New German Films on the IFI Schools Platform 2020/2021
The IFI@Schools platform is a new online streaming library for teachers of primary and post-primary education which launched in December 2020. The Irish Film Institute's education initiative gives teachers flexibility and accessibility to film content.
The IFI@Schools 2020/2021 programme offers two new German films: "Too Far Away" ("Zu weit weg"), an award-winning children's film about friendship and envy directed by Sarah Winkenstette, and "A Voluntary Year" ("Das freiwillige Jahr"), a coming-of-age drama directed by Henner Winckler and Ulrich Köhler which has been nomiinated for various Locarno International Film Festival awards.
The Goethe-Institut Irland has developed study guides for both films which are available
here.
For Junior Cycle
Too Far Away / Zu weit weg
(C) Farbfilm Verleih GmbH
Dir: Sarah Winkenstette, Colour, 92 Min., Germany 2019, German with English subtitles.
Ben (12) and Tariq (11) are the newbies in school and in the local football club. Ben had to move due to a new open-cast mine, Tariq fled from the war in Syria. The two boys soon become friends, but while Ben belongs to the outsiders in school and things aren’t going so well for the talented striker in football, Tariq is a popular student who is successful on the field. Will Ben be able to step out of his friend’s shadow? Or is his competitive thinking unnecessary after all?
IFI@Schools: Too Far Away / Zu weit weg
For Senior Cycle
A Voluntary Year / Das freiwillige Jahr
(C) Grandfilm
Dir: Ulrich Köhler & Henner Winckler, Colour, 86 Min., Germany 2019, German with English subtitles.
Beginning her life after finishing school and not wasting away in an East Westphalian province – that is the unspoken demand which single father, Urs (Sebastian Rudolph) has for his daughter Jette (Mai-Britt Klenke). He has got enough on his plate with his incapable brother and the affair with his receptionist. So, all of a sudden, the day of Jette’s departure for her Voluntary Social Year at a Costa Rican hospital is here, but Jette is torn between her first love Mario and her wish to fulfil her father’s expectations. In the end, it’s a missing camera that results in Mario giving Jette a ride to the airport, making her overthink her plans. She decides not to go and together with Mario she hides from her father for days. When Urs finally finds Jette, a difficult process starts for all parties involved and the cards are reshuffled.
IFI@Schools: A Voluntary Year / Das freiwillige Jahr
Supported by Goethe-Institut Irland.
Further information on IFI@Schools and film subscriptions are available
here.
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