Zoom School Screenings

Each year the Wexner Center presents Zoom, a family-friendly international film festival where young people can catch a glimpse of youth perspectives from all over the globe through movies not available at most theaters. School groups are invited to a special free school-day screening of select films from the festival. On December 5 we're screening Seasons (2016), recommended for grades 4–6, and December 6, The Idol (2015), recommended for grades 6–8, both at 9:30 AM.

School groups attending films receive learning materials that help students and teachers explore topics from the films and find out more about the countries from where the films originate. We also offer discussions with Wexner Center educators after some films. Bus subsidies are available.

Register your class here, or contact us at edweb@wexarts.org or (614) 292-6493.

Seasons

(Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzard, 2016, France)

The captivating and ambitious film captures the changes in the natural world from the last Ice Age to the present day. The film focuses on small moments of natural and animal life amidst the epic tale of our planet’s history and the result is some of the most spectacular and state-of-the-art photography of animal kingdom ever captured! (97 mins., DCP)

The Idol

(Hany Abu-Assad, 2015, Palestine)

Based on true events, The Idol tells the inspiring story of Mohammed Assaf, a young Palestinian boy living in Gaza and dreaming of being a singer. As Assaf grows up, he increasingly realizes what a gift his beautiful singing voice is. While a siege of Gaza intensifies, Assaf makes a daring escape to Egypt so that he can audition for Arab Idol, the most popular TV show in the Arab world. In front of a national audience, he not only gets to live out his dreams but he also is able to give a hopeful voice to the voiceless people of his home country. In Arabic with English subtitles. (95 mins., DCP)