The Magic Lantern is an international cinema club for children aged 6 to 12. Its purpose is to help young audiences to discover the pleasure of cinema …at the cinema. Once a month, club members are invited to attend an age appropriate, quality film in a real cinema. Exclusively for children (without their parents) but […]
The Magic Lantern is an international cinema club for children aged 6 to 12. This unique club has been in existence for nearly twenty years. Its purpose: to help young audiences to discover the pleasure of cinema and to provide them with tools to understand the images they are seeing, using an age-appropriate concept. A […]
Several days before each session, all children club members receive a small illustrated magazine in the mail, presenting the film to be shown. Reading the magazine helps the children to prepare for the film and to become familiar with cinematographic terms. The day of the film showing two presenters greet the children at the cinema […]
At The Magic Lantern, children are considered as real spectators: demanding, critical yet always capable of being amazed. Having prepared for the film screening by reading the magazine as well as with the short preamble preceding each film showing, children are able to accept and appreciate even difficult works such as films by Pierre Etaix […]
The seasonal membership card costs about as much as two individual cinema tickets. A reduced price is charged for additional members of the same family. The low-cost membership allows access to almost everyone. The membership card admits its holder to the many film showings organized by the club during the season. It also allows him […]
Since 2008, The Magic Lantern in collaboration with the RadioTelevision Suisse (RTS) has produced a television program for children. Thanks to its success and an ever-increasing audience, The Magic Lantern has become a trusted partner for the RTS. In January 2013, the weekly program «Pop-Corn» was succeeded by an entirely new weekly program entitled […]
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The Internet series The Cat Who Wanted to Make a Movie is an amusing and educative initiation in filmmaking. It takes you through the entire process from the initial idea, right up to its release in the cinema. Through it’s interactive concept, this site introduces children to the Internet tool using confidence-building techniques. It emphasizes […]
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In tandem with their activities in the cinema theatres and in accordance with its objectives for heightened visual media literacy, The Magic Lantern, develops numerous projects and activities in schools for the kindergarten, primary and secondary school levels. Each year The Magic Lantern creates and develops educational activities specifically destined for schools helping children develop […]
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Thanks to its reputation in cinema and youth culture, the Magic Lantern is regularly in demand. Be it festivals or cultural events it organises special screenings, which are always both fun and educational. In Switzerland, The Magic Lantern works together with a number of film festivals: Fantoche in Baden, Kurzfilmtage (short film festival) in Winterthur, […]
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Since 2008, The Magic Lantern in collaboration with the RadioTelevision Suisse (RTS) has produced a television program for children. Thanks to its success and an ever-increasing audience, The Magic Lantern has become a trusted partner for the RTS. In January 2013, the weekly program «Pop-Corn» was succeeded by an entirely new weekly program entitled […]
Invited at the “Festival international du film d’animation d’Annecy 2011″, The Magic Lantern exhibited its activities during the Europa Distribution Workshop.
