TEACHING NEARBY, LEARNING NEARBY

Inspired by the Teaching Women's Filmmaking conference hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University in April 2021, this video essay considers the learning experience inside and outside the classroom as represented in Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir (2019) and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Both films demonstrate that pedagogy is most effective and most affecting when teachers and learners can share their experiences as equals, outside the hierarchical structures of the traditional classroom.