, resulting in a state of well-being that can be found on a neurological level. measure the physical effects ". In addition to the films, the project includes the creation of an atelier for the creation of two cartoons made by the pediatric patients themselves with the guidance of expert cartoonists. "If the Covid emergency does not allow us to enter the departments, we will envisage remote activities to overcome the barriers caused by the pandemic", concludes Ferro. (HANDLE).
