Actor Taron Egerton speaks to Into Film about acting his top tips and people he admires. 

Actor Taron Egerton on acting and getting into the industry

Carey Mulligan discusses her career highlights

Delve into the world of Shakespeare with our programming team as they discuss some of his many adaptations over a number of decades, celebrating the 400th anniversary of his death.

Films discussed: The Lion King, Shakespeare - The Animated Tales, Henry V (1989), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Macbeth (2015), My Own Private Idaho.

Into Shakespeare (Primary & Secondary)

Delve into school on film with our programming team, discussing titles suitable for secondary-aged leaders to use and enjoy with their clubs.

Sing Street
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18677
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/363
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/sing-street-feature
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/68

Film List: School on Film
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/36

Etre Et Avoir
https://www.intofilm.org/films/3153

Election
https://www.intofilm.org/films/10657

He Named Me Malala
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18442
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/268
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/the-time-is-now-he-named-me-malala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-lyH4-7s6M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxP0YOOJxns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7iXiWIdNLw

Into School (Secondary)

Director Whit Stillman discusses his movie adaptation of Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan and makes some book to film adaptation recommendations of his own.

Love & Friendship: https://www.intofilm.org/films/18687
Great Expectations: https://www.intofilm.org/films/3790
Sense and Sensibility: https://www.intofilm.org/films/4122
Alternative Adaptations Podcast featuring Love & Friendship: https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/into-alternative-adaptations-secondary

Director Whit Stillman distills his movie Love & Friendship

The director of Oscar-nominated movie Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, talks about the inspiration behind making the film and the importance of casting the right actors, actor Naomi Harris discusses her reasons for taking the role of Paula and the research that she did to play her, and actor Mahershala Ali talks about how he avoids stereotypes in his performances, the importance of nurturing your spirituality and definitions of diversity.

Interviews from the 60th BFI London Film Festival 2016: 
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/moonlight-lff

Moonlight interview with Barry Jenkins, Naomi Harris and Mahershala Ali

Explore two new films suitable for secondary audiences in our latest podcast as we discuss Hunt for the Wilderpeople & Sonita, exploring themes such as creativity and self-expression.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Film Guide
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1246

Sonita Film Guide
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1102

Hunt for the Wilderpeople / Sonita (Secondary)

To celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March, we have uploaded this inspiring interview with Malala, the youngest ever Nobel Peace-Prize Winner, in conversation with actress and United Nations Good Will Ambassador Emma Watson. Here Malala discusses her hopes for her charity The Malala Fund which campaigns to give every child an education, and answers questions about her favourite books and films, views on Islam, the influence of her father, surprising aspects of the UK, and what she would do if she were invisible for a day.

The Malala Fund
https://www.malala.org/

We have also created a resource focused on female representation in film. Suitable for assemblies, film clubs and the classroom, this resource encourages pupils to apply the Bechdel Test and the F-Rating to popular film clips and discuss the effect of these campaigns and how they might initiate change in the film industry. 

https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1236

Malala in conversation with Emma Watson

We discuss the simplicity of the storytelling in Ken Loach's emotionally wrenching I, Daniel Blake, hear from the film's lead actor Dave Johns, and recommend other films on social injustice and inequality. We also explore the theme of prejudice and politics in the film A United Kingdom and hear from the film's star David Oyelowo.

I, Daniel Blake
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18811

A United Kingdom
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18745

Continue your journey with...

Cathy Come Home
https://www.intofilm.org/films/11645

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
https://www.intofilm.org/films/3043

Selma
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18314

Suffragette
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18441

I, Daniel Blake / A United Kingdom (Secondary)

Disney's feature, Moana, is a coming-of-age tale featuring a young girl whose destiny is to become the chief of her Polynesian island. We discuss how the animation and music bring the story to life and how Moana is such an inspiring character for young people.

Find out more:

Watch interviews on Moana:
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/moana-feature

Inspiring female characters:
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/73

Moana (Primary)

In this podcast episode we discuss how The Edge of Seventeen offers a fresh perspective on the teen film genre and sensitively explores issues around adolescent mental health.

In the second part of the podcast, we explore themes in A Monster Calls, in which Conor, a 12-year-old boy who is facing up to his mother's serious illness must learn to understand his own feelings through his dealings with a tree monster.

The Edge of Seventeen
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/the-edge-of-seventeen-feature
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18841

A Monster Calls
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/a-monster-calls-feature
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18764

The Edge of Seventeen / A Monster Calls (Secondary)

British Actor Asa Butterfield talks about his new film The Space Between Us, its amazing soundtrack, the similarities between him and Gardner, the character that he plays, and the locations that he filmed in.

He also reveals how being an actor has helped him to relate to people in real life. 

