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Listen to people around the globe share their all-time favourite movie. How it has affected their life, how it changed their life. Movie that makes you.

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Hi guys! Welcome to the second season of "MOVIECAST" and for our first episode, let's hear it from a fantastic student from Turkey. Buse Ozcan talks about the 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron starring Yalitza Aparicio. The movie talks about the life of live-in Mixteco who faced ups and downs in her life which Buse said really affected her social and emotional life as a teenager. Listen to her beautiful and insightful sharing and let us learn from this movie together with my co-host Rommel Leron, LSPU LB CTE-SC's President.

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What's up MOVIE FANS! For this amazing episode, another fantastic student of Teacher Alice Durgaryan from Armenia joined our podcast session. Meet Elen Israyelyan, 16 years old, who enjoyed watching this American TV Series entitled HOUSE. Listen as she shares wonderful facts about this Hit TV series in the US, why she loved watching it, and how this TV series affected her social and emotional life. 

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What's up MOVIE FANS! For this episode, a wonderful student from Armenia visited our podcast. She's Vanuhi Sargsyan, a student of Teacher Alice. Listen as she tells her BEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME which is Eat Pray Love, a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts. Be impressed with how this movie affected Vanuhi's Social and Emotional Life. 

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What's up MOVIE FANS! For this episode, we got another fantastic student from Armenia. Perchuhi Poghosyan, 18, a student of Yerevan State college of fine Arts after Panis Terlemezyan under Teacher Alice Durguryan, shared her best movie of all time which is Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness, a movie based on Chris Gardner, which stars Will and Jayden Smith. Listen as she shared how did this movie inspired her and how it improved her social and emotional life. 

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What's up MOVIE FANS! For this episode, we got another fantastic student from Myanmar. Yoon Cherry Oo, 15, was a student of Teacher Min Min Pe at The Right Place Education. Listen to her wonderful episode as she shares her insights about the movie "3 Srikandi" a real-life story movie directed by Iman Brotoseno starring Bunga Citra Lestari, Chelsea Islan, and Tara Basro. Listen as she shares how did this movie inspire her life and improved her social and emotional side as a girl and as a teenager.

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Good day, movie fans. For this episode, we got a Myanmar student dropping into our podcast. Shoon Lei Lei Min, 17, student of Teacher Min Min Pe shared her best movie of all time. Little Women is a 2019 American coming-of-age period drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. It chronicles the lives of the March sisters—Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth—in Concord, Massachusetts, during the 19th century. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Meryl Streep, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James Norton, Louis Garrel, and Chris Cooper.

Listen as Shoon shared her reason why she loved this movie and how it inspired her social and emotional life as a teenager.

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Good day, movie fans. For this episode, another fantastic Armenian student dropped by in our podcast. Nelli Ohanyan, a 16 years old student of Teacher Alice Durgaryan shared one of her best movies of all time. Wonder, a 2017 drama/family movie starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay, talks about a boy who has facial differences but despite that, he never gave up and he stands out from the rest. Listen as Nelli shared her ideas about the movie and what lesson did she learn from it and how did she apply it to her social and emotional life.

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Hi there, movie fans! For this episode, we got to interview an Armenian designer by the name of Diana Keshishyan. Listen as Diana shares the plot of the movie LUCY, directed by Luc Besson starring Scarlett Johansson in the leading role together with Morgan Freeman, as well as the lessons she learned which she applied to her social and emotional life including the importance of time and how learning should be looked upon. 

Credits to Teacher Alice Durgaryan

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What's up, movie fans. In this episode, I was blessed to have students from Ramagya School Dadri in India courtesy of their fantastic principal/teacher, Taruna Kapoor. Listen to Abhishek Chaudhary, Shreya Sharma, Chahat Chaudhary, and Parisha Sachdeva share their best movie of all time and how did this movie affect their lives socially and emotionally. Be inspired by their responses and please, check out the movies that they've shared in our podcast including Chanakya, The Lion King, Dangal, and Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.

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Hi there, moviegoers. For this episode, another Armenian student dropped by our podcast to share his favorite movie of all time. Zaven Zargaryan, a 10th grader student of Teacher Gayane Vardanyan from Leo High school #65, shared one of his favorite movies of all time which is Peaceful Warrior, a film directed by Victor Salva. The cast includes Scott Mechlowicz as a troubled but talented gymnast who meets a spiritual guide portrayed by Nick Nolte. Listen as he shares how wonderful this movie was and how did these helped him in his social and emotional life as a teenager. 

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Hi there, movie fans. For this episode, another wonderful Armenia student joined our podcast, Milena Galstyan or simply Milena was an 11th grader at Leo High School #65 under the class of Teacher Gayane Vardanyan. Listen to her episode as she shares one of her favorite movies of all time, Little Women by Greta Gerwig starring Saoirse Ronan and Timothee Chalamet. Be inspired by this student's ideology about movies and how she was inspired by the movie, socially and emotionally.

