| Age group:
10-14 years |
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| Workshop and educational concept:
“Changes” is concerned with the transitions young people often face when growing up and how they cope with them. The students are encouraged to consider the different characters portrayed in the short-films and will have the opportunity to compare the characters’ situations to their own experiences throughout the discussion. Watch the trailer of CHANGES: You also have the opportunity to watch a trailer with excerpts of all films in this programme online. Please contact dagny@school-of-life-expanded.de to get more information. To order a CD with the trailer please download the booking form here and fax it back to us. |
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| SPECIAL PEOPLE 13 minutes UK, dir: Justin Edgar, 2005, Comedy Jasper, a film-maker takes five wheelchair-bound teenagers out into the country to make a short film about the “struggle” they go through every day, but they are sick of being treated differently from other people; they have other ideas. |
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| topics: struggle, handicap, self-confidence | ||
| THE ROOSTER, THE CROCODILE AND THE NIGHT SKY 10 minutes IRL, dir: Padraig Fagan, 2008, Animation A tale of passion, loss, surreal comedy and explosive violence. The film is animated in a cut-out style combining cardboard, tinfoil, paint on glass animation and Super 8 film footage to create a dreamy hand-made aestethic. |
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| topics: courage, drive, cycle of nature | ||
| ELA 13 minutes UK, dir: Silvana Aguirre Zegarra, 2007, Drama We meet 8-year old Ela in a very particular moment of her life: the moment she experiences loss for the first time. |
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| Topics: death, grief, family, brother | ||
| MONSTERS & RABBITS 11 minutes UK, dir: Nicky Lianos, 2008, Fiction A story about monsters, moon-walks and what happens to your imaginary friend when you make your first real one… |
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| Topics: outsiders, misfits, friendship, imaginary friends, cliches | ||