Lesson plan
Animafilm
Animafilm is a Romanian animation studio, founded in Bucharest in 1964 after Ion Popescu-Gopo won numerous awards at international festivals. After the fall of the communist regime in 1989, the institution was reorganized as a joint-stock company by Romanian Government Decision no. 53/1991 on the establishment of autonomous film companies and commercial companies in the field of cinematography, and at the end of October 2006 Animafilm S.A. was transferred to AVAS for privatization. Currently, the state is the majority shareholder and holds 70% of the company's shares, which are subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.
Article summary
Animafilm is a Romanian animation studio, founded in Bucharest in 1964 after Ion Popescu-Gopo won numerous awards at international festivals. After the fall of the communist regime in 1989, the institution was reorganized as a joint-stock company by Romanian Government Decision no. 53/1991 on the establishment of autonomous film companies and commercial companies in the field of cinematography, and at the end of October 2006 Animafilm S.A. was transferred to AVAS for privatization. Currently, the state is the majority shareholder and holds 70% of the company's shares, which are subordinated to the Ministry of Culture.
Key claims
- date of foundation: 1964 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the date of foundation is "1964". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342720417
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