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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 /
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 /
Rhythm Is It!
Dir.: Thomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch
The film records the first big educational project of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle. The orchestra ventured out of the ivory tower of high culture into boroughs of low life for the sake of 250 youngsters.
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: Catalan language and literature / Music and History of the Music / Performing arts, Music and Dance / Basque language /
Topics: adolescence, youth / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human relations, psychology, sociology / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships /
Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss
Dir.: Phil Nibbelink
The film is an animated feature fantasy about two seals from warring families that fall in love against their parents' wishes. When Juliet's father gives her hand in marriage to the monstrous elephant seal Prince, Juliet must fake her death in order to be reunited with Romeo.
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 / Basque language /
Topics: animal world and pets / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /
Salamina Soldiers
Dir.: David Trueba
Adaptation from a book by Spanish writer Javier Cercas. The writer Lola Sánchez researches and finds for the first time about the execution of Rafael Sánchez Mazas, who founded the fascist party Spanish Falange and miraculously escaped from a shooting.
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 (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / books and writing / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
SALVADOR
Dir.: Manuel Huerga
In the early 1970s, a group of young anti Franco militants committed several robberies in Catalonia in order to finance their political struggle. One of them, Salvador Puig Antich was sentenced to death and executed.
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 / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / History /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / biographies, autobiographies / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / judicial system, prisons, death penalty / politics, political systems /
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 /
