This month we’ve enjoyed going to the cinema twice as part of the Into Film Festival. This is an annual event where children can go and see films for free as it’s open to children in school and those who home educate. You simply book online via the festival website and turn up on the day. As you can see from the pictures, there weren’t many people at all watching at the same time as us so it was almost like a private viewing!
The first film we saw was Where is Anne Frank. This was a brilliant animated film which addressed the atrocities of the Holocaust brilliantly. Kitty, to whom Anne wrote her diaries, comes to life in modern day Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive. Both Aggie and Peggy were totally captivated by this film; the only noise they made were a few sniffs at the particularly sad parts. It has triggered so many discussions and has clearly had a great impact; Aggie is now rereading Anne’s diaries. Both girls rated it 10/10 so definitely recommend it.
The second film we saw was Death on the Nile, the film of the famous Agatha Christie novel. It was a bit of a random pick but, since we’re going to Egypt next year, we thought we’d enjoy the setting and scenery of the film. We were not disappointed! We also enjoyed working out who the murderer was and who the famous actors in it were called (“where do I know him from?” moments). You can’t beat a good Poirot plot and the girls really enjoyed their first introduction to this type of story.
We’ll definitely keep our eyes out for the festival next year. There were some films, like Encanto and Coco, that were shown in Spanish but I didn’t discover these in time to book them. Hopefully there will be something similar next year.
