We continued with sessions of film screenings and discussions with a chosen group of 11 young people between the ages of 12 and 14 from the Anton Ukmar Koper primary school. As Young Programmers, we introduced them to thinking about the concept of selecting films for public screening. We had more than 8 sessions in which they watched 7 films. The meetings had to be stopped because of the closing of schools during the COVID-19 epidemic in the beginning of March 2020, which lasted almost until the end of schools in June. We had to wait to set up the final session in which the Programmers would select the best film of their choice, which we started organizing again in September, but unfortunately Slovenian schools closed again in October for more than a month and online access to the children was not possible. Meanwhile, instead of the final choice of one film children sent pictures of their film reviews, mostly of 400 blows.

Selection of reviews of 400 blows:

‘’The film was very unusual as I didn’t expect it in that light. I didn’t know that much about the old schools and what the teachers were like back then. But now I know how my grandparents went to school.” 

‘’The boy ran away from home, which was a very interesting part. Parents, however, could show more love for him as he is their child. The only thing I found kind from the parents was that they could take him to the movies.” ‘

’When I watched this film, I had a weird feeling. I don’t think I’ve ever watched anything like this. When the hero escaped, I was overwhelmed by a sense of freedom, and when he was captured, a sense of impatience. How should I say, my feelings about this film were mixed. For a moment, I was happy, for example, when they ran behind sports teacher’s back. At times I was also sad. But this film taught me something and that is, obey mom and dad and hang out with friends who wish you well.’’