Short Films To Watch In Class

This activity will get students up out of their shells and speaking english in a fun relaxed way.

Short films to watch in class. The film caught the attention of. Check out my first feature length film. Watch a movie clip that s anywhere between five and twenty minutes long depending on the length of the lesson and the level of your students.

Https youtu be etr5shfsqa4when a teenage girl must act as a translator between her crush and a french girl who catc. In the film we follow a middle aged office worker trying to fulflil his christmas passion and conceal a snowy white lie. Choose a popular movie for maximum excitement and participation from students.

You can watch the film below and find a full lesson plan here. Written and directed by vin diesel multi facial is a short film about the problems that accompany an actor as he auditions due to his multi ethnic appearance. We ve covered how to write a short film so today i want to highlight 50 of the best short films on youtube.

It works very well for getting students speaking writing and using vocabulary related to age face body mood and actions. Argentine tangos by guy thys 2006 belgium 14m it s that time of the year when i post probably the best christmas short film in argentine tangos tanghi argentini nominated for an oscar in 2008 argentine tangos is a beautiful comedy drama full of christmas spirit. And even netflix released love death and robots as a series built on short interpretations of the future.

But this is not a new idea even stanley kubrick saw the future of entertainment as short films. Obviously they should have a good pace and be able to keep a class interested. These must be under 10 minutes long preferably in english with either interesting linguistic content or matter for discussion.

These are short films i selected on vimeo hoping to use them in my english classes.