School screenings
Film screenings for school classes at the 38th BIFF
During the festival week, BIFF offers special morning screenings for schools in addition to the regular program. Four feature films and a short film program cover areas such as German, Art, Ethics, Politics, Media Criticism, and Film History, providing an exciting supplement to the regular curriculum.
THE WALK is based on an extraordinary artistic project. In 2021, the Good Chance Theatre is touring Europe with a three-meter-tall puppet named Amal (Arabic for hope) to raise awareness of the plight of unaccompanied young refugees. The film follows this journey with many impressive encounters, from Turkey to England. Amal, a 10-year-old girl, is in search of safety and a place where she feels welcome. Interwoven with the escape story of Asil, a 10-year-old Syrian girl who has lost her family and her home, Amal is given a voice. A deeply touching, poetic film, sensitively realized.
Directed by: Tamara Kotevska, UK/USA/MDK 2023, 80 min, language: Arabic with English subtitles
Recommended from 9th grade
Topics: Human rights, war, flight, children, international politics
School subjects: Social studies, politics, history, ethics, values and norms
Accompanying educational material:
-Questions about the movie
- Accompanying material on the topic of FLUCHT & ANKOMMEN from UNHCR Germany
Shy teenager Mina likes to solve tricky math problems and retreat to her closet to think. But when the well-known hip-hop dancer and social media star E. D. Win comes to her school and wants to set up a hip-hop crew, Mina's ambition to become a dancer is awakened. But how do you actually become a dancer? Luckily, her lively grandma can help her and free her from self-doubt and problematic body images. Anyone who liked LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE will love DANCING QUEEN - a wonderful film that encourages young people to always stay true to themselves.
Directed by: Aurora Gossé, NO 2023, 92 min, language: German
Recommended from 5th grade
Themes: Growing up, dance, friendship, family, self-confidence, body image
School subjects: German, ethics, values and norms
Accompanying educational material:
-Supporting material from the Deutsches Filminstitut and Filmmuseum
- Supporting material from kinofenster.de
- Film page from Vision Kino
- Film page from kinofenster.de
- Video analysis from kinofenster.de
- Interview with director
- Statement from the FBW Youth Film Jury
Headstrong teenager Elvira grows up in the Sami coastal village of Unjárga in the far north of Norway, and her world is turned upside down. She longs to escape small-town life, her mother's new partner and her pushy classmates. She finally wants to meet her biological father and makes plans to track him down. When he suddenly turns up and causes more trouble and confusion than she can bear, Elvira's dream of a different life is finally shattered. MY FATHERS' DAUGHTER is a film about identity and emancipation. In a blunt and humorous way, it takes us on the emotional rollercoaster ride of a girl finding herself.
Directed by: Egil Pedersen, NO/SE 2024, 78 min, language: Sami, Norwegian, English, Danish with German subtitles
Recommended from 7th grade
Themes: Identity, growing up, parenthood, LGBTQI+, Sami culture, friendship, social media, family conflict
School subjects: Social studies, German, history, values and norms
Accompanying educational material:
- Sámi Culture: Interview with Daniel Sundström from the Swedish Embassy
DAS LEBEN IST WIEDER KEIN PONYHOF - Thursday, November 14, 11:30 am at the ASTOR Filmtheater (Room 2)
Don't touch me so hard! What's actually going on here? You might be a nice friend to me. And I trusted you again! Please don't go away! Now tell me... No, give me that! That's mine! Problems everywhere - but everyone tries to cope with the difficulties, which are often not of their own making.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WARRIOR HEART
Director: Marianne Ulrichsen, Norway 2024, 15 min, Norwegian with English subtitles
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
BROUILLARTA
Director: Ingvild Søderlind, Norway 2023, 14 min, French with English subtitles
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
DEAD PERIOD
Director: João Pedro Prado, USA/Germany 2023, 9:55 min, English with German subtitles
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
A BICYCLE FOR ALICIA
Director: Masha Mollenhauer, Germany 2023, 13 min, German
BEYOND FAREWELL
Director: Jackie Shijie Xing, USA/China 2024, 4:32 min, Chinese with English subtitles
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
EVERYTHING HAD BEEN PERFECT
Director: Mia Sunniva Øveraas Krokaas, Norway 2023, 10:57 min, Norwegian with English subtitles
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
RÉEL
Director: Rodrigue Huart, France 2024, 4:12 min, French
BIFFgoes2school: Film available from 18.11.24 - 18.11.2025
Educational material
Language: Original with English subtitles
Themes: Bullying, fear, friendship, theft, death, love, conflict, aspects of storytelling and filmmaking
School subjects: Art, German, English, French, Values and standards
