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Fresh for the summer term, we've added eight new titles to our free* streaming service, Into Film+. Wildly entertaining, these films also boost young people's literacy and engagement with important topics. From recent box office hits to little-known gems and childhood classics, discover the new films you can share with your classroom.
This new selection offers something for everyone, with films suitable for every age group. Bringing to life beloved characters from children's literature, Dog Man and Paddington in Peru show the importance of embracing differences. An introduction to 1980's whacky comedy comes in the form of The Goonies and Little Shop of Horrors. The documentary Endurance and fantasy Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves depict awe-inspiring adventurous quests. And thought-provoking portrayals of racial politics and socioeconomics are at the centre of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Florida Project. A downloadable film guide is available for each of these titles to encourage further discussion and highlight their relevance for curricular subjects.
Dog Man
Based on the best-selling children's book series, this action-packed animated comedy is about family, friendship and celebrating our differences. When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a zany but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress the Chief of Police he must also stop the evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat. However, will these hostile foes have to work together to fight an even bigger threat to their lives?
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 5-8 and supports subjects including PSHE Education and Art & Design, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding family, crime and justice, community, and comic books.
Paddington in Peru
After the enormous success of Paddington and its sequel Paddington 2 (also available on Into Film+), the marmalade-loving bear is back, and this time he is on a quest to track down his beloved Aunt Lucy, who has disappeared from the Home for Retired Bears. Accompanied by his adoptive London family, the Browns, Paddington sets off to Peru in South America in search for clues. They are launched on an exhilarating adventure to solve the mystery, journeying through the Amazon rainforest and up the tallest mountains, becoming mixed up in an ancient treasure hunt.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 8-12 and supports subjects including Literacy, Geography and History, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding family, community, travel and exploration.
Little Shop of Horrors
This 1980's comedy-horror is based on a musical theatre favourite, featuring songs belted out by a giant man-eating plant, an evil dentist and a young couple with dreams of a better future. Seymour works in a flower shop and is in love with his colleague Audrey. With the business about to go bust and hoping to impress Audrey, Seymour decides to put on display a peculiar plant - which turns out to be from outer space! The fast-growing plant brings Seymour success, but hungry as it is for blood, it also brings chaos.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 12-15 and supports subjects including PSHE Education, Drama and English, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding fame and consumerism, love and relationships, gender representation and filmmaking.
Endurance
This dual-narrative documentary is an exploration-within-an-exploration: archive footage which has been restored to astonishing effect tracks the original journey of Ernest Shackleton and his crew in 1915 as they attempt to reach the South Pole, while in the modern day a team of investigators seek to find his shipwrecked vessel, Endurance. The historical expedition which took place over a century ago is brought to life with modern technology and is juxtaposed with a team of modern-day equivalents to Shackleton and co. as they use advancements in science to undertake an incredible mission of their own.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 12-15 and supports subjects including History and Geography, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding travel and exploration, film and filmmaking, historical figures and the natural world.
The Goonies
There are more 1980's shenanigans in this classic genre-blending coming-of-age adventure film. A group of childhood best friends with funny nicknames Mikey, Data, Mouth and Chunk live in the "Goon Docks" area of Oregon. Their neighbourhood is facing demolition, meaning they will all have to move away from each other. However, when they discover a priceless gold doubloon in Mikey's attic, along with a treasure map drawn up by the legendary pirate called "One-Eyed Willy", they set out on an epic adventure to uncover the legend and possibly save their homes in the process.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 12-15 and supports subjects including PSHE Education and Film Studies, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding friendships, anti-bullying, community, film history and adventure.
Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Based off the internationally renowned roleplaying boardgame, this fantasy adventure touches upon themes of family, grief and community. Edgin is a travelling musician, whose previous life as a peacekeeper resulted in his imprisonment. With his best friend Holga, he sets off on a quest to recover the ‘Tablet of Reawakening', hoping it will be able to bring his wife back and mend his relationship with his daughter. Along the way he recruits a motley crew of eccentric characters to aid in his search, but an old friend and a troublesome witch may stand in his way.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 12-15 and supports subjects including PSHE Education and Media Studies, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding gaming, family, friendship, community, travel and exploration and mass media.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
This much-discussed piece of cinema history has influenced many more films that followed it, with a debate about questioning one's prejudices at its heart that will resonate for many audiences today. The film addresses the racial tensions of 1960's America through the fictional story of a newly engaged couple; Joey Drayton, a white socialite, and John Prentice, a highly qualified doctor and a black man. When Joey introduces John to her liberal parents, it exposes an uncomfortable level of hypocrisy and bias. And when John's parents also arrive to the dinner party, conversations around race, family and love become even more troubling to navigate.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 15-16 and supports subjects including Film Studies, History and Law, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding love and relationships, family and racism and prejudice.
The Florida Project
Following his acclaimed breakthrough feature Tangerine (also available on Into Film+) and before becoming the first person to win four Oscars for a single film in 2025, Sean Baker wrote and directed this bitter-sweet drama blending social realism and childlike escapism. Just out of sight of Disney World Orlando, 22-year-old mum Halley and her six-year-old daughter Moonee live in a garish roadside motel. Moonee happily roams around with her friends causing trouble for the exasperated yet kindly motel manager, while the equally rebellious Halley struggles to provide for them both.
The accompanying film guide is designed to engage learners aged 16+ and supports subjects including PSHE Education and Film Studies, in addition to highlighting themes surrounding child safety, family, poverty and filmmaking.
Please note: Film is a powerful tool for learning, helping to develop critical thinking, empathy, and an understanding of different perspectives. Our films have been selected with consideration to age-appropriateness, safeguarding, the curriculum and statutory and non-statutory guidance to schools. Some of our films and resources include sensitive content which is highlighted in the guidance that Into Film provides with each film. Educators should carefully watch or read all elements of any content and must ensure they are following their own school's policies and guidelines prior to using films and resources in the classroom or in after-school clubs. The final decision to use any film or resource sits with teachers, who should decide what is appropriate for their students using their professional judgement and their knowledge of their students, their school context and their community. Teachers must follow their school's safeguarding protocol if a student is distressed or makes a disclosure as a result of the use of any film or other content.
How Do I Get Started?
To access Into Film+, all you'll need is an Into Film Account - it's completely free, and only takes a moment to set up. Into Film+ is free to use for all UK state schools that hold a valid Public Video Screening (PVS) Licence from Filmbankmedia.
Filmbankmedia PVS Licences are paid for on behalf of schools by all local authorities in England and by some local authorities in both Wales and Scotland. Into Film NI cover the license cost for some schools in Northern Ireland. For further information on licensing in your locality please see our FAQs.
If you're a state school in England that's funded by the Department for Education, you will automatically have access to Into Film+ Premium, which offers an extended catalogue of 700+ titles. Find out more about Into Film+ Premium in our FAQs.
If you don't have a PVS Licence, or aren't already covered, then a licence can easily be obtained from Filmbankmedia.
Filmbankmedia
Filmbankmedia licenses and distributes film and TV entertainment to many groups and is the licensing authority we work with to ensure schools, libraries and youth groups have the permissions to screen films from our catalogue.
* Screenings for an entertainment or extra-curricular purpose require a PVS (Public Video Screening) Licence from Filmbankmedia. State-funded schools in England are covered by the PVS Licence.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
