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Sarah's Key
Dir.: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Paris 1942. Thousands of Jews are sent off to German concentration camps. As 10-year old Sarah and her family are being arrested, she hides her younger brother in a closet. In 2009, a journalist named Julia is on assignment to write a story on the deported Jews in 1942.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / journalism, mass media, advertising / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Selma
Dir.: Ava DuVernay
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Religion / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / family, family relationships / human rights / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
Séraphine
Dir.: Martin Provost
Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis. In 1912, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in Senlis. Wilhelm, who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting. He is stunned to learn that the artist is Séraphine, the woman who cleans his house.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Art and Design / French / Art History / Basque language /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders /
Shadow of the Vampire
Dir.: E. Elias Merhige
It is a film about the making of a German silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror. The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things: some crew members disappeared, some died...
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: English language / Literature / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Art History /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology /
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dir.: Guy Ritchie
With Dr. John Watson about to marry and end their partnership, a disconsolate Sherlock Holmes occupies his time investigating the schemes of his archenemy, Professor James Moriarty. However, Holmes must get John involved in one last case.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Short Term 12
Dir.: Destin Daniel Cretton
Grace is a young counselor who works at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. She tries to do her best for kids who often have been pulled from the worst kinds of home situations. Life is not easy as Grace and her colleagues care for kids who are too often profoundly scarred.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Catalan subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / adolescence, youth / sexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, abortion / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights /
Shrek
Dir.: Andrew Adamson
Shrek is a big green ogre who lives alone in the woods. When Lord Farquaad, the ruler of Duloc, exiles all the fairy-tale beings to the woods, Shrek sets out to find Lord Farquaad and convince him to take the fairy-tale beings back where they belong.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Art and Design /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Silver Linings Playbook
Dir.: David O. Russell
After spending eight months in a mental health institution, Pat returns to his parents' home decided to do everything to get his ex-wife.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Spanish subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world /
Topics: medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Dir.: Danny Boyle
Based on a novel by Vikas Swarup. Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India, is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on a quiz show.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History / Basque language /
Topics: children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights /
Snow White
Dir.: Pablo Berger
Very loose adaptation of the tale by the Brothers Grimm, set in the 1920s in southern Spain. Carmen, a beautiful young woman with a childhood tormented by his terrible stepmother, starts an exciting journey accompanied by a troupe of dwarfs bullfighters.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Literature / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: children, children’s rights / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Snowflake, the White Gorilla
Dir.: Andrés G. Schaer
Snowflake is special; he's the only white gorilla in the world and the zoo's main attraction. Children love him, but the other gorillas don't see what's so charming about this weirdo being the center of attention.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Version dubbed in Catalan
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,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 / animal world and pets /
Somers Town
Dir.: Shane Meadows
Two teenagers forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town. Tomo surreptitiously moves into Marek's bedroom - but it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
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) / Contemporary world /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships /
