Film Archive
Answers. Online resources
Dolphin Tale
Dir.: Charles Martin Smith
The film is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. Swimming free, a young dolphin is caught in a trap, severely damaging her tail. She is rescued and transported to the Clearwater Marine Hospital, where she is named Winter.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Natural Science / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Biology and Geology /
Topics: education in human values / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Don Quixote, Knight Errant
Dir.: Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Miguel de Cervantes' characters, Don Quixote and his squire, have become famous. When, years later, Don Quixote learns that the Turks threaten the coasts of the Iberian peninsula he goes into action again.
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: Spanish language and literature / Social Science, Geography and History / History /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Dorian Gray
Dir.: Oliver Parker
Dorian makes a deal with the devil, trading his soul to keep his beauty and youth, while his picture ages and displays the effects of his corrupt life. When he returns to London, his friends are aged while he is still the same.
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 / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Early Man
Dir.: Nick Park
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Catalan
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Art and Design /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / ancient civilizations, archaeology, mythology / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights /
Earth
Dir.: Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
The authors of the film "Deep Blue" embark on a fascinating journey around the Earth from north to south throughout the four seasons, to portray the contrasts between the different parts of the world and their natural transformations.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science /
Topics: ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets /
East Is East
Dir.: Damien O’Donnell
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim tradition. But his children increasingly start to reject their father's rules.
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 / Religion / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Eddie the Eagle
Dir.: Dexter Fletcher
Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Physical education (PE) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / sports /
Eden Is West
Dir.: Costa-Gavras
Elias is an immigrant who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores a marine patrol approaches and Elias has to jump into the sea in order to avoid arrest.
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: Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights /
El gigante de hierro
Dir.: Brad Bird
The film is based on a tale by the British writer Ted Hughes. It tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth Hughes who makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that came from outer space.
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) / Design and Technology /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Eleanor's Secret
Dir.: Dominique Monféry
Nathaniel, aged 7, goes to spend the summer holidays in the seaside villa that belonged to her old aunt Eleanor. Nathaniel's parents inherited the villa and Nathaniel also received a gift: a whole library of old books. The inheritance doesn't much interest him until he discovers that the books are inhabited.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Version dubbed in Catalan
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / French /
Topics: education in human values / family, family relationships / books and writing /
Elephant
Dir.: Gus Van Sant
Two high school students, Alex and Eric, close friends in a suburb of Portland, calmly plan and perform a mass execution of their classmates and school administrators in the course of one day.
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 / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / death and grief /
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen
Dir.: Shekhar Kapur
This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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 / History /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / politics, political systems /
