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Gulliver's Travels
Dir.: Rob Letterman
Lemuel Gulliver has been working in the mail room of a New York daily newspaper for the past ten years. One day Darcy Silverman, the newspaper's travel editor sends him on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglès subtitulada en castellà
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Literature /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Hachiko: A Dog's Story
Dir.: Lasse Hallström
Parker Wilson, a professor of music, found an abandoned dog at the train station and took it home. After failing to find the owner they decide to keep it. However, a tragedy tests the dog's loyalty.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglès subtitulada en català.
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Citizenship (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) /
Topics: animal world and pets / biographies, autobiographies / family, family relationships /
Hannah Arendt
Dir.: Margarethe von Trotta
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for The New Yorker on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,,,,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Philosophy and History of Philosophy / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
Hanuman
Dir.: Fred Fougea
A young Scot discovers, at an auction in London, a statue of Hanuman the God of the Apes, which his father had found a long time ago when his family lived in India. Determined to stop this illegal and lucrative art theft, he goes back to the mythological kingdom of primates.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,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) / Religion / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world / Art History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / human geography / animal world and pets / ancient civilizations, archaeology, mythology / architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture /
He Named Me Malala
Dir.: Davis Guggenheim
The film is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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 / Religion / Form class (Pastoral care) / 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 / women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
Heidi
Dir.: Alain Gsponer
Based on the 1880 novel by the Swiss writer Johanna Spyri. Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood with her grandfather in the Swiss mountains. The carefree time ends abruptly, as Heidi is taken by her Aunt Dete to Frankfurt.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Literature /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / women (and/or violence against women) / children, children’s rights / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing /
Hereafter
Dir.: Clint Eastwood
A drama centered on three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might -or must- exist in the hereafter.
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 / medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief /
HEROES
Dir.: Pau Freixas
A young publicist, with a successful professional life, finds himself on a trip against time to get to an important business meeting. During the trip, he meets a girl and, although they are very different and have opposite ways of life, they remember the most mythical and emotional time of their childhood.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió en català
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Secondary School) /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / family, family relationships / death and grief /
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 /
