The This is England short-film festival in Rouen has a specific programme of short films for cycle 4e classes. This year you can access screenings all school year all around France. The cycle 4 selection has ants and a sporting dog, children living in rural communities, the 2012 Olympics and a DIY spaceship. If you … Continue reading “This is England 2025 films for Cycle 4”
The This is England short-film festival in Rouen has a specific programme of short films for lycée classes. This year you can access screenings all school year all around France. This year’s selection will make you laugh and make you cry, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to sibling rivalry. Some films are very British, … Continue reading “This is England 2025 Films for Lycée”
Guillermo del Toro resurrects Mary Shelley’s myth in a gothic and deeply human vision. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in late summer 2025, Frankenstein marks Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited return to the themes that define his work: monstrosity, compassion, and creation itself. A US–Mexican co-production, the film opened in select theaters on October 17, … Continue reading “Del Toro’s Frankenstein: A Gothic Vision for Netflix”
Wicked is back, with a vengeance and for good! The second part of the adventures of Elphaba and Glinda is released on 19 November, revealing another aspect of these two women’s relationship. Whether you teach A1+ students or B1 ones, these activities will help you explore the world of Wicked. We offer 2 levels of analysis … Continue reading “Wicked for Good”
The “This is England” festival of British short films based in Rouen and the surrounding region is back. The 2025 edition will take place from 15 to 23 November. A team of teachers has put together a special programme of screenings and teaching materials for primary, collège and lycée classes. And this year, it will … Continue reading “Save the Date: British Short Films Festival All Around France”
The Dinard British and Irish Film Festival takes place from 1 to 5 October. There are five films in competition as well as a short-film section, documentaries and lots of special showings. The opening film of the festival is one of several first films directed by actors. My Mother’s Wedding was written and directed by Kristen … Continue reading “Dinard British and Irish Film Festival 2025”
Generally clubs and classes in retirement homes include things like baking, playing bridge or flower arranging. At Cooper’s Chase retirement community, there is also the Thursday Murder Club. Richard Osman’s bestselling mystery novel is now a hit Netflix film. Cooper’s Chase isn’t your average old people’s home. A retirement community built in an old English … Continue reading “The Thursday Murder Club”
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest starring Denzel Washington will be available on Apple TV+ starting 5 September. Lee reimagines Kurosawa’s kidnap thriller High and Low in present-day New York. Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Reunite This urban thriller was screened out of competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where Denzel Washington received an honorary … Continue reading “From Kurosawa to NYC with Spike Lee”
As the final film in the Downton Abbey saga is released, these activities will help your students learn more not only about this final film and its plot but also about the era or rather the “end of an era” in which the lines between classes are blurred and the upper-class world is about to … Continue reading “Downton Abbey: End of an Era”
The 36th edition of the Dinard British and Irish Film Festival will take place in Brittany from 1 to 5 October. We’ll be writing about the films in competition soon, but you can get ready to sign up your classes to see some great British and Irish films at special schools showings. You need to … Continue reading “Films for Schools in Dinard 2025!”