Asa began acting at the age of eight after a casting director saw him at his local after-school drama club. At the age of 10 he was cast as Bruno in The Boy with the Striped Pyjamas, after which he starred in Hugo and Enders Game.

The Space Between Us
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18874

Actor Asa Butterfield on The Space Between Us

An inspiring podcast for anyone interested in working as an actor in film, learn about the craft of acting from British actress Hayley Atwell, who is internationally known for playing the feisty character of Agent Peggy Carter in the Captain America movie series, as well as starring in British films such as Testament of Youth and Cinderella.

Captain America: The First Avenger
https://www.intofilm.org/films/16681

Testament of Youth
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18295

Cinderella
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18367

Actress Hayley Atwell on playing Agent Carter in Captain America

Featuring interviews with Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman, we explore the themes of love, loss and family in the powerful true story Lion. In the second part of the podcast we discuss La La Land, an unashamedly sentimental musical referencing the Golden Age of Hollywood, which won the 2017 Oscars for Best Director, Best Actress, Cinematography, Production Design and Music.

Explore further:

How 'Lion' explores identity, belonging and cultural heritage:
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/lion-feature

Lion:
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18862

La La Land
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18858

La La Land and the History of the Screen Musical
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/la-la-land-feature

Lion / La La Land (Secondary)

Take your primary school age students on a journey with Rock Dog Bodi as he sets out to realize his dream of becoming a rock musician. This fun and inspiring story encourages young audiences to work together and to harness the power of their individual creativity.

Film Guide:
www.intofilm.org/resources/1352

Article
www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/rock-dog-feature

Rock Dog (Primary)

For National Storytelling Week (27 Jan - 3 Feb 2018), we discuss how stories about real historical events are told in the masterful films Dunkirk and Detroit, directed respectively by two of the most exciting film makers working today, Christopher Nolan and Kathryn Bigelow.

World War 2 film list
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/83

Dunkirk
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18943

Dunkirk and the Visceral Power of Film article
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/dunkirk-feature

Detroit
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18992

Will Poulter video interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrphIR-EtBg

Detroit and film as a tool for social change article
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/detroit-feature

Dunkirk / Detroit (Secondary)

To celebrate our Women in Animation film screenings taking place from 5 - 9 March 2018 across the UK, we explore the filmmaking techniques involved in bringing to life Ava, the robot at the centre of the drama in Ex-Machina, and the hand crafted, oil-painted animation of Loving Vincent.

Ex-Machina:

Film Guide:
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/76

VFX 
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/explore-a-career-in-visual-effects

Loving Vincent:

Film:
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19047

Blog:
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/loving-vincent-feature

Women in Animation free film screenings
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/spring-screenings-2018

International Women’s Day (8 March 2018)
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/spring-screenings-2018

Anim18
https://twitter.com/anim18uk?lang=en-gb

Ex-Machina / Loving Vincent (Secondary)

In this podcast, we speak to a production co-ordinator, a location manager and a first assistant director and discover what their jobs involve on a day to day basis and the skills and training needed.

Career Tips From Women In Film

In this episode we discuss the science and the science fiction behind two movies that come from different ends of the scientific spectrum - Blade Runner 2049, set in an imagined future, which asks questions about the nature of humanity and empathy, and Breathe, set in the real life past of the 1950s, which also explores the nature of humanity and empathy in the treatment of patients with long term disabilities, through the inspiring story of polio sufferer Robin Cavendish and his wife Diana.

Blade Runner 2049
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18979

The Remarkable Visual Design of Blade Runner 2049 Article
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/blade-runner-feature

Interview with Blade Runner 2049 Art Director Lydia Fry
https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/bladerunner-2049-art-director-lydia-fry

Arrival Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/arrival-the-fits-secondary

Breathe
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19059

Breathe London Film Festival Red Carpet Interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIAizWrxdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzNPR-eQ3eo

Blade Runner 2049 / Breathe (Secondary)

We explore the themes of family, anti-bullying, teamwork and resilience in the riotously funny Lego Ninjago movie, the third movie in the Lego series, after The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie. 

The Lego Ninjago Film
https://www.intofilm.org/films/18973

Captain Underpants Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/captain-underpants-primary

Lego Ninjago (Primary)

Adapted from the best selling U.S. set novel, young Auggie Pullman has been born with facial differences. Embarrassed about his appearance, and fanatical about science, he wears an astronaut’s helmet. As he starts attending mainstream school for the first time, Auggie tries to fit in and make everyone realise that he is no different to anybody else. Over the course of a remarkable year, he and the other students learn about compassion, empathy and understanding, with Auggie becoming an unlikely hero. We discuss the themes and talking points in this inspiring family film, including the importance of learning to see the world through other people’s eyes and to always strive to choose kindness.

