Kinoklub Karlovac je udruga mladih koja se bavi audiovizualnom djelatnošću te promiče filmsku i video kulturu te srodne umjetnosti. Svojevrsni smisao i strategija djelovanja udruge osmišljeni su najvećim dijelom idejama samih učenika-članova, pri čemu se uloga voditelja svodi na pomoć pri njihovom formuliranju. Primarna djelatnost Kinokluba je rad na vlastitim, autorskim uradcima kao i suradnja s uspješnim lokalnim poslovnim subjektima, karlovačkim udrugama i drugim partnerima upravo u području audiovizualnog stvaralaštva. U okviru edukativne djelatnosti svake godine se održava tečaj filmske umjetnosti za nove članove, koji pruža svu teorijsku, tehničku i organizacijsko-logističku potporu potrebnu filmskim početnicima za daljnji, samostalan rad na vlastitom filmu. Osim tečaja, održavaju se i različite radionice za djecu u osnovnim školama te specijalističke radionice za mlade. Kinoklub je i suorganizator Filmske revije mladeži i Four River Film Festivala, nacionalne, odnosno međunarodne manifestacije posvećene srednjoškolskom filmu te Karlovačkog riječnog kina, jedinstvenog open air kina na obali rijeke Korane. Kinoklub Karlovac otvorio je 2007. godine „Mikrokino“, dvoranu u kojoj se povremeno održava kino program, predavanja te premijere uradaka članova Kinokluba. Prije sedam godina, 2007., u Karlovcu je održana posljednja kino projekcija u kinu Edison. Nakon toga Karlovac je postao grad bez kina. Od tada, Kinoklub pokreće brojne inicijative i apelira za povratak kina u grad.
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Cinema Club Karlovac is an association founded in March of 2002, created on the foundations of the Karlovac High School Videogroup, established three years earlier. The Cinema Club Karlovac has been active for twelve years running and is today considered one of the most highly regarded organizations for young people’s activities in Karlovac. The group leaders of the Cinema Club are young people who transfer their knowledge and love of film to future generations on a daily basis. Their work is based on bigger film projects through which they acquire skills and knowledge, but also make their own films. Based on the number of awards, recognitions and diplomas, the Cinema Club Karlovac is among the most successful film associations in Croatia, and it also enjoys recognition from young filmmakers abroad. Currently, the activities of the Cinema Club Karlovac can be divided into six different, yet mutually intertwined areas:
a) working with primary and secondary school pupils in the context of making their own films
b) occasionally organizing cinematheque film screenings at the so-called “Microcinema”, opened by the Cinema Club in 2007
c) “low production” – for the purposes of the Cinema Club as well as working with successful local businesses
d) organizing the Youth Film Festival and the Four River Film Festival – the national and the international film event dedicated to high school film (since 2007 and 2008, respectively)
e) organizing the River Cinema with Karlovačko – a unique open air cinema on the banks of the river Korana (since 2011)
f) cooperation with international organizations and foreign youth film festivals, exchanging film achievements and establishing partnerships.
