Foyle Film Festival Education Programme 2019

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EDUCATION PROGRAMME MONDAY 18 – FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2019

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WELCOME WELCOME to the 32nd Foyle Film Festival Education Programme, which includes a diverse range of local and international films, presentations and hands-on workshops.

The primary programme launches with the magical animation Toy Story 4 with the gang welcoming new toy “Forky” into the toy family. While classic Disney tales are reimagined in new live action movie The Lion King with positive messages such as embracing family, friendship and the need to accept those who are different. Outreach screenings include Mary Poppins Returns and Ralph Breaks The Internet bringing movie magic into schools.

Foyle Film Festival, in association with CCEA, once again delivers the Moving Image Arts Showcase screening the films of MIA students and presenting City of Derry Crystal Awards to the winning students. While the Nerve Centre’s Creative Learning Centre team brings Foyle Film Festival’s Education Programme into schools giving students a unique opportunity to use fun ICT skills in the classroom in order to explore this year’s festival themes.

Approximately six hundred million people watched on television as Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. Armstrong’s step marked the culmination of a remarkable political and scientific effort. The post-primary programme marks this milestone with a special screening of Apollo 11.

Also included in this year’s programme is a special outreach screening of Tolkien, which explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he discovers friendship, courage and inspiration among a group of fellow writers and artists.

Bernie McLaughlin Foyle Film Festival Director & Programmer

facebook.com/FoyleFilmFest twitter.com/FoyleFilm Foyle Film Festival is a project of the Nerve Centre. The festival acknowledges the ongoing support of City of Derry Crystal, and venue partner Brunswick Moviebowl.

Foyle Film Festival is funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen and by Derry City and Strabane District Council.

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TOY STORY 4

THE LION KING

© Disney-Pixar 2019

MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1&2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / CITIZENSHIP THEMES: FRIENDSHIP / LOVE / LOYALTY / DEVOTION / ACCEPTING DIFFERENCE / ADVENTURE / FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS / WORKING WITH OTHERS USA.2019. Director: Josh Cooley. Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Christina Hendricks, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves, Joan Cusack.

Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: U. Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. So when Bonnie's beloved new craftproject-turned-toy, Forky, declares himself as "trash" and not a toy, Woody takes it upon himself to show Forky why he should embrace being a toy. But when Bonnie takes the whole gang on her family's road trip excursion, Woody ends up on an unexpected detour that includes a reunion with his long-lost friend Bo Peep.

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“An excellent encore to one of the finest animated properties of the modern era.”

Brian Lloyd, Entertainment.ie

“ Finding your purpose, embracing your destiny and accepting your mortality are mature themes for a children’s film, but Toy Story 4 handles them nimbly while still managing to be a colorful family adventure.”

Adam Graham, Detroit News

“Toy Story 4 is so good it’s criminal.”

Matthew Norman, London Evening Standard

TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / CITIZENSHIP THEMES: FAMILY / FRIENDSHIP / ADVENUTRE / DESTINY / GROWING UP USA.2019. Director: Jon Favreau. Cast: Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogan, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Beyoncé Knowles.

Duration: 2hrs. Cert: PG U. Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau's all-new The Lion King journeys to the African Savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother-and former heir to the throne-has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

“It’s a remake with roar.”

Adam Graham, Detroit News

“The entire thing just filled me to the brim with so much joy.”

Kate Rodger, Newshub (NZ)

“Jon Favreau’s reimagining of The Lion King is undoubtedly a visual triumph.”

Nicola Austin, We Have a Hulk

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WONDER PARK

THE LEGO MOVIE 2

FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: FAMILY / THE POWER OF IMAGINATION & CREATIVITY / DEALING WITH ILLNESS / GRIEF / SADNESS USA/Spain.2019. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Garner, Mila Kunis, Brianna Denski, Tom Baker, Sofia Mali, Ken Hudson Campbell, Norbert Leo Butz, John Oliver. Duration: 1hr.25mins. Cert: PG Distributor: Paramount Pictures June is a young girl with a very vivid imagination. Each night at bedtime, June4 and her mother bond while exploring new additions to “Wonderland” - a magical theme park they have invented. Wonderland is an amazing place, consisting of towering roller coasters and hair rising rides and populated by adorable talking animals.

