Tomboy

As You Like It: Film Guide

Shakespeare Week, 15 Mar - 21 Mar

A film guide that looks at As You Like It (2006), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

Suitable for 11+

1 pdf

See It, Be It strand resource

Activities to support engagement, debate and reflection alongside an Into Film Festival screening from the See It, Be It strand.

Suitable for 7–16

2 pdf

1 ppt

The Fits: Film Guide

International Day of the Girl Child, 11 Oct

A film guide that looks at The Fits (2015), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

Suitable for 14+

1 ppt

Tomboy: Film Guide

LGBTQ History Month, 1 Feb - 1 Mar

A film guide that looks at Tomboy (2011), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

Suitable for 11–14

1 ppt

Tomboy: Identity through Camerawork

LGBTQ History Month, 1 Feb - 1 Mar

A resource looking at themes of identity and equality in the film Tomboy

Suitable for 11–14

1 pdf

1 ppt

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