CUTTING EDGES (‘Virtual Production at the Edges of the European Union’) is an EU-funded film education project working with virtual production (VP) and generative AI. It builds bridges between virtual production studios and educators, develops professional expertise, and creates a network for future virtual production specialists.

Key objectives:

• Developing effective collaboration models between virtual production studios and educational institutions
• Strengthening the skills of film school staff and VP studio personnel
• Training future talents to produce virtual production work within a network of professionals through innovative, non-linear pedagogy

Main deliverables: Studio access model | VP ecosystem report | Pedagogical guidelines for VP workflow | VP learning package | VP education action plan | Curriculum recommendations | Publications

Project partners: Turku University of Applied Sciences | Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) | Lusófona University | University of Malta (Department of Digital Arts and Department of Media and Communications) | Studio Seven Malta | The Lodz Film School | Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE) | FilmEU Association | Angel Films Oy | Noho Limited | FX Roadlights

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MedDMO (Mediterranean Digital Media Observatory) brings together journalists, media literacy experts and academic researchers from Malta, Greece and Cyprus – as well as the AFP – to counter disinformation and foster a healthier information environment in the Mediterranean and beyond.

The consortium forms part of the broader European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO), which covers all EU member states and Norway.

Project duration: 2022–2024, 2025–

Source of funding: Digital Europe Programme

Key activities:

• Disinformation detection, analysis and research
• Fact-checking
• Verification tool development
• Media literacy activities (including school visits), training sessions, webinars
• Production of educational material
• Media ecosystem monitoring
• Collaboration with national broadcasting/communication authorities

Project partners:

• Agence France-Presse (AFP)
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
• Athens Technology Center (ATC)
• Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH)
• Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)
• Ellinika Hoaxes
• University of Cyprus (through its Department of Social and Political Sciences)
• University of Malta (through its Department of Media and Communications)
• Times of Malta

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MIRACLE (‘coMics and IllustRations Augmented to tackle Climate change in primary Education’) brings together partners from Ireland, Malta, Greece, Spain, Croatia and Portugal to empower primary school teachers and their students through climate change consciousness, whole-class co-creation and eco-optimism in school and out of it. It does this through an inclusive digital learning environment.

Project duration: 2023–2025

Source of funding: Erasmus+ Programme

Key objectives:

• Upskill teachers to support an action-based climate change education curriculum
• Strengthen the digital skills of teachers and students and encourage content co-creation
• Guide teachers in identifying eco-anxiety and eco-pessimism to help their students overcome fear and develop information literacy and media literacy skills
• Use the findings from the project pilots to measure the educational value of comics literacy in the climate change education curriculum
• Encourage teachers and school leaders to improve both pedagogical and organisational practices through outreach activities at local and European levels

Project partners:

• Cleverbooks Limited
• PARAGON-eduTech
• Osnovna škola Tituša Brezovačkog (OSTB)
• JAITEK Tecnología y Formación
• University of Malta – through its Department of Media and Communications
• Marina Regina College St. Paul’s Bay Primary
• Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave

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SUMED ('Sustainable Multidimensional Media Contents') is a collaborative project bringing together partners from higher education institutions in Malta, Poland, Finland and Spain that aims to embed sustainability into media education and media production processes, empowering students, media educators and industry stakeholders.

Project duration: 2022–2025

Source of funding: Erasmus+ Programme

 Project partners:

• PL
• Turku University of Applied Sciences
• University of Gdańsk
• Universidad Politècnica de València
• University of Malta – through its Department of of Media and Communications