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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dir.: Rupert Wyatt
Scientist Will Rodman is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. The most recent version of his experimental drug seems to have worked on a chimpanzee. Unfortunately, the chimp goes berserk on the same day as a presentation to investors and the animal is put down.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural Science / Biology and Geology /
Topics: ecology, environment, sustainability / medicine, health / animal world and pets /

Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss
Dir.: Phil Nibbelink
The film is an animated feature fantasy about two seals from warring families that fall in love against their parents' wishes. When Juliet's father gives her hand in marriage to the monstrous elephant seal Prince, Juliet must fake her death in order to be reunited with Romeo.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Basque language /
Topics: animal world and pets / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /

Saïd
Dir.: Llorenç Soler
Saïd is convinced that life in Europe will be wonderful. The small boat in which he crosses the strait of Gibraltar is the first thing that disappoints him. When he arrives in Barcelona, he realizes that an immigrant's life is not as easy as one may think.
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 / 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 / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / family, family relationships / human rights / judicial system, prisons, death penalty /

Saint-Jacques... La Mecque
Dir.: Coline Serreau
A trio of estranged siblings must go together on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in order to collect an inheritance after their mother dies. They must travel together in order to each warn the millions their mother left them or else it all goes to charity.
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: Catalan language and literature / Religion / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /

Salamina Soldiers
Dir.: David Trueba
Adaptation from a book by Spanish writer Javier Cercas. The writer Lola Sánchez researches and finds for the first time about the execution of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, who founded the fascist party Spanish Falange and miraculously escaped from a shooting.
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: Spanish language and literature / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /

SALVADOR
Dir.: Manuel Huerga
In the early 1970s, a group of young anti Franco militants committed several robberies in Catalonia in order to finance their political struggle. One of them, Salvador Puig Antich was sentenced to death and executed.
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: Spanish language and literature / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /

Sarah's Key
Dir.: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Paris 1942. Thousands of Jews are sent off to German concentration camps. As 10-year old Sarah and her family are being arrested, she hides her younger brother in a closet. In 2009, a journalist named Julia is on assignment to write a story on the deported Jews in 1942.
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 / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / journalism, mass media, advertising / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /

Selma
Dir.: Ava DuVernay
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.
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) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising / family, family relationships / human rights / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /

Séraphine
Dir.: Martin Provost
Based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis. In 1912, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in Senlis. Wilhelm, who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting. He is stunned to learn that the artist is Séraphine, the woman who cleans his house.
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: Art and Design / French / Art History / Basque language /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders /

Shadow of the Vampire
Dir.: E. Elias Merhige
It is a film about the making of a German silent horror-movie from 1922 called Nosferatu-a Symphony of Horror. The production of Nosferatu had to deal with a lot of strange things: some crew members disappeared, some died...
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 / Literature / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Art History /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology /

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Dir.: Guy Ritchie
With Dr. John Watson about to marry and end their partnership, a disconsolate Sherlock Holmes occupies his time investigating the schemes of his archenemy, Professor James Moriarty. However, Holmes must get John involved in one last case.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /

Short Term 12
Dir.: Destin Daniel Cretton
Grace is a young counselor who works at a foster-care facility for at-risk teenagers. She tries to do her best for kids who often have been pulled from the worst kinds of home situations. Life is not easy as Grace and her colleagues care for kids who are too often profoundly scarred.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Catalan subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,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 / women (and/or violence against women) / adolescence, youth / sexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, abortion / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights /