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Nanook
Dir.: Claude Massot
Re-creation of the spectacular shooting that Robert Flaherty made in 1922. He filmed the life of the Inuit people who lived isolated from the world in Hudson Bay.
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Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / French / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / animal world and pets / anthropology, ethnography / biographies, autobiographies /
Neighbourhood
Dir.: Fernando León de Aranoa
Three friends discover that life is difficult and that getting out of their neighbourhood is not easy.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / adolescence, youth / architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Never Let Me Go
Dir.: Mark Romanek
Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. As children, Ruth, Kathy and Tommy, spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Natural Science / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Biology and Geology /
Topics: adolescence, youth / medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Nim's Island
Dir.: Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
Nim's Island is a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favourite literary character, Alex Rover - the world's greatest adventurer. But the author of the Rover books, Alexandra, leads a reclusive life in the big city.
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Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Biology and Geology /
Topics: adolescence, youth / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / books and writing /
No Man's Land
Dir.: Danis Tanovic
Two wounded soldiers, one Bosnian and one Serb, confront each other in a trench in the no man's land between their lines. Things get complicated when another wounded Bosnian comes to, but can't move because a bouncing mine is beneath him.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / death and grief / politics, political systems /
Nothing to Declare
Dir.: Dany Boon
January 1993, the date of the creation of the Eurozone. Two customs officers, one Belgian and one French learn that the border is going to disappear. They will be forced to open the first joint Franco-Belgian mobile brigade.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology /
Now You See Me
Dir.: Louis Leterrier
The film follows an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen", a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Design and Technology / Performing arts, Music and Dance /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology /
Oceans
Dir.: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
The film dives into the depths of the seas and explores the unknown face of the Earth, from tropical lagoons and polar icebergs to the unexplored depths where sunlight does not reach.
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Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / French / Biology and Geology /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets /
October Sky
Dir.: Joe Johnston
Based on fact, this is the story of a teenager named Homer Hickam. He is a high school student growing up in a company mining town. There are few prospects for young men like Homer and most follow their father's footsteps. Homer dreams of launching a rocket into space.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,,,
Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Design and Technology / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: adolescence, youth / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Of Gods and Men
Dir.: Xavier Beauvois
The film is based on the story of a French monk community that lived in Tibhirine, Algeria, from 1993 to its kidnap by an islamist terrorist group in 1996.
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Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Religion / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / politics, political systems /
Oink
Dir.: Mascha Halberstad
When 9-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it under the condition that Oink follows a puppy training.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan version
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
OLIVER TWIST
Dir.: Roman Polanski
Adaptation from the novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives forces him to run off to London where he meets Fagin. He teaches Oliver to steal.
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Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature / History / Basque language /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /