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The Blue Arrow
Dir.: Enzo D’Alň
Based on a tale by Gianni Rodari. When Santa's helper Granny Rose falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Mr. Grimm to help deliver all the toys. What no one but the toys knows is that Mr. Grimm plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder.
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 /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Boxtrolls
Dir.: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
The Boxtrolls are a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of a city called Cheesebridge.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Dir.: Mark Herman
The film is based on the novel by John Boyne. Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany. But the family relocates to the countryside where his SS Commandant father is assigned to take command a prison camp.
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: Spanish language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty /
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
Dir.: Jannik Hastrup
To heal the sorrow of his mate after the death of their bear child, a male polar bear steals a newborn child from a nearby man and woman. The boy faces the choice between becoming a boy again or learning how to be a bear on his own.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Basque language /
Topics: children, children’s rights / ecology, environment, sustainability / human geography / animal world and pets / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Breadwinner
Dir.: Nora Twomey
The film is based on the homonymous novel by Deborah Ellis and nominated for an Oscar. Parvana is an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English subtitled in Catalan
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Literature / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
The Brothers Grimm
Dir.: Terry Gilliam
In 1811, in a French occupied Germany, the crooks Brothers Grimm pretend to fight against evil witches and monsters to make money. They are arrested by General Delatombe who offers them a chance to redeem themselves in the village of Marbaden, where ten young girls have vanished.
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 / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Literature /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Children of Huang Shi
Dir.: Roger Spottiswoode
This is a story about young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse and a Chinese partisan fighter, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.
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 / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / politics, political systems /
The China Syndrome
Dir.: James Bridges
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: English language / Design and Technology / Physics and Chemistry / Contemporary world /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / ecology, environment, sustainability / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / journalism, mass media, advertising /
The Chorus
Dir.: Christophe Barratier
Fond de l'Etang is a boarding school for troubled boys located in the French countryside. In the mid-twentieth century, it is run by the principal M. Rachin, a strict disciplinarian. But a new supervisor, M. Clément Mathieu, arrives to the school.
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: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / French / Music and History of the Music /
Topics: children, children’s rights / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
The Class
Dir.: Laurent Cantet
Teacher François Marin and his colleagues are preparing for another school year teaching at a racially mixed inner city high school in Paris. Marin tries to get through to his students, sometimes with success and sometimes resulting in utter failure.
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: Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The colonel Maciá
Dir.: Josep Maria Forn
This film is based on the true story of the military and politician Francesc Macià (Vilanova i la Geltrú 1859 - Barcelona 1933). The film takes place from 1905 until 1933.
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 / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / politics, political systems /
The Conductor
Dir.: Maria Peters
New York, 1926: Passionate and ambitious, young Antonia Brico dreams of becoming a conductor.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: English language / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / Music and History of the Music / Performing arts, Music and Dance /
Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