Wonderland is too good to be true since it springs from the fertile creativity of schoolgirl June and her adoring mother.

So, when the latter is hospitalised, the park begins to fall apart at the seams, too. As June begins to draw on her own inner resilience, the grown-up audience may spot echoes of both Studio Ghibli's My Neighbour Totoro and Pixar's Inside Out, though younger viewers may not grasp that the whole movie's actually a metaphor for coping with cancer. Still, the assured animation provides lots of exciting action.

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“Wonder Park is a complicated yet imaginative story that may help kids cope with hard times… To find a movie with a purpose beyond entertainment is rare these days. For once, this is a message valuable to viewers without a political song and dance.”

Adrina Palmer, Irish Film Critic

WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1&2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU /WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / CITIZENSHIP THEMES: FRIENDSHIP / COURAGE / CREATIVITY USA.2019. Director(s): Mike Mitchell, Trisha Gum. Cast: Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Nick Offerman. Duration: 1hr.47mins. Cert: U The much-anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, global box office phenomenon that started it all, The LEGO Movie 2, reunites the heroes of Bricksburg in an all new action-packed adventure to save their beloved city. It’s been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

The battle to defeat them and restore harmony to the LEGO universe will take Emmet, Lucy, Batman and their friends to faraway, unexplored worlds, including a strange galaxy where everything is a musical.

“A full-on battle of the toys ensues when the citizens of Bricksburg come under threat from outer-space invaders in another chapter of the laugh-a-minute, merchandise-friendly franchise that will enchant younger viewers and put a smile on the faces of grown-ups.”

Terry Staunton, Radio Times

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PRIMARY OUTREACH FILM PROGRAMME

PACKAGE ONE

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

Teachers can book any of the following educational film packages to screen in the classroom on any date and time from Monday 18-Friday 29 November. No need to book buses, or cover for teachers, as the Foyle Film Festival will bring the film programme right into the classroom.

The festival is always inundated with bookings for outreach screening packages so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Alternatively, we are willing to arrange screenings outside of the advertised festival dates, and normal school hours.

PLEASE NOTE: A minimum booking of 70 places is required for outreach film screenings.

© Disney 2019

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: FAMILY / GRIEF / HELPING OTHERS USA.2018. Director: Rob Marshall. Cast: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Wishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury. Duration: 2hrs.10mins. Cert: U Mary Poppins returns to check in on the progress of children in a much harsher adult world. Poppins charge Michael Banks is a widower bringing up three children of his own, and still relying on older sister Jane. Still grieving the loss of his beloved wife, Michael has neglected his finances and the bank is on the verge of repossessing the family home.

Luckily, however, the family’s problems have come to the attention of their former nanny who - of course - will drop by to save the day.

“Emily Blunt is crisply, practically perfect filling Julie Andrews’ shoes at the head of an adroit and zesty next-generation riff on Disney and PL Travers’ classic family musical.”

Pamela Hutchinson, Sight & Sound

“(T)his is a charmer only cynics could resist.”

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter

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PACKAGE TWO

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET

USA.2018. Director(s): Phil Johnston, Rich Moore. Cast: Kristen Bell, Gal Gadot, Many Moore, John C. Reilly, Kelly Macdonald, Alan Tudyk, Ming-Na Wen, Sarah Silverman, Jane Lynch. Duration: 1hr.52mins. Cert: PG Ralph Breaks the Internet follows Ralph and Vanellope as they travel beyond Litwak’s Arcade and into the expansive world of the Internet in search of a missing part to save Sugar Rush. Along the way they encounter pop-up ads, high-stakes online auctions, Disney princesses and a deadly online driving game.

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THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 1 & 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: FRIENDSHIP / ADVENTURE / ACCEPTING CHANGE

© Disney 2019

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 2 AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY THEMES: THE WORLD WIDE WEB / FRIENDSHIP

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“Ralph Breaks The Internet might look like just another adorable, funny animated family film, but it also connects to our current reality in ways that are downright bone-chilling.”

