National Schools Film Week is run by Film Education – the national charity, funded by the film industry, that aims to bring as much as possible from feature films to education throughout the United Kingdom.
As a collaborative partner, Warwick Arts Centre builds its National School Film Week programme to appeal to a wide range of needs and tastes – recognising that the medium of film can present complex information to a young audience in a meaningful and accessible way
Tickets to all events are FREE but must be booked in advance through the National Schools Film Week booking line on 020 7439 4880. For full details of the National Schools Film Week programme go to www.nsfw.org.
Mon 19 Oct 10am
Watch and Make – with BBC Learning
Years 5 & 6
For the first time, Warwick Arts Centre collaborates with BBC Learning to offer Primary schools a full day of in-depth film study. The day will start with a full screening of The Secret of Moonacre and, after lunch (please bring packed lunches with you) the practical work starts with the children in small groups dotted around the Arts Centre make their own movies with BBC Learning staff. A full on and busy day!
The Secret of Moonacre U
Dir: Gabor Csupo
US 2008 103mins
When Maria’s father dies, she moves to the mysterious Moonacre Manor. She discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and must uncover the secrets of the past before the 5000th moon rises and Moonacre disappears into the sea forever.
Tue 20 Oct
International Day
Film/Media Studies, Modern Languages
10am
Die Welle (The Wave) 15
Dir: Dennis Gansel
Ger 2008 107mins
In German with English subtitles
When Rainer Wegner has to teach autocracy as part of a project, he, and his students, are less than enthusiastic about studying fascism yet again. His hastily conceived lesson in social orders and the power of unity soon grows a life of its own. This energetic and gripping drama reveals the terrifying irony that these students may welcome the very things they denounce.
1.15pm
Entre Les Murs (The Class) 15
Dir: Laurent Cantet
Fr 2008 130mins
In French with English subtitles
Entre Les Murs won the Palme D’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was Oscar nominated in the same year. It follows the life of a literature teacher in a racially mixed school in a tough, inner-city Parisian neighbourhood. Cultures and attitudes often clash in his classroom and his teaching ethics are put to the test when his students begin challenging his methods.
Wed 21 Oct 10am
How the BBFC Works – Secondary Schools
Film/Media Students
A BBFC examiner will reveal how the BBFC makes its certification decisions – with clips, time for questions and a full screening of Shifty
Shifty 15
Dir: Eran Creevy
UK 2009 85mins
Shifty presents the grim realities of life in a London suburb. Chris returns there after a long absence to find his old friend Shifty has made his name as the local drug dealer. Together they explore the ghosts of a past they’d both rather forget and the hopeless, dangerous present Shifty finds himself in.
Thu 22 Oct
10am
How the BBFC works – Primary schools
A BBFC examiner will discuss with children the sorts of decisions the BBFC has to make about children’s and family films. With a full screening of Coraline
Coraline PG
Dir: Henry Selick
US 2009 100mins
A young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this new reality is similar to her real life – but better! But when her adventure turns dangerous, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
1.30pm
Contemporary Cinema
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Dir: Cristian Mungiu
Rom 2007 113mins
Film/Media Studies, Politics, Citizenship, PSHE, General Studies
Set in communist Romania in the final years of the Ceausescu era, the film tells the story of two students, roommates in the university dormitory, who try to arrange an illegal abortion. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 2007, this film received enthusiastic responses from critics, with one remarking that it shared characteristics with other films of the New Romanian Cinema, namely “long takes, controlled camera and an astonishing ear for natural dialogue."
Fri 23 Oct 10am
Amnesty – Film in Context.
Film/Media Studies, History, Politics, Citizenship, PSHE, General Studies
A speaker from Amnesty International will introduce Heart of Fire, setting the film’s historical and political context. After the screening there will be time for discussion.