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Contagion
Dir.: Steven Soderbergh
The film explains the spread of a deadly infection. Several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection and the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original English version subtitled in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Natural Science / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Biology and Geology / Computer. Internet. New technologies / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / death and grief /
COPYING BEETHOVEN
Dir.: Agnieszka Holland
Vienna 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him.
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 / Music and History of the Music / History /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology /
COVARDS
Dir.: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz
Gaby és un noi de catorze anys que té por d'anar a l’escola perquè Guille, un company de classe, i els seus amics li fan la vida impossible. Per diferents circumstàncies, tots els personatges de la història estan sotmesos a una tensió semblant.
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 / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights /
Cry Freedom
Dir.: Richard Attenborough
The film is based on the book by Donald Woods, chief editor at the Daily Dispatch during the Apartheid years. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko, a leader of The African National Congress. But after having met him for the first time, he changes his views.
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 / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
Dancer in the Dark
Dir.: Lars Von Trier
Selma has emigrated with her son from Central Europe and works in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is her passion for music, specifically, the numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals.
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) / Art and Design / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Music and History of the Music / Performing arts, Music and Dance /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / human rights / death and grief / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
DEEP BLUE
Dir.: Andy Byatt, Alastair Fothergill
This spectacular sea documentary is the work of over five years of filming. During this time, a film crew has explored the biological systems that develop in the sea.
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) / Natural Science / Earth Sciences / Basque language /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets /
Desert flower
Dir.: Sherry Hormann
Waris Dirie is a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5. At 13, she ran away from a marriage of convenience. While working in a fast food restaurant in London, famous photographer Terry Donaldson discovered her.
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 / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / women (and/or violence against women) / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / sexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, abortion / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / anthropology, ethnography / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Despicable Me
Dir.: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences, there is a black house with a vast secret hideout where Gru is planning the biggest heist in the history of the world: he is going to steal the moon.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships /
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Dir.: Thor Freudenthal
To Greg Heffley, middle school is the most stupid idea ever invented. To survive this terrible experience Greg devises an endless series of can't-miss schemes, all of which, of course, go awry.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglčs subtitulada en castellŕ
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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 /
