After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.

The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German Film sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German film, film archives and film catalogues from Germany and world-wide sources, film projects...

For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...

A wonderful celebration of the life and work of film great Charlie Chaplin. Fantastic resources including a biography as well as current global projects to restore his films.

This year, Childnet is introducing the brand new International Category, to enable young people who attend school outside of the UK to also enter. Whilst this will run alongside the UK competition, please note that the International...

An essential reference tool for finding film, terlevision, and video festivals all over the world. This directory lists details on how to enter these festivals which are searchable by location, title, category, or date.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide to the Into version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, a mystical thriller with a modern twist (available free from intofilm.org). It provides a short summary, prereading and...

Learn about the International Film Festival in Berlin. Read press releases and information on the films, and see photo archive of past award winners.

Four animated learning films to support and reinforce the key messages from the teaching toolkit. Each film contains: A short 2-3 minute animated film covering issues related to each section of the toolkit, a pause function to prompt...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a comprehensive lesson on the Power Players in Shakespeare's Macbeth; it includes a PowerPoint lesson, video clips of the "Battle Scene" and a Macbeth movie trailer, and a variety of activities...

Buster Keaton is a famous director and actor who insisted that his interest and intention in filmmaking was to get a laugh from his audiences. This is a wonderful article outlining his life career and some of his more famous films.

Links to many video-clip based lessons in the areas of health, English language arts & drama, mathematics, music, biology, earth science, inventions, astronomy, physics, chemistry, U.S. history and culture, and world history and...

Explore this site for biographical information on one of the best known silent movie stars of all time. His style of acting is still evident in films of today.

American cartoon animation owes its beginnings to British-born filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton, who combined drawings and stop-motion photography to create animated short films.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Teacher Pack (lesson plan unit). Shakespeare Unlocked brings Shakespeare's most popular plays to life for young people by showing how actors and directors work to interpret and take ownership of Shakespeare's...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This teacher resource for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, from the Royal Shakespeare Company, includes an introduction to each of the three scenes, ideas for before and after film viewing, and...

PBS has produced this short film documenting the experiences and stories of Jewish Americans. Jewish life in America is shared through stories, short videos, and a series of images. This informative feature is supported by lesson plans...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson is about themes, the central messages in literature. Whatever their genre might be, writers have some wisdom, some universal truth or insight to share; this...

Watch a series of short films on what makes the Puget Sound so special, and why residents are working to preserve their environment.

This educator guide is designed for young adults on the verge of making important life decisions, defining who they are, and determining how to achieve their hopes and dreams. Short film modules and highly customizable lesson plans allow...

Students will explore the origins of Frankenstein and place the novel in its context, considering it alongside the contemporary horror stories and scientific developments that influenced Mary Shelley. They will present their knowledge in...

In this 9-12 lesson, students will explore the Arthurian codes of chivalry and courtly love as portrayed in art, modern films, books, and poetry. They will examine the way in which these ideals have influenced our modern concepts of...

This generous biographical note about the British novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and once the highest paid author in the world profiles his life and such novels as Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.

In this short film, Welcome to Canada, learn about a Syrian refugee's story, Mohammed Alsaleh, who fled violence and imprisonment by the Assad regime during Syria's Civil War. Mohammed was granted asylum and now lives in Canada where he...