Multilingual digital stories – Enjoy short films made by children and young people aged 7-16: Available 6th January to 31st March 2026
Watch and share short 3–6 minute multilingual digital stories created by children and young people aged 7–16 across the globe in a range of languages, with English subtitles.
Register to access the films from 6th January to 31st March, with a teacher guide about active listening, critical reflections and follow up activity.
For use in classrooms and communities with children and young people. These films and the project will also be of interest to students, teachers, and community groups keen to make their own digital stories.
Who is it for?
- UK-wide primary, secondary, complementary, community schools
- Schools in other countries outside the UK
- Community activists or community groups working with children and youth groups
When will it happen?
- The multilingual digital stories are online and can be accessed via weblinks sent when schools register, along with teaching resources for use from 6th January to 31 March 2026.
- If all the films are shown, the activity could last one hour (5-minute introduction; 3-6 minutes for each film plus 5-minute discussion; 5 minute final reflection on the 5 films).
What is the activity?
Welcome to a short film exhibition showing digital stories on the themes of ‘Fairness, Belonging, Our Planet, and Care, Community and Hope’. These digital stories were created by children and young people in primary, secondary, community and international schools across three countries: Egypt, Taiwan and the UK. The films are in multiple languages including Mandarin Chinese, Bengali/Bangla, Arabic, French, English and Tamil, with English subtitles.
The teacher guide provides suggestions for active viewing, critical reflections and follow up activities and a summary of each film, running time, age ranges and the video links for the individual films (vimeo).
Films can be shown individually or as a collection of five, to explore themes and encourage discussion.
- Theme: Our Planet – From my Window – De ma Fenêtre, 2022 – Primary School, UK (9-10-year-olds). Languages: French, English
- Theme: Care, Community and Hope – Two Cultures, One Table, 2025, Secondary School, Taiwan (15-16 year-olds) Languages Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, English
- Theme: Our Planet – Congratulations, you have won a sheep! 2021– Community School, Egypt (10-14 year-olds). Languages: Arabic, English
- Theme: Belonging – A Moving Story from Dhaka to London, 2017 – Secondary School, UK (13-14 year-olds). Languages: Bengali, English
- Theme: Care, Community and Hope – Recycle Woman, 2025, Primary School, UK (7-8 year-olds) Languages: French, Dari, English
As you watch the 3-5-minute films, you can also think about what makes a good multilingual digital story and why and access our other resources to find out about how to make a film of your own and with your own group.
The digital stories were created as part of the international Critical Connections (CC) project and exhibited at CC Film Festivals held annually at Goldsmiths, University of London.
How do I get involved?
To register for the activity, simply email info@expressyourselfne.com with the following information:
- the name of the activity (Multilingual digital stories)
- lead contact name and email
- the name and address of your school or community school
- the number of children expected to participate and their age/year group.
This helps us to monitor who is taking part and our reach across the region.
You will be sent the teacher guide with links to the films and suggested guided teaching and discussion activities. You can access the resources until the end of March.
If pupils are home schooling, the teacher can share the link with their parents or guardians.
Further information and links
- Critical Connections Film Festival – ‘Care, Community and Hope’ on 13 June 2025: Click here for details
- Critical Connections Film Festival – ‘Quest or Journey’ in June 2026: Click here for details
- Click here to visit the Multilingual Digital Storytelling website
- Click here to follow the Multilingual Digital Storytelling project on facebook
- Click here to see the Critical Connections Blog
- Resource links: Click here for the Critical Connections Handbook for Teachers on making digital stories
- Click here to find out about online workshops for Critical Connections:
Who is organising this?
- Organisation name: Critical Connections Project, Centre for Language, Culture and Learning, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Named contact person: Vicky Macleroy
- Email: v.macleroy@gold.ac.uk
