Written examination: 1 hour 30 minutes
35% of qualification
- This component assesses knowledge and understanding of three global films produced outside the US chosen from a range of options.
Assessment consists of three questions in three sections:
- Section A: one stepped question on one global English language film
- Section B: one stepped question on one global non-English language film
- Section C: one stepped question on one contemporary UK film.
Three films must be chosen for this component.
Learners must choose
one of the following global English language films:
- Slumdog Millionaire (Boyle, UK, 2008), 15
- District 9 (Blomkamp, South Africa, 2009), 15
- The Babadook (Kent, AUS, 2014), 15
- The Breadwinner (Twomey, Eire, 2017), 12A
- Jojo Rabbit (Waititi, NZ, 2019), 15
one of the following global non-English language films:
- Tsotsi (Hood, South Africa, 2005), 15
- The Wave (Gansel, Germany, 2008), 15
- Wadjda (Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2012), PG
- Girlhood (Sciamma, France, 2014), 15
- The Farewell (Lulu Wang, China/US, 2019), PG
one of the following contemporary UK films (produced since 2010):
- Submarine (Ayoade, UK, 2010), 15
- Attack the Block (Cornish, UK, 2011), 15
- Skyfall (Mendes, UK, 2012), 12
- Rocks (Gavron, UK, 2019), 12A
- Blinded by the Light (Chadha, UK, 2019), 12A
