This course offers a fascinating and in-depth journey behind the scenes of children's films, uncovering the deep layers and hidden messages embedded within them. Participants will embark on a challenging intellectual journey that begins with the familiar and pleasant experience of watching children's movies, filled with magical worlds of fairies and superheroes, and progresses to a profound critical analysis of these contents. The course will expose the covert mechanisms through which seemingly innocent creations serve as platforms for conveying complex messages about social structures, power relations, and cultural perceptions.

The course will reveal how ostensibly innocent works like "The Jungle Book" may carry complex messages about racism and colonization, or how a beloved character like Mulan can be used as a tool for gender education. Through an intriguing combination of interdisciplinary research from the fields of communication, psychology, neuroscience, and marketing, participants will develop critical thinking and viewing skills, and gain tools for in-depth analysis of the Hollywood film industry and its impact on worldviews. The course will combine frontal teaching with innovative learning methods such as PBL (Project-Based Learning), independent learning, and gamification elements, allowing participants not only to understand hidden messages but also to develop tools for critical media analysis in general. By the end of the course, participants will have gained a deep understanding of how films influence worldviews and will develop a new awareness of media's power in shaping opinions and ideas.

* The course material will be tailored to the age of the learners.