Mapping the Currents: A Manual for Community-Centered Cinema

2025

by Jen Tarnate, Aghniadi, Patrick F. Campos, and Karmela Indoyon  

Mapping the Currents: A Manual for Community‑Centered Cinema draws on the Cinemata Currents 2025 film festival and hybrid screenings to share lessons on using film as a tool for fostering civic engagement. The guide explores community‑centred curation, collective screenings, and facilitated dialogue, offering case studies, reflections, and practical tools to support locally grounded film programmes and narrative practice across diverse contexts.