Wonder
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19015

Transition Film List
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/25

Transition Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/into-change

Wonder (Primary)

In this podcast, we focus on Child's Eye Filmmaking, with two extraordinary films, told from the perspectives of the young child protagonists, I Am Not a Witch, and The Florida Project. 

I Am Not A Witch
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19055

I Am Not a Witch Interview with director Rungano Nyoni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8eUU7SkWo&t=172s

BAFTA Outstanding Debuts
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/82

The Florida Project
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19019

The Florida Project - interviews with cast and director Sean Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtaJ9gVBt8A&list=PLX-ZmzC0Reyxo0F01Lpv_QD1XTNa_8F8G

I Am Not A Witch /The Florida Project (Secondary)

In this podcast we discuss Paddington Bear's latest adventure thwarting Hugh Grant's villainous Phoenix Buchanan in Paddington 2 which was a huge hit with audiences, and themes such as community, teamwork and staying true to yourself.

Paddington 2
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19013

The value of kindness and politeness with Paddington 2
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/paddington-2-feature

Interview with the director Paul King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72tjhmI-5Og&t=2s

Paddington 2 (Primary)

This podcast explores the global refugee crisis in Ai Weiwei's documentary Human Flow and how best to view and discuss the film in the classroom, and the politics and satire of Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin.

Human Flow
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19076

Refugee Week Resource
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/74

People and Democracy film list
https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/52

The Death of Stalin
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19050

Human Flow / The Death of Stalin (Secondary)

We explore the themes of family, memory, legacy and the power of music in the popular animation Coco, which tells a cultural story about Diá de Muertos: the Day of the Dead, through the eyes of Miguel, a 12 year old Mexican boy. Celebrated from 31 October to 2 November by Mexicans around the world, the holiday sees families and friends gathering to pray for and honour those that have passed.

Coco: Film Guide
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1398

Coco: Blog
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/coco-feature

Coco: Interview with the filmmakers
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/coco-interview

Podcast: Moana
https://soundcloud.com/into-film-archive/moana-primary

Coco (Primary)

In this podcast we discuss gender and politics in films The Post, the true-life story of The Washington Post, and its owner Katherine Graham's fight to publish documents exposing the US Government's cover-up of the realities of the Vietnam War, and A Fantastic Woman, in which Marina, a transgender woman working as a nightclub singer and waitress in Santiago, Chile, fights bigotry.

Film Guide: The Post
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19095

Blog: The Post
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/the-post-feature

Film Guide: A Fantastic Woman
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19111

Blog: A Fantastic Woman
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/a-fantastic-woman-10-great-transgender-films-feature

The Post / A Fantastic Woman (Secondary)

BBC Radio 4, The Film Programme - Into Film co-founder Beeban Kidron talks to fellow director Hope Dickson Leach about empowering women in the film industry, with particular focus on female directors. This interview is part of the programme's ongoing strand, 'This Woman's Work.'

Radio 4, The Film Programme - Beeban Kidron

Into Film interviewed both director Lenny Abrahamson and actor Domhnall Gleeson for a podcast in advance of The Little Stranger’s theatrical release (21 September). We asked them a wide variety of questions about their approach to the film, its characters, and its themes, designed specifically to support English Literature teachers using The Little Stranger in the classroom.

https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/the-little-stranger-podcast

Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPDA7Z1c-Eg

Intro 00:00 - 00:43
Adaptation 00:43 - 2:57
Character 02:59 - 09:01
Setting 09:02 - 13:30
Themes 13:31 - 20:33

In Conversation with The Little Stranger director Lenny Abrahamson and actor Domhnall Gleeson

In the first segment of this episode we discuss how Love, Simon is a game changer for gay representation in teenage cinema, with it being the first film from a major studio to address the subject.

In the second segment we explore the historical and cultural significance of The Rape of Recy Taylor, a documentary which investigates the rape of Recy Taylor by six white men in Alabama during 1944.

Love, Simon 
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19198

Love Simon : A Game Changer for Gay representation in Teen Cinema
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/love-simon-feature

The Rape of Recy Taylor
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19231

The Rape of Recy Taylor: Film Guide
https://www.intofilm.org/resources/1427

Love, Simon / The Rape of Recy Taylor (Secondary)

In the primary episode of this months podcast we explore the themes of family, on screen representation, and anti bullying in the extremely popular children's film A Wrinkle in Time. The film tells the story of Meg Murry, a high-school-aged girl who is transported on an adventure through time and space with her younger brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O'Keefe to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from the evil forces that hold him prisoner on another planet. .

A Wrinkle in Time
https://www.intofilm.org/films/19189

'A Wrinle in time' and Ten Films Celebrating Sibling Adventures 
https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/a-wrinkle-in-time-sibling-adventures

A Wrinkle In Time (Primary)

Alison Gardner, Rebecca Harrison and Nick Varley discuss what makes a classic film.

What Is A Classic Film?

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