Havana, September 25 (RHC)-- Havana will host the International Film and Education Exhibition, set for January 29th through the 31st, 2020, sources with the Juan Marinello Cultural Research Institute have announced.

Organized by the Network of the Audiovisual Universe of Latin American and Caribbean Children, which groups more than 200 institutions, organizations, projects and people from the Americas and other regions of the world, the event will serve as a fruitful opportunity to rethink national practices concerning links between education and the audiovisual world.

Other participating institutions include the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC), the Juan Marinello Cultural Research Institute, the Ministries of Culture and Education, the Nicolas Guillen Foundation and the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, among others.

The International Film and Education Exhibition aims to change the perception that the learner is just a passive entity, and advance to a new stage where students, young children, become protagonists in the learning process and produce their own audiovisual materials.

The meeting will allow for the establishment of a strategic partnerships between projects and institutions that work with and for children.