Film Season in Catalonia. Current Academic Year
Billy the Cowboy Hamster
Dir.: Caroline Murrell, Antoine Rota
Billy has grown up in the Wild West and has been raised on the fascinating stories told by his father, accustomed to roaming the plains in search of adventure.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Dubbed version in Catalan with subtitles in accessible Catalan
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
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 /
Mia and the White Lion
Dir.: Gilles de Maistre
Ten year-old Mia has her life turned upside down when her family decides to leave their home in London to manage a lion farm in South Africa. When a beautiful white lion, Charlie, is born, Mia develops a close attachment to the wild cub.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Catalan
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / women (and/or violence against women) / ecology, environment, sustainability / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
Mirror, Mirror
Dir.: Tarsem Singh
After a beloved King vanishes, his ruthless wife seizes control of the kingdom and keeps her beautiful 18-year-old stepdaughter, Snow White, hidden away in the palace. But Snow White blossoms into a brave young woman determined to save her country from the Queen.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version with Catalan subtitles
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) / Art and Design / Literature /
Topics: human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Bandslam
Dir.: Todd Graff
Will Burton starts his junior year at a new school where music rules the scene. Charlotte Banks, another student, recruits Will to help assemble a band to compete in "Bandslam," a battle of bands.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Catalan subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Music and History of the Music / Basque language /
Topics: adolescence, youth / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
War of the Buttons
Dir.: Christophe Barratier
In occupied France, the kids from Longeverne start a playful, rather harmless conflict with the kids in Velran, the neighboring town. But the clashes are eventually overshadowed by the larger events of the Second World War.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original French version subtitled in Catalan
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: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / History /
Topics: education in human values / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
My Blind Date with Life - Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben
Dir.: Marc Rothemund
Saliya Kahawatte is a very meticulous young student who systematically hides his visual blindness in order to fulfill his dream: to work in a luxury hotel in Munich.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: German version with subtitles 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) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / German Language /
Topics: education in human values / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / 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 /
The Wave
Dir.: Dennis Gansel
High school teacher, Rainer Wegner, is very popular with the students. When he's forced to teach autocracy for the school's project week he forces his students to get involved with the project and soon the group starts to resemble Germany's past.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Dubbed version in Catalan
Educational Grades: ,,,,,Secondary school, 14 to 16,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Philosophy and History of Philosophy / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights / politics, political systems /
The Specials - Hors Normes
Dir.: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
"The Specials" is an uplifting drama about the true story of Stephane Benhamou and Daoud Tatou, two friends from different religious faiths who, 20 years ago, created a pair of non-profit organizations for children with severe autism.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in French with Catalan subtitles
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) / French / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / adolescence, youth / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / family, family relationships / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / human rights /
Lion
Dir.: Garth Davis
On a trip with his brother, Saroo, a five-year-old child finds himself alone and trapped in a moving decommissioned passenger train that takes him to Calcutta. Now totally lost in an alien urban environment, Saroo struggles to survive as a street child until he is sent to an orphanage.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: English version with subtitles in Catalan
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 / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Literature / Computer. Internet. New technologies / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
Pride and Prejudice
Dir.: Joe Wright
The story is based on Jane Austen's novel. Mrs. Bennet raises her five daughters with the purpose of getting married with a rich husband that can support the family. The wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: original version in English with Spanish subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,,,,,Sixth form college,Further education,Further Edu, mature students,Higher Education,
Subjects: Spanish language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /














