W3 Idiotas is a 2017 Mexican coming-of-age comedy-drama, which is a remake of the 2009 Indian film 3 Idiots. 3 Idiotas is directed by Carlos Bolado and produced by Miguel Mier, Bernardo Rugama and Jimena Rodríguez. The film stars Alfonso Dosal, Christian Vázquez, German Valdez and Martha Higareda.
WAmong the Believers is a 2015 documentary film directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi and produced by Jonathan Goodman Levitt and Hemal Trivedi. The executive producer was Whitney Burton Dow and co-producers were Naziha Ali and Syed Musharaf Shah. The film had its US premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on April 17, 2015 and was pitched at the 2013 MeetMarket as part of Sheffield Doc/Fest. After its theatrical release, it aired on television on World's Doc World.
WThe Angel is a 1982 French experimental art film directed by Patrick Bokanowski. It was released on DVD for the first time in 2009, edited by the British Animation Awards. The film was shown at Fantasporto during February 1983 and shown to the general public in France on April 4, 1984.
WBehavior is a 2014 Cuban drama film directed by Ernesto Daranas. In English writing, the film is usually referred to by the title Behavior. The film premiered in February 2014, and then played at the Málaga Film Festival before having its US premieres simultaneously at the Chicago Latino Film Festival and Havana Film Festival New York in April 2014. Behavior was then screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Cuban entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
WBilly Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Darren McGavin, Mark Beltzman and Larry Hankin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy and produced by Robert Simonds, and was Macdonald's feature film debut. It made over $26.4 million worldwide and debuted at number one at the box office. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
WBoredom is a 2012 Canadian satirical documentary film directed by Albert Nerenberg and produced by Ina Fichman and Shannon Brown. The film was commissioned by the Documentary Channel and Canal D. Although the film's tone is satirical, the film presents serious scientific research then exclusive to the documentary indicating boredom impedes learning and may in fact be a state of stress.
WClass Enemy is a 2013 Slovenian drama film directed by Rok Biček. The film was selected as the Slovenian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was nominated for the 2014 Lux Prize. It won the Fedeora Award at the 28th Venice Critics' Week.
WThe First Grader is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Justin Chadwick. It stars Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, and Tony Kgoroge. The film is based on the true story of Kimani Maruge, a Kenyan farmer who enrolled in elementary school at the age of 84 following the Kenyan government's announcement of free universal primary education in 2003.
WFrau Müller muss weg! is a 2015 German comedy film directed by Sönke Wortmann.
WI Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate is a 2013 video by English spoken word poet Suli Breaks.
WKlassenverhältnisse, known in English as Class Relations, in French as Amerika, rapports de classe, is a 1984 film by the French filmmaking duo of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It is based on Franz Kafka's unfinished first novel, Amerika.
WOnce in a Lifetime is a 2014 French drama film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.
WSama is a 1988 Tunisian feature film directed by Néjia Ben Mabrouk. It is the first fictional feature film directed by a woman that was released in Tunisia. The film deals with themes of gender and education.
WSchool Life also known as In Loco Parentis is a 2016 Irish-Spanish documentary film written and directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane. The film stars Amanda Leyden and John Leyden in the lead roles. The film was premiered in several international film festivals in 2016 and 2017 while had its theatrical release in the United States on 8 September 2017. The documentary film was released in Ireland and Spain with the title In Loco Parentis but the title was later changed to School Life due to its theatrical release in the US. The film was well received and opened to positive reviews from the critics. The documentary was critically acclaimed for its storyline and screenplay and was also lauded by critics as one of the finest ever documentary films. It also received several awards and nominations in several film festivals.
WSchool Life is a 2019 French critically acclaimed award-winning teen comedy drama film written and directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir. The film stars Liam Pierron, Zita Hanrot and Moussa Monsaly in the lead roles. The film was released in France on 28 August 2019 and received positive reviews from critics becoming a box office success. The film was streamed via Netflix on 10 April 2020. It also received a few awards and nominations in International film festivals.
WSerial Teachers is a 2013 French comedy film directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval. The film is based on the comics Les Profs by Pica and Erroc. It was the top-grossing French film of the year, with a total of 3,957,176 admissions in France.
WSerial Teachers 2 is a 2015 French comedy film directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval. It is the sequel to 2013's Serial Teachers.
WSilenced is a 2011 South Korean drama film based on the novel The Crucible by Gong Ji-young, starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
WSing Street is a 2016 Irish musical coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney from a story by Carney and Simon Carmody. Starring Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, and Kelly Thornton, the story revolves around a boy starting a band to impress a girl in 1980s Ireland. It is an international co-production between producers from Ireland, the United States, and United Kingdom.
WStart Cheering is a 1938 musical motion picture directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly and Joan Perry. It is best remembered today for a cameo appearance by The Three Stooges, who were Columbia Pictures' short subject headliners at the time, as Campus Firemen. The film's choreography was by Danny Dare.
WSternenberg is a 2004 Swiss German language film. It was filmed and produced at locations in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and stars Mathias Gnädinger, Walo Lüönd and Stephanie Glaser.
WStrive is a 2019 American independent coming-of-age drama film. Set in Harlem, the film tells the story of Kalani Johnson (JoiStaRR), a driven 18-year-old high school student who dreams of getting accepted into Yale University while facing the challenging life in the projects and streets of Harlem - with her only ally being college counselor Mr. Rose.
WSuper 30 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film revolving around the story of mathematics teacher and educator Anand Kumar as well as his educational program of the same name. The film is jointly produced by Phantom Films, Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and HRX Films at a budget of ₹600 million. Directed by Vikas Bahl, it is written by Sanjeev Dutta with music composed by Ajay–Atul. The film stars Hrithik Roshan as Anand Kumar; Mrunal Thakur, Nandish Sandhu, Virendra Saxena, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Srivastava and Amit Sadh play supporting roles. Super 30 marked the official Hindi film debuts of Sandhu and Thakur, the acting comeback of Roshan into films after 2 years and the last production of Phantom Films.
WThe Tribe is a 2014 Ukrainian crime drama film written and directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy. Starring Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova and Roza Babiy, the film is set in a boarding school for deaf teenage students, where a novice scholar is drawn into an institutional system of organized crime, involving robbery and prostitution. He crosses a dangerous line when he falls for one of the girls to whom he's assigned to pimp. The film is entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with no subtitles. It won the Nespresso Grand Prize, as well as the France 4 Visionary Award and the Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival's International Critics' Week section.
WTruant Officer Donald is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on August 1, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1942 but lost to another Disney cartoon Lend a Paw. The story features Donald Duck working as a truant officer and making sure that Huey, Dewey, and Louie go to school. The film was directed by Jack King while Clarence Nash provided the voices of Donald and the nephews.