This film list is a comprehensive source of all titles on the WJEC Digital Media and Film GCSE syllabus which are currently available to stream on Into Film+. The syllabus titles are correct as of April 2026 for the 26/27 academic year and will be updated whenever relevant. All titles listed have accompanying film guides for further discussion.
In Unit 1.1, students are required to study one pair of films, comparing a film that represents Welsh people, culture and/or identity with a film that has been produced, distributed and consumed internationally that relates to audiences from different cultures and countries. The available titles on Into Film+ are as follows:
Welsh Films:
Patagonia (paired with Persepolis)
Pride (paired with Girlhood)
Dream Horse (paired with Wadjda)
Save the Cinema (paired with The Breadwinner)
Y Swn (paired with The Farewell)
Global Films:
Persepolis (paired with Patagonia)
Girlhood (paired with Pride)
Wadjda (paired with Dream Horse)
The Breadwinner (paired with Save the Cinema)
Available to streamon Into Film+
Cert
Age group15–16
Duration114 mins
Patagonia(2010)
Intriguing drama which introduces themes of identity, tradition, language and culture while probing what it means to be Welsh.
'Patagonia' is paired with 'Persepolis'. In the late 19th century, a group of Welsh immigrants settled in Patagonia. To this day, the Y Wladfa colony preserves its Welsh culture. This film explores how setting and landscape can define identity, in two parallel stories in which characters travel between Wales and Argentina searching for their past and future.
Adapted from Marjane Satrapi's brilliantly funny autobiographical graphic novel about a rebellious young girl's experience of revolutionary Iran.
'Persepolis' is paired with 'Patagonia'. Location, travel and cultural identity are also central to this coming-of-age film, set against the against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. In her teens, the young protagonist moves from Tehran to Vienna, but has difficulty finding a sense of belonging, even when she returns to Iran.
Uplifting comedy about an unlikely moment in recent British history when, in 1984, gay rights activists offered to support the striking miners.
'Pride' is paired with 'Girlhood'. This next pairing of films on the syllabus allows students to compare representations of community in film. The Welsh title follows a group of gay activists who form an alliance with striking miners in 1980s Wales. It offers a political perspective on the intersection of LGBTQ+ and working-class issues through a social realist film style.
Energetic and honest coming-of-age drama about a teenager’s new friendship with a group of girls in the suburbs of Paris.
'Girlhood' is paired with 'Pride'. Also exploring identity, solidarity, and the power of community, this French coming-of-age film's narrative centres around a group of young Black women growing up in the Parisian suburbs. The film presents a complex portrait of friendship and femininity, in a context that is different to 'Pride' but is equally concerned with marginalisation.
A working class community in South Wales decide to buy and train a racehorse, despite having no experience in the sport.
'Dream Horse' is paired with 'Wadjda'. The social context of gender is also a crucial aspect in this next set of films, in which the female protagonists both show the power of determination. In 'Dream Horse', a woman from South Wales decides to buy a racehorse. The film also touches on the Welsh concept of hwyl, celebrating community spirit and the joy of being in the present.
A sweet and uplifting story about ten-year-old girl Wadjda who refuses to let the fact she's a girl stop her from doing the things she wants to do.
'Wadjda' is paired with 'Dream Horse'. This Arabic-language film follows a young Saudi Arabian girl who is determined to buy a bicycle, despite being forbidden from riding one or playing with boys. The bike becomes a symbol of freedom and independence. The film explores the theme of individual resilience against strict societal constraints.
The remarkable true story of a Carmarthen resident who, in 1993, attempted to save her local cinema from closure by contacting Steven Spielberg.
'Save the Cinema' is paired with 'The Breadwinner'. This biopic explores the power of film in uniting a community and fostering Welsh pride. Similarly to ‘The Breadwinner’, it highlights the importance of cultural identity, storytelling and the arts in enriching people's lives, but the films’ context and genres offer points of contrast.
Afghanistan-set animation in which a young girl disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family after her father is unjustly arrested.
'The Breadwinner' is paired with 'Save the Cinema'. This animation depicts an 11-year-old girl growing up under Taliban rule in Kabul in 2001, featuring stories-within-stories which run parallel to the girl’s attempts to save her father. The animation style makes the film’s more mature themes around war and the suppression of women’s rights more accessible.
In 1979, a Welsh politician threatens to go on hunger strike unless the government keeps its promise to establish a Welsh language TV channel.
'Y Sŵn' is paired with 'The Farewell'. Based on a true story, this drama follows the events that led to the creation of the Welsh medium television channel, S4C. Similarly to ‘The Farewell’, it deals with themes of language, cultural preservation and personal identity in the face of societal and familial influences.
