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Hidden Figures
Dir.: Theodore Melfi
As the United States raced against The Soviet Union to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind that operation.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Mathematics / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Design and Technology / History /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
HIMALAYA
Dir.: Eric Valli
When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, aging Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, and refuses to give him his blessing as the new chief. So he organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,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 /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / animal world and pets / anthropology, ethnography /
Home
Dir.: Ursula Meier
A rural family lives in a cottage in the middle of nowhere, where joy and family harmony reign. But the opening of an abandoned highway that passes next to their property will test their wit, their strength and their particular lifestyle.
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: Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / ecology, environment, sustainability / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Hop
Dir.: Tim Hill
The film tells the comic tale of Fred, an out-of-work slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny and must take him home as he recovers.
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) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Art and Design /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / animal world and pets / family, family relationships /
HOTEL RWANDA
Dir.: Terry George
In 1994 some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in Rwanda: about one million people were brutally murdered. Inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons up the extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / anthropology, ethnography / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights / politics, political systems /
How I live now
Dir.: Kevin Macdonald
American teenager "Daisy" is sent away from New York to the countryside of the United Kingdom to stay with her cousins. However England is on alert due to an imminent terrorist attack. On the next morning, a nuclear bomb explodes in London and the authorities declare a state of siege.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,,,,
Subjects: English language / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Hugo
Dir.: Martin Scorsese
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father. But he has died and the only thing that connects him to his dead father is an automaton.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original English version subtitled in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Design and Technology / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Art History /
Topics: children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
I Prefer Paradise
Dir.: Giacomo Campiotti
Filippo Neri was born in Florence in 1515 and lived more than 60 years in Rome. It was the time of the Council of Trent, and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Filippo taught the youngest with tenderness and irony, and made them have fun, sing and play.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Citizenship (Primary School) / Religion / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / biographies, autobiographies / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights /
I Wish
Dir.: Hirokazu Kore-eda
12-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, begins to believe that the new bullet train service will create a miracle when the first trains pass each other at top speed.
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) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
In a Better World
Dir.: Susanne Bier
Ten-year-old Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge.
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 / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / death and grief /
In the House
Dir.: François Ozon
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: French version with subtitles in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / French /
Topics: adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing /
Inch’Allah
Dir.: Anaďs Barbeau-Lavalette
Chloe is a young Canadian doctor who divides her time between Ramallah, where she works, and Jerusalem, where she lives. Torn between the two sides of the conflict, Chloe tries to build bridges between her friends. But the conflict catches her into its vortex of violence.
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: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / death and grief / politics, political systems /
