The table below lists films referred to in the book by title, theme and language(s). A key question negotiated with students is identified for each theme. Please click on the title of the film to go to the Vimeo channel where project films are housed.
TITLE | KEY QUESTION | LANGUAGE(S) |
Making Profiteroles | What do you learn about food and cooking? | Arabic-English |
Fariz Freeze Dance | What is freeze dancing and how did Fariz get into it? | Arabic-English |
All About Me | What is it like to be a Palestinian girl growing up in London? | Arabic-English |
Young Palestinian talent | What are the talents of young Palestinians today? | Arabic-English |
My Day | What do you learn about Luke’s future dreams? | Chinese-English |
Rise | How is rock music represented in this narrative of a band? | English |
Hot dance club | What can you do to survive the stressful school life in Taiwan? | English as a foreign language |
Big Bad Wolf Talk Show | What do you learn about Taiwanese students through a talk show? | English as a foreign language |
High School Lunchtime | How do students spend their lunchtime in a Taiwanese school? | English as a foreign language |
Meine Freizeit | What do I like doing in my free time? | German-English |
Meine Hobbys | How are different cultures represented here? | German-English |
This film directory is structured thematically under the following six headings:
- Traditional tales (Arabic, Chinese, Greek)
- Fantasy (Arabic, Chinese, French)
- History and culture (Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, English as a foreign language)
- Personal, social and moral issues/ World news (Arabic, English as an additional language, English as a foreign language, Non-verbal, Urdu)
- Reflections on school, local area and teenage life (Arabic, Chinese, English as a foreign language, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese