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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 /
Shrek
Dir.: Andrew Adamson
Shrek is a big green ogre who lives alone in the woods. When Lord Farquaad, the ruler of Duloc, exiles all the fairy-tale beings to the woods, Shrek sets out to find Lord Farquaad and convince him to take the fairy-tale beings back where they belong.
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: English language / Art and Design /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Silver Linings Playbook
Dir.: David O. Russell
After spending eight months in a mental health institution, Pat returns to his parents' home decided to do everything to get his ex-wife.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Spanish subtitles
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 / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world /
Topics: medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Dir.: Danny Boyle
Based on a novel by Vikas Swarup. Jamal Malik, an 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, India, is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on a quiz show.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History / Basque language /
Topics: children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / journalism, mass media, advertising / human rights /
Snow White
Dir.: Pablo Berger
Very loose adaptation of the tale by the Brothers Grimm, set in the 1920s in southern Spain. Carmen, a beautiful young woman with a childhood tormented by his terrible stepmother, starts an exciting journey accompanied by a troupe of dwarfs bullfighters.
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,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Literature / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: children, children’s rights / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Snowflake, the White Gorilla
Dir.: Andrés G. Schaer
Snowflake is special; he's the only white gorilla in the world and the zoo's main attraction. Children love him, but the other gorillas don't see what's so charming about this weirdo being the center of attention.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Version dubbed in 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 / animal world and pets /
Somers Town
Dir.: Shane Meadows
Two teenagers forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town. Tomo surreptitiously moves into Marek's bedroom - but it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on.
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 / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships /
Son of Cain
Dir.: Jesús Monllaó Plana
Nico is a quirky teenager with an exceptional intelligence and a unique hobby: chess. Carlos and Coral, worried about the strange behaviour of his son, decide to hire a child psychologist.
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 / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships /
Spellbound
Dir.: Jeff Blitz
This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee championship in Washington D.C. The competitors not only work hard to get to the finals but face tremendous pressure.
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,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Form class (Pastoral care) /
Topics: cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
Spread Your Wings
Dir.: Nicolas Vanier
Christian and his son will draw closer together around a crazy project: to a save an endangered species, thanks to the Christian's microlight. So begins and incredible and perilous journey.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original French version subtitled in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,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: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Natural Science / Citizenship (Secondary School) / French / Biology and Geology / Computer. Internet. New technologies / Earth Sciences /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Dir.: Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
It is the story of a college-educated young man who comes home to help his father work on his Mississippi River steamboat
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Silent film with English texts and Catalan subtitles
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,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) / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / Performing arts, Music and Dance / History /
Topics: means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Stowaways on the Ark
Dir.: Wolfgang Urchs
The Flood has been announced and Noah fills the Ark with animals from all around the world, among these are some curious stowaways: the worms from the wood with which the ship was built.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Religion /
Topics: animal world and pets / ancient civilizations, archaeology, mythology /
