| Age group:
14-17 years |
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| Workshop and educational concept:
“Everyday Heroes” revolves around the topic of heroes and champions. After the students establish what a hero is for them before watching the films, they then have the chance to compare their ideas with the presentation of the ‘hero’ character in the following short-films. A final discussion will enable the students to consider what makes a hero special and who, in their life, is an ‘everyday hero’. Watch the trailer of EVERYDAY HEROES: 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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| SALTMARK 11 minutes UK, dir: Robin Haig, 2008, Drama In a small Scottish town, a teenage girl is forced to visit her grandfather. When his infirmity turns their outing from a chore into outright humiliation, she must make a stark choice: his dignity or her own? |
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| Topics: Grandfather, care, peer pressure, come of age, shame | ||
| CROSSING 13 minutes UK, dir: Silvana Aguirre Zegarra, 2009, Drama Recording her voice on his dictaphone, visually impaired Alastair pieces together a picture of June. |
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| Topocs: perception, handicap, friendship, first love | ||
| SPEECHLESS 8 minutes UK, dir: Daniel Greaves, 2009, Animation A short film about miscommunication in a world of mass communication. |
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| Topics: Family, communication, mobile phones | ||
| ANTONIO’S BREAKFAST 16 minutes UK, dir: Daniel Mulloy, 2005, Drama Unable to dress, eat, move or breathe on his own, Antonio’s father depends upon him. Fourteen floors up and desperate to escape, Antonio won’t let himself leave. |
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| Topics: care, father. family, friends, responsibility | ||