Blige Ebiri, The New York Times

USA.2019. Director(s): Chris Renaud, Jonathan Del Val. Cast: Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt, Harrison Ford, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate. Duration: 1hr.26mins. Cert: U Max the terrier is living a happy life with his owner Katie, but she has met a nice guy and soon gives birth to baby Liam. Max takes some time to accept the new arrival to the household, eventually growing to love the baby and does whatever he can to protect the child from harm.

“Saying that this movie is “fun for the whole family” is a pretty broad statement but genuinely is fun for all ages. The jokes are always on target…

The animation is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, especially New York City and its bustling streets, making it even more enticing that the real thing.”

James McDonald, Irish Film Critic

“The Secret Life Of Pets 2 is a cuddly family adventure that will make younger tails wag.”

James Luxford, Radio Times

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PRIMARY OUTREACH WORKSHOPS Teachers can book the following workshops to be delivered in the classroom on the following dates: Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st, Friday 22nd, Monday 25th, Tuesday 26th, and Wednesday 27th November. Contact the festival office to book your date and time, and the Nerve Centre’s Creative Learning Centre facilitators will bring these exciting hands on ICT workshops right into the classroom.

© Disney 2019

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET – CODE: SCRATCH JR VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: AGES 8-12YRS AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 COST: £3pp Pupils will work together to create and code their own game using RALPH BREAKS THE INTENET characters and Scratch Jr. Pupils will help Ralph and Vanellope get into or out of trouble in their very own game.

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THE LION KING – SOUND AND VISION VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: AGES 8-12YRS AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 COST: £3pp In this workshop pupils will learn how to replace the sound track from scenes from THE LION KING so that they can make it happy, sad or full of action. Pupils can alter the way a clip feels by changing the music or just enjoy putting their own stamp on Disney’s latest offering.

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SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 – 2D DRAWN ANIMATION

DUMBO – 2D ANIMATION

VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: AGES 8-12YRS AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 COST: £3pp

VENUE: SCHOOL BASED OUTREACH SUITABLE FOR: AGES 6-10YRS AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / THE ARTS / UICT / WAU / COMMUNICATION / LANGUAGE & LITERACY / MN THEMES: USING YOUR IMAGINATION TO CREATE AND TELL A STORY DURATION: 2HRS MAXIMUM PLACES AVAILABLE: 30 COST: £3pp

Ever wanted to learn hand drawn animation? Why not try this rotoscoping workshop where pupils can learn to create a scene using traditional hand drawn cell animation. Using THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS as inspiration, pupils will learn how to draw a character frame by frame.

Pupils can watch as Dumbo flaps his enormous ears and fly about as they learn how to animate the loveable elephant and his friend Timothy using green screens and iPads.

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POST PRIMARY PROGRAMME 2019

MOVING IMAGE ARTS SHOWCASE & AWARDS CEREMONY

WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER @ 12.30AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: GCSE, AS, A2, KEY STAGE 4 AREAS OF LEARNING: MIA THEMES: CELEBRATING CREATIVITY Foyle Film Festival launched CCEA’s Moving Images Arts Awards Showcase in 2003, with the support and sponsorship of Michael Bond from City of Derry Crystal. The showcase was conceived as a way of marking and celebrating the work produced by students undertaking the new Moving Image Arts subject. Since its introduction 16 years ago, this annual event has gone from strength to strength, and Foyle Film Festival is delighted to once again highlight and celebrate the talent, imagination, and creativity of the MIA students by awarding the beautiful City of Derry Crystal Awards for the best films. It is with a great deal of pride and pleasure that Foyle Film Festival provides a platform for the work of these budding young filmmakers.

The festival hopes to be accepting the work of MIA students into the Light In Motion (LIM) Competition - which are Oscar® and BAFTA® affiliated - in future years.

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APOLLO 11

ON THE BASIS OF SEX

MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON LANDING

THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGES 3&4, SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY / SCIENCE / LLW / PDMU / WAU / SOCIAL SKILLS / CITIZENSHIP / PROMOTING THINKING SKILLS AND PERSONAL CAPABILITIES THEMES: SPACE TRAVEL / ADVENTURE USA.2019. Director: Todd Douglas Miller. Cast: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Joan Ann Archer, Janet Armstrong.

