Films

All these films are award-winning international feature films.

We think they are exceptional and we wanted you to be able to use them in your classroom.

  • Poster for Dalya's Other Country

    Dalya's Other Country

    Students explore forced displacement by war, identity development in a new country, and advocacy against discrimination and hate.
    Write a newspaper article, AQA GCSE English/Eng Lang. spec & exam criteria, Analysing & creating new texts, Creativity, Cultural/Critical Understanding, Researching and presenting a debate, Non-fiction & imaginative writing; racism, Perceiving and interpreting thoughts and feelings, Storyboarding & screenwriting, Critically viewing a documentary, Reading, writing, speaking & listening, Different writing styles - article, diary entries, English Language, Presenting, discussing & listening, drama activity, Writing to describe, explain and inform, Engaging with and understanding a text, Media Studies: New Media Technology, Critically viewing a documentary text, Media Studies: Concept of Ideology, Media Studies: Concept of Genre, Analysing documentary, critically viewing a text, A Level Media Studies, Intro to A Level media studies & key concepts, Presenting, discussing & listening, drama activity , KS3: cultural diversity, media & reality tv, Media Studies: Concept of Representation, English & Media, content & ideas of the film, Speaking and listening assessment, Reading for meaning, English - Reading, writing, speaking & listening, Stereotype and prejudice, Reading/speaking/listening/write newspaper article, Stereotypes & Prejudice; Audience; Cinematic Technique
  • Poster for Erasing David

    Erasing David

    A documentary about privacy, surveillance and the database state.
  • Poster for Exodus: Our journey to Europe

    Exodus: Our journey to Europe

    Join forces with Hassan, an English teacher from Damascus, to hit key GCSE English Language Assessment Objectives whilst opening up a conversations about migration and the refugee crisis.

    Write a newspaper article, Creativity, Cultural/Critical Understanding, Non-fiction & imaginative writing; racism, Biology, Reading, writing, speaking & listening, Climate Change, Writing to describe, explain and inform, Engaging with and understanding a text, Media Studies: New Media Technology, Critically viewing a documentary text, Media Studies: Concept of Ideology, Media Studies: Concept of Genre, English Language Arts, Rhetoric, Analysing documentary, critically viewing a text, English Language Arts, A Level Media Studies, Intro to A Level media studies & key concepts, Presenting, discussing & listening, drama activity , KS3: cultural diversity, media & reality tv, Media Studies: Concept of Representation, English Language Arts, History, English & Media, content & ideas of the film, ELA, Earth Science, English Language Arts, Earth Science, Speaking and listening assessment, Reading for meaning, English - Reading, writing, speaking & listening, Stereotype and prejudice, Reading/speaking/listening/write newspaper article, Stereotypes & Prejudice; Audience; Cinematic Technique, AQA GCSE English/Eng Lang. spec & exam criteria, Analysing & creating new texts, Researching and presenting a debate, Social Studies, Perceiving and interpreting thoughts and feelings, ELA, Storyboarding & screenwriting, Critically viewing a documentary, Data Analysis, Different writing styles - article, diary entries, English Language, Presenting, discussing & listening, drama activity
  • Poster for Give Up Tomorrow

    Give Up Tomorrow

    A teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a controversial double murder
    English Language
  • Poster for Growing Up Coy

    Growing Up Coy

    Students will grapple with how far they would go to fight for something they believe in. Discussion prompts and exercises consider the power of media for advocacy.
  • Poster for He Named Me Malala

    He Named Me Malala

    A powerful scheme of work that takes students on a journey of advocacy and activism. Clips and exercises explore migration, gender and human rights.

    English - Reading, writing, speaking & listening
  • Poster for I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    The writings and social commentary of James Baldwin are a platform from which students explore historical, literary and social themes of the civil rights era and modern U.S. race relations.
  • Poster for I Am Not Your Negro - Daily

    I Am Not Your Negro - Daily

    The writings and social commentary of James Baldwin are a platform from which students explore historical, literary and social themes of the civil rights era and modern U.S. race relations. One clip + activity per day.
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