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The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Dir.: Patricia Font
The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman, Ariadna, searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of Antoni Benaiges, an idealistic young teacher from Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona).
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Spanish and Catalan version
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Spanish language and literature / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
The Thief Lord
Dir.: Richard Claus
The film is based on a tale by the German writer Cornelia Funke. It follows six-year-old Bo and fifteen-year-old Prosper, two recently orphaned brothers who escape to Venice. There they have fantastical adventures with a mysterious masked figure known as the Thief Lord.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design /
Topics: architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Tree
Dir.: Julie Bertuccelli
The O'Neills live happily in their house in the Australian countryside. But one day Peter, the father, dies. Eight-year-old Simone denies this reality and is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: English language / Religion / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The True Story of Puss'N Boots
Dir.: Jerome Deschamps, Pascal Herold
When his father dies, little Pierre, a young miller inherits a strange cat that talks as a human being and seems endowed with magical powers, thanks to a pair of beautiful boots.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / French /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Ugly Duckling and Me!
Dir.: Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich
Film based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. In this funny new version of The Ugly Duckling, the first person to see the duckling when he leaves the shell is Ratso, a rat, who takes care of the child.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Basque language /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / animal world and pets / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Walk
Dir.: Robert Zemeckis
Only one man - Philippe Petit - has ever walked in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. Petit and his gang conceived and executed their mad plan in 1974.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Catalan
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: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Design and Technology / Literature / Physics and Chemistry / Contemporary world / Performing arts, Music and Dance /
Topics: education in human values / architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / sports /
The Wave
Dir.: Dennis Gansel
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, is very popular with the students. When he's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week he forces his students to get involved with the project and soon the group starts to resemble Germany's past.
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 / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Philosophy and History of Philosophy / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / politics, political systems /
The Way
Dir.: Emilio Estevez
Tom is an American doctor who comes to France to collect the remains of his adult son killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey.
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) /
Topics: education in human values / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / human relations, psychology, sociology / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Way Back
Dir.: Peter Weir
In 1939, the Polish military Janusz is accused of espionage by the Soviet Union. His wife is tortured and Janusz is sentenced to twenty years imprisoned in a Siberian gulag. When Janusz is assigned to work in the mines, he feels that the only chance to survive is escaping from the camp.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
The White Ribbon
Dir.: Michael Haneke
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. Didn't those events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed? Weren't the barbaric acts of the children, deep down, the natural consequences of what they had been taught?
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: Religion / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
The Woman in Black
Dir.: James Watkins
Based on a novel by Susan Hill. In London, lawyer Arthur Kipps is assigned to travel to the remote village of Cryphin Gifford. There he learns that a woman who lost her son drowned in the marsh and she seeks revenge, is taking the children of the scared locals.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Literature /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
Dir.: Cao Hamburger
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel and his wife Miriam leaves Belo Horizonte in a hurry with their twelve years old son Mauro. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explains Mauro that they will travel on vacation and will leave Mauro with his grandfather Mótel.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Physical education (PE) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Religion / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / politics, political systems /
