This page is regularly updated with new education resources on topics including film and media studies, modern foreign languages, history and English.
How to Make a Short Film: An Introduction to Filmmaking
A free online course for anyone who wants to learn the practical skills needed to make a short film. Especially useful for Film and Media Studies teachers and their students.
Find out more on FutureLearnMoving Images in the Classroom
A resource suitable for teachers beginning lessons that feature film and includes an updated basic teaching techniques section.
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KS5 Film Studies: Close Up – German Expressionism
Free resources for students and teachers.
Find out moreKS5 Film Studies – La Haine schools resources
Two lesson plans, ready-to-use slide decks with associated clips and worksheets, plus a video essay.
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KS5 French – La Haine schools resources
Two lesson plans with associated clips and worksheets, and a scene analysis video resource.
Find out moreCreative encounters with film and the moving image
Black Star in the classroom
A collection of teaching resources for a range of subjects, inspired by the BFI’s Black Star season.
Find out moreVictorian film in the classroom
Lesson ideas and resources for History, English Literature and Language KS3 and 4, inspired by our extensive free collection of Victorian film on BFI Player.
Find out moreSci-fi in the classroom
Time travel through film history, with our top 10 must-see titles for young people.
Find out moreGothic in the classroom
We present 13 specially selected gothic films to see by the age of 13.
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HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022): A life through the lens
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the BFI National Archive offer a selection of unique films charting her remarkable life.
Watch ‘A life through the lens’ collection on BFI PlayerScreening Languages
BFI Education has created materials with funding from the London Mayor’s Schools Excellence Fund to support language teaching in secondary schools.
Find out moreFilm: a language without borders
Resources to support this international project on cinema for refugee groups in school.
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Recommended websites for primary, secondary, modern foreign languages and film and media teachers.
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