Duration: 1hr.33mins. Cert: U Distributor: Dogwoof Pictures "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Astronaut Neil Armstrong spoke those words as roughly six hundred million people watched on television when he became the first person to set foot on the moon.

Armstrong’s step marked the culmination of a remarkable political and scientific effort. On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to commit to putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. At the time, the United States had launched just one manned space flight, a suborbital mission with Alan Shepard that lasted only 15 minutes. Seven-and-a-half years later, Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to circle the moon.

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When Apollo-11 launched from Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1969 with Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on-board, it had one objective: “Perform a manned lunar landing and return.” Armstrong and Aldrin spent twenty-one hours and thirty minutes on the moon. Collins, meanwhile, remained on-board Apollo 11, becoming the first person to orbit the far side of the moon alone, cut off from all human contact. The moon landing effectively ended the “Space Race,” which began twelve years earlier when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik-1.

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER @ 10AM

VENUE: BRUNSWICK MOVIEBOWL SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 3 (YR10), KS4, SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY/ POLITICS / ENGLISH / PSHE / PSE / LLW WAU THEMES: LEADERSHIP / EQUALITY / DISCRIMINATION / WOMEN’S RIGHTS USA.2018. Director: Mimi Leder. Cast: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates, Jack Reynor.

Duration: 2hrs. Cert: PG-13 Distributor: Entertainment One Behind the pop culture status and “Notorious RBG memes” Set to be one of the year's most inspiring and entertaining films, this is the powerful and timely true story of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who led the fight against gender discrimination and blazed an unprecedented trail for equality. On The Basis Of Sex pays homage to Ruth Bader Ginsburg who unequivocally proves that one person can make a difference.

“If ever we needed a real-life superhero during these dark days in Trumpland, then the now 86-year-old RBG has become just that.”

Jana Monji, Roger Ebert

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POST-PRIMARY OUTREACH FILM PROGRAMME

PACKAGE ONE

THE KEEPER

MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Teachers can book any of the following educational film packages to screen in the classroom on any date and time from...

No need to book buses, or cover for teachers, as the Foyle Film Festival will bring the film programme right into the classroom.

The festival is always inundated with bookings for outreach screening packages so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Alternatively, we are willing to arrange screenings outside of the advertised festival dates, and normal school hours.

PLEASE NOTE: A minimum booking of 70 places is required for outreach film screenings.

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 4 (YR 12), SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY/ POLITICS / PSHE / PSE / LLW WAU THEMES: WAR / PREJUDICE / LOVE / LOYALTY / LOSS / FORGIVENESS / FRIENDSHIP / SPORT / TRAGEDY / DETERMINATION / NEVER GIVING UP UK/Germany.2018. Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller. Cast: John Henshaw, David Kross, Dervla Kirwan, Freya Mavor, Harry Melling, Michael Socha, Dave Johns, Barbara Young, Mikey Collins, Gary Lewis. Duration: 2hrs. Cert: 15. Language: English, German with English subtitles.

The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon.

Struggling for acceptance by those who dismiss him as the enemy, Bert's love for Margaret (Freya Mavor), an Englishwoman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twist the knife for Bert and Margaret, when their love and loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test.

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PACKAGE TWO

GREEN BOOK

PACKAGE THREE

NOMINATED FOR 5 OSCAR®S

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 3 (YRS 9&10), KS 4, & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: HISTORY / POLITICS / LLW / PDMU / WAU / SOCIAL SKILLS / CITIZENSHIP / PROMOTING THINKING SKILLS AND PERSONAL CAPABILITIES THEMES: SEGREGATION / INTOLERANCE / RACISM / PREJUDICE / BIGOTRY / HUMAN RIGHTS USA.2018. Director: Peter Farrelly. Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini. Duration: 2hrs.10mins. Cert: 12 A Green Book was a handbook for black motorists seeking “vacation without aggravation” - an indispensable travel guide listing friendly places to stay and tips for avoiding trouble in the Jim Crow American South. Thus Green Book is the perfect title for a road movie relating the true story of the unlikely friendship that develops between a black concert pianist and the New York bouncer hired to chauffeur him through unfriendly territory.

