​"Children are curious about other children in the world and want to know what they are doing."  
                                                                                       ~ Ulla Hjorth - Nielson, The Danish Film Institute 
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Screen360.tv is easy to access, COVID safe and internet secure. ​We offer immersive cross-cultural opportunities to exercise empathy with international peers, near and far.  

​Stanford Peace Innovation Institute recognizes Screen360.tv as a "Positive Peace Technology." 

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Ways to Engage

Researched at the Berlin Film Festival and developed at Stanford

​University, Screen360.tv knows how a film can inform as well as entertain.

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​“The idea of cornerstone memories of films, which influence the life course, is very intriguing and promising.”
~David Pillemer, PhD., Author Momentous Events, Vivid Memories (Harvard Press, 2002) ​

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​Foreign films as cornerstone memories 
Cognitive Impact
Each one of our perceptual, cognitive, and emotional capabilities is built upon the scaffolding provided by early life experiences.
Fox, Levitt, Nelson, Child Development 2010
​Memorable Learning
Vivid memories of personal experiences provide models for present activities and contribute to successful problem solving and adaptation. The memories serve important directive functions: they inform, guide, motivate, and inspire. 
​David Pillemer (2003) Directive functions of autobiographical memory: The guiding power of the specific episode, Memory, 11:2, 193-202 ​

Grounded in Cognitive Development research and interviews with leading researchers in the field, The Finding Felix Project or The Impact of International Film on Childhood Autobiographical Memory, is Screen360.tv's partner project. The final interview from our research, The Finding Felix Project, best illustrates Screen360.tv's potential. Tested between the US and EU, Screen360.tv's ecosystem serves: 

• K-12 Education
• Film Education and Development​

The films Kavanaugh selects follow the lead of the Berlin program in providing insights to lives of peers in the world with films that have the capacity to leave a cornerstone memory and continue to contribute to the lives built upon them.  Kavanaugh's research looking at the cognitive impact of foreign film on childhood autobiographical memory reveals that early exposure to global stories, images and exchanges can prepare a learner for greater comfort in unfamiliar cultures and situations, second language acquisition, and future collaborations, near and far.​​

Expertly curated films  
Films are curated to serve school curricula (IB, AP, Common Core). Learning goals targeting Empathy, Language, Geography, Aesthetics and Discernment are addressed in discussion and post-film analysis. The post-film inquiry and the "Re-Collector" further extend the vivid learning experience and provide data points for assessment along with further research.

Where do our films come from?
Founder Catherine (Katy) Kavanaugh is lead curator.  She annually attends the revered and most replicated children and youth section at the Berlin International Film Festival, Generation.  She served on its International Jury in 2001, has served on award juries for several notable festivals in Europe, and has cultivated a strong global collegial network. She fostered five film programs for young audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area and went on to transform the model to Screen360.tv at Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design, the d.School. 

The entire Screen360.tv team is qualified to make selections. From our locations around the globe, we employ the curator's practice to find films capable of leaving lasting vivid memories to learn from over time.  Together, we have more than thirty years cumulative experience in Education, Cinema, Business and Design.