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Film Education to close

Film Education regrets to announce that it will be closing on the 26th of April 2013. All 15 full-time and part-time Film Education staff will be made redundant.

Young Film Critics review First Light films

Winners of Young Film Critic 2012, have written fantastic reviews of films featured in the First Light Awards 2013.

Learning on Screen Awards nomination

Film Education's Thinking Film, Thinking History: The Holocaust resource pack has been nominated in the 2013 Learning on Screen Awards

ESR blog on Life of Pi

Articles on the Holocaust

Times Educational Supplement review on Film Education's Holocaust resources.

Articles on Film Resources

Film Education are leaders in producing quality curriculum-based educational resources supporting new and forthcoming film releases, for both secondary and primary schools. Sometimes the press likes what we do and writes about it.

Film Education Infographic

Here is a bespoke infographic about why film education matters. It was hand-drawn by the artist David Shillinglaw especially for us.

Articles on Thinking Film

Here you'll find some of the press we've received for the hugely popular Thinking Film DVD resources, launched by Lord Puttnam in April 2012.

Articles on Anti Bullying Week

At the start of November we launched our first anti-bullying resource, released to coincide with the national Anti-Bullying Week, 19-23 November. The teaching tool is free, available all year round and offers teachers suggestions of suitable films such as Arthur and the Invisibles, This is England and Sket. The teaching tool suggests ways into deconstructing meaning in film texts and includes film content to stimulate discussion and reflection around the very sensitive and difficult topic of bullying. You can read more about how film can help to tackle bullying in this Guardian blog.