“I walked from the auditorium, eyes wet from the total enjoyment of a film that I cannot wait to go and see again.

Green Book is not only one of the enjoyable films of TIFF 2018, but one of the best of the year. Expect this to be a serious Oscar®-contender across too.

It’s that good.”

Paul Heath, The Hollywood News

“Green Book is about two men from opposite sides of the track who find a way to come to terms with one another via a road trip.”

THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 3 (YRS 9&10), KS 4, & SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: ENGLISH / PSHE / PSE / LLW WAU THEMES: LEADERSHIP / ADVENTURE / FRIENDSHIP UK/USA.2019. Director: Joe Cornish. Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Patrick Stewart, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo, Tom Taylor. Duration: 2hrs. Cert: PG Old school magic meets the modern world in this epic adventure. Alex thinks he's just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical sword in the stone, Excalibur.

Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin, take on the wicked enchantress Morgana. With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be.

“The Kid Who Would Be King delivers royal thrills and action. Director Joe Cornish has crafted an enjoyable film suitable for all ages but I think the younger ones will enjoy it more.”

James McDonald, Irish Film Critic

Tracee Bond, Irish Film Critic

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PACKAGE FOUR

COST & BOOKING TOLKIEN

To book an educational screening, workshop or event, please contact the Education Co-coordinator Christopher Morrison @ 028 71373456 or 71260562. Alternatively, you can fax your booking to 02871 371738, or Email: c.morrison@nervecentre.org Postal Bookings should be sent to: Christopher Morrison, Education Co-coordinator, Foyle Film Festival, The Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 6HJ. COST Brunswick Moviebowl Screenings £2pp School-based Outreach Workshops £3pp School-based Outreach Screenings £1pp Teachers attend all educational events FREE OF CHARGE TRAVEL SUBSIDY: Foyle Film Festival can contribute to travel costs on a limited basis for schools booking over 80 places on any screening or special event. This will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

SUITABLE FOR: KEY STAGE 3 (YEARS 9&10) KS4, SIXTH FORM AREAS OF LEARNING: PDMU / WAU / CITIZENSHIP / HISTORY / POLITICS / SOCIAL SKILLS / PROBLEM SOLVING / PROMOTING THINKING SKILLS AND PERSONAL CAPABILITIES THEMES: LOVE / LOSS / FRIENDSHIP / WAR / COURAGE / INSPIRATION / MYTHS & LEGENDS / LITERATURE / THE CLASS SYSTEM USA.2019. Director: Dome Karukoski. Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi, Genevieve O’Reilly, Pam Ferris, Colm Meaney. Duration: 2hrs. Cert: 12 Tolkien explores the formative years of the renowned author’s life as he finds friendship, courage and inspiration among a group of fellow writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and face love and loss together, including Tolkien’s tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the Frist World War, which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these life experiences, good and bad, would later inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-earth novels.

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PLEASE NOTE: Educational screenings and workshops are open to schools only. The festival does not accept cash payments for any events. The overall cost of all bookings is subject to VAT, and schools will be invoiced for events after the festival.

Please make cheques payable to Foyle Film Festival and send F.A.O: Christopher Morrison, Foyle Film Festival Education Programme, The Nerve Centre, 7-8 Magazine Street, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 6HJ.

“Well-directed with a close eye by journeyman Finnish director Dome Karukoski, the film looks handsome and offers a well-rounded look at the English class system while also providing insights into the inspirations behind Tolkien’s visions.”

PROGRAMME CHANGES: Special Guests attend the festival “schedule permitting”, and may sometimes have to cancel at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances. As a result, the Foyle Film Festival reserves the right to make changes to any aspect of the advertised programme. You will be informed if there is a problem or change with your booking.

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Jim Schembri, 3AW

“Hoult does a fine job portraying the troubled young man who would later become an incredible author. He comes across as intelligent, passionate and compassionate.”

Allison Rose, FlickDirect

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