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The Secret World of Arrietty
Dir.: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Based on the novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton. Arrietty, a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknown to the homeowner and her housekeeper.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: 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 / women (and/or violence against women) / medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Silent Revolution
Dir.: Lars Kraume
In 1956, an entire classroom of twelfth graders in the German Democratic Republic is traumatized when they discover what is really happening during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original German version subtitled 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: Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / History / German Language /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
The Social Network
Dir.: David Fincher
In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard undergraduate and computer programmer, begins working on a new idea. What he begins in his dormitory soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglès subtitulada en castellà
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Computer. Internet. New technologies / Contemporary world /
Topics: biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Son of Bigfoot
Dir.: Jeremy Degruson
Teenage outsider Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot!
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Natural Science / Biology and Geology /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Dir.: Mark Waters
When the Grace family moves into the old and isolated house of Arthur Spiderwick, their uncle grandfather, strange things begin to happen. The twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of fairies and other creatures.
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: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / English language / Art and Design / Literature /
Topics: family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Dir.: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
It is springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Contemporary world / Economy / History /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / ecology, environment, sustainability / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / animal world and pets / anthropology, ethnography / architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
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 /
