Film Education

Thank you!

We would like to say a big thank you to all of the thousands of teachers that have worked with us to enable young people across the UK. Read more...

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Pompeii Live screenings this summer

A live interactive and educational cinema event by the British Museum at locations around the UK

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Be Creative 2013 finalists announced!

The final eight entries to our student production competition are now on the Be Creative site. Winners, runners up and commended entries will be revealed after the Easter break!

In the House archive

Exclusive photos and clips from our Q&A with In the House director Francois Ozon

Teaching Trailers Spring 2013

The latest edition of our Teaching Trailers resource for secondary schools is now available. Suitable for media, film and English students aged 11-19

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Thinking Film resource series

A series of Bett-award nominated, free teaching resources covering primary literacy, secondary English, history, French, film and media studies. Full supporting resources and introductory videos can be found on the site.

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Romeo and Juliet in Performance: new resource

Shakespeare in Performance – Romeo and Juliet is a free CD-ROM resource designed to actively engage students with Shakespeare’s play through a series of exercises that are both critical and creative

Positive? Resource to raise awareness of HIV

Suitable for 14-19 PSHEE, citizenship, science, English and media, this topic page looks at Positive?, an interactive resource using film-based approaches to raise HIV awareness and challenge stigma

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The Muppets online resource

Online study materials on The Muppets, suitable for 7-11 year olds. The activities cover aspects of literacy, music and ICT, and features key clips and interactive activities for the classroom or computer suite.

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War Horse resource

Online resource on Steven Spielberg's War Horse, suitable for KS3 English, Media and History and KS2 Science and PSHEE. Features interactive learning tools and visual content from archive and the film

Welcome

Film Education provides award-winning teaching resources, teacher training and cinema based events which support the use of film within the curriculum.

Since 1985 we have been producing unique, curriculum-relevant film-based learning experiences at no or nominal cost to teachers.

Film Education also takes nearly half a million school children to the cinema free of charge every year, with events that include the world's biggest screening programme for young people, National Schools Film Week.

We hope you enjoy our resources.

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