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The Sea Inside
Dir.: Alejandro Amenabar
The film tells the life story of Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramón's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.
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 (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) /
Topics: medicine, health / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / human rights / death and grief /
The Secret of Kells
Dir.: Tomm Moore
Twelve years old Brendan lives in a remote medieval abbey in the IX century. A new life of adventure begins for him when a celebrated master illuminator arrives carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,Middle school,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Religion / Art and Design /
Topics: ancient civilizations, archaeology, mythology / books and writing /
The Secret World of Arrietty
Dir.: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Based on the novel The Borrowers by Mary Norton. Arrietty, a tiny, but tenacious 14-year-old, lives with her parents in the recesses of a suburban garden home, unbeknown to the homeowner and her housekeeper.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: 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 / women (and/or violence against women) / medicine, health / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Silent Revolution
Dir.: Lars Kraume
In 1956, an entire classroom of twelfth graders in the German Democratic Republic is traumatized when they discover what is really happening during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original German version subtitled in Spanish
Educational Grades: ,,,,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / History / German Language /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
The Social Network
Dir.: David Fincher
In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard undergraduate and computer programmer, begins working on a new idea. What he begins in his dormitory soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglčs subtitulada en castellŕ
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,,
Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Computer. Internet. New technologies / Contemporary world /
Topics: biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Son of Bigfoot
Dir.: Jeremy Degruson
Teenage outsider Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot!
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Natural Science / Biology and Geology /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Dir.: Mark Waters
When the Grace family moves into the old and isolated house of Arthur Spiderwick, their uncle grandfather, strange things begin to happen. The twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of fairies and other creatures.
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 / Art and Design / Literature /
Topics: family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Dir.: Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni
It is springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Social Science, Geography and History / Contemporary world / Economy / History /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / ecology, environment, sustainability / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / animal world and pets / anthropology, ethnography / architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
The Teacher Who Promised the Sea
Dir.: Patricia Font
The buried memories of the Spanish Civil War are unearthed as a woman, Ariadna, searches for the remains of her grandfather's father and discovers the story of Antoni Benaiges, an idealistic young teacher from Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona).
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Spanish and Catalan version
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Spanish language and literature / Form class (Pastoral care) / 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 / biographies, autobiographies / world of work, employment relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
The Thief Lord
Dir.: Richard Claus
The film is based on a tale by the German writer Cornelia Funke. It follows six-year-old Bo and fifteen-year-old Prosper, two recently orphaned brothers who escape to Venice. There they have fantastical adventures with a mysterious masked figure known as the Thief Lord.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Spanish language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design /
Topics: architecture and urban planning, painting, sculpture / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The Tree
Dir.: Julie Bertuccelli
The O'Neills live happily in their house in the Australian countryside. But one day Peter, the father, dies. Eight-year-old Simone denies this reality and is persuaded that her father still lives in the giant fig tree growing near their house.
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: English language / Religion / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / death and grief / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
The True Story of Puss'N Boots
Dir.: Jerome Deschamps, Pascal Herold
When his father dies, little Pierre, a young miller inherits a strange cat that talks as a human being and seems endowed with magical powers, thanks to a pair of beautiful boots.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,Primary school,Middle school,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / French /
Topics: film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
