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My Neighbour Totoro
Dir.: Hayao Miyazaki.
Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Art and Design / Basque language /
Topics: education in human values / family, family relationships /
OLIVER TWIST
Dir.: Roman Polanski
Adaptation from the novel by Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist is soon kicked out of the orphanage and thrown into a terrible home. The bad treatment Oliver receives forces him to run off to London where he meets Fagin. He teaches Oliver to steal.
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,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Literature / History / Basque language /
Topics: natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / children, children’s rights / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
ONCE
Dir.: John Carney
Glen is a Dublin songwriter, Marketa is a Czech girl who plays the piano when she gets a chance. They meet and get to know each other as she helps Glen to put together a demo disc that he can take to London in hope of landing a music contract.
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 (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Music and History of the Music /
Topics: education in human values / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology /
OSAMA
Dir.: Siddiq Barmak
The Taliban are ruling Afghanistan. It is a repressive regime especially for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work. This situation is especially difficult for one family consisting solely of three women.
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: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / 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 / anthropology, ethnography / human relations, psychology, sociology / politics, political systems /
Oz, the Great and Powerful
Dir.: Sam Raimi
Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year:
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
Subjects: English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Natural Science / Art and Design / Design and Technology / Literature / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography /
Topics: education in human values / human relations, psychology, sociology / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Paddington
Dir.: Paul King
A young Peruvian bear with a passion for all things British travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he begins to realize that city life is not all he had imagined.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version in English with Spanish subtitles
Educational Grades: ,,Middle school,Upper Primary school,Secondary school, 12 to 14,,,,,,
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) /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / human rights /
Persepolis
Dir.: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
In 1970s Iran, Marjane Satrapi watches events through her young eyes. When Marjane grows up, she witnesses how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad.
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: Catalan language and literature / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Art and Design / French / Contemporary world / Audiovisual culture. Cinema. Television. Photography / History /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / biographies, autobiographies / family, family relationships / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
Pride
Dir.: Matthew Warchus
U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / sexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, abortion / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / 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:
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 /
Raven the Little Rascal. The Big Race
Dir.: Sandor Jesse, Ute von Münchow-Pohl
Little Raven and his friends take part in a race through the forest where they end up acquiring something that money can not buy: true friendship, the value of teamwork, and responsibility.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan dubbed version
Educational Grades: Infant school,Primary school,,,,,,,,,
Subjects: Catalan language and literature / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Physical education (PE) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Literature /
Topics: education in human values / means of transportation and /or traffic safety education / animal world and pets / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / sports /
RAY
Dir.: Taylor Hackford
The film tells the story of Ray Charles. By the early 1960's Ray Charles had taken virtually every form of popular music and broken through its boundaries with awe inspiring achievements.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Music and History of the Music /
Topics: medicine, health / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / family, family relationships /
Real Women Have Curves
Dir.: Patricia Cardoso
This is the story of Ana, a first generation Mexican-American teenager. She receives a full scholarship to Columbia University, but her very traditional parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.
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 / Form class (Pastoral care) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: women (and/or violence against women) / adolescence, youth / medicine, health / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships /
