The Cinema of Childhood films are rarely seen brilliant movies about children from all around the world curated by Mark Cousins inspired by his documentary A Story of Children and Film. As part of the season, film screenings are being paired with panel discussions and Q&A sessions about child well-being and the arts to provide a forum for engaging public debate and inter-disciplinary dialogue about issues raised in the films.

The season is presented by Filmhouse, Edinburgh, with the support of the British Film Institute’s Programming Development Fund, awarding funds from the National Lottery.

The Unseen (Czech Republic D. Miroslav Janek. Nespatrene 1997. 53 mins)

Join us for this Cinema of Childhood screening and Q&A discussion with panelists including:

• Dr. Louise Fryer – BBC Radio 3; PhD – impact of visual impairment on perception; Audio describer
• Prof. Judith Harwin – Director of Centre for Child & Youth Research, Brunel University
• Dr. Jenefer Sargent – Consultant Paediatrician, Developmental Vision Clinic, Great Ormond Street Hospital
• David Charap – Award-winning editor of dramas and documentaries – based in Prague in the 1990s

At a school for the blind in the Czech Republic, the children exuberantly show off their remarkable talents – as musicians, as radio announcers, as daredevil bike riders and, most extraordinary of all, as photographers. Why take pictures of a world you can’t see?

“A small wonder… takes hold of the heart immediately and never loosens it grip… a brilliantly conceptualized and immaculately crafted piece of filmmaking.” Variety

Top 6 Best Documentaries: “most fascinating, philosophical, very entertaining documentary that challenges of all your assumptions about what it is to be disabled…what it’s like not to have a sense.” Kevin MacDonald (Director of Touching The Void/The Last King of Scotland)

Doors open at 14.00 for a 15.00 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licenced cafe/bar.

TICKETS & PRICING

Advance tickets may be purchased from Billetto, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.