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Hi there, MOVIE fans. For this episode, I was able to interview another amazing student from Armenia. Anahit Asatryan, a 16 years old student from High School Mkithar Sebastaci under Teacher Alicer Durgaryan. Listen as she shares the movie THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by James Marsh starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Listen to her thoughts on how did this movie affected her social and emotional life. 

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Hi there, MOVIE goers. For this episode, I've interviewed another wonderful student from Armenia. Mary Ziroyan, a 16 years old student from Leo High school #65 under the guidance of teacher Gayane Vardanyan. Listen as she shares how ME BEFORE YOU, a film by Thea Shamrock starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin helped her see the beauty in helping others like volunteering, loving, and caring for other people purely without waiting for anything in return.

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Hi there, MOVIE fans. For my second episode, I've interviewed Gor Aghamiryan, a Grade 10 student from Physics and Mathematics Specialized School named after Artashes Shahinyan under the Yerevan State University or simply PhysMath School. She's a student of Teacher Alice Durgaryan. Listen as he shares his favorite movie of all-time, HARRY POTTER. Listen to this POTTER HEAD as he shares how it affected his social and emotional life as a 16 years old boy in this society.

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For the second season of MOVIECast, I've interviewed Le Thi Phuong Thao, a Grade 10 student from Le Huu Trac High School located at Ha Tinh, Vietnam. Listen as she shares the movie Miracle in Cell No.7 directed by Lee Hwan-Kyung. Listen as she shares her reason for choosing this movie as her movie of all time. Thao will also recall how did this movie move her and how did it let her realize that every person is special in their own way.

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For my seventh episode, I've interviewed Master of Arts in Education students from the Laguna State Polytechnic University - Los Baños Campus under the Graduate Studies and Applied Research who are taking ENG 207 (Literary Criticism) under Prof. Glen Cortezano. They are Ms. Vinalay, Ms. Arimas, Ms. Canape, Ms. Masagca, Ms. Caramay, Ms. Lanaza and Sir Nidua. Listen to these educators as they share their favorite movie of all-time, how it affected themselves personally, socially and emotionally, and their suggestions to all the listeners in choosing a movie which they'll consider their all-time favorite.

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For my sixth episode, I've interviewed another batch of students from the Laguna State Polytechnic University - Los Baños Campus under the College of Teacher Education. They are Ms. Zyja David, Pauline Pantonial, Sharmaine Olivera and Edmyraline Cerbito, 3rd year Bachelor of Secondary Education students Major in English under Prof. Glen P. Cortezano. Listen to their best movie of all time including 2 foreign movies entitled THE LIFE OF PI and EVERY CHILD IS SPECIAL as well as 2 Filipino movies entitled SEVEN SUNDAYS and THE HOWS OF US. Listen to their stories on how those movies affected their Social and Emotional life as a student and as an ordinary teenager based on their different experiences and their suggestions to all movie fanatics.

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For my fifth episode, I've interviewed students from the Laguna State Polytechnic University - Los Baños Campus under the College of Teacher Education. They are Ms. Haizel A. Espinoza, Ms. Joeceline Mantala, Ms. Dahra Mikaela Coral, and Ms. Krizza May Del Rosario, 3rd year Bachelor of Secondary Education students Major in English. Listen to their best movies of all time including Rory Quintos' Anak starring Vilma Santos, Cathy Garcia-Molina's Four Sisters and a Wedding, Kenny Ortega's High School Musical, and Disney - Pixar's Inside Out. Listen to these students as they share how did these movies affect them SOCIALLY and EMOTIONALLY based on their personal experiences, challenges and dreams.

Credits to Prof. Glen Cortezano of LSPU - LB.

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For my fourth episode, I've interviewed Lealyn Lucas, a 2nd-year education college student from Laguna State Polytechnic University Los Baños Campus. Listen as she shares the movie SILENCE from a novel written by Tim Lebbon. Let us see how this movie let my guest see the beauty of taking care of your family member and cherish every moment with them and how did she relate it to her own social and emotional experience in life.

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For my third episode. I've interviewed a former student of mine. His name is Lorence Segismundo. He's taking up Information Technology (I.T) at City College of Calamba as a freshman. Listen to this short yet powerful interview on why did he choose this film by Christopher Nolan starring Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger as The Joker, his favorite scene that he related to the situation in his environment and other things about this all-time superhero for most children.

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For my second episode, I've invited a Brazilian educator and a colleague of mine in the Digital Literacy Team, James Buchmeier, to share his all-time favorite "Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad)" starring Wagner Moura. Listen to how did this movie inspire James and how did he relate this to his social and emotional life in Brazil.

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For my first episode, I've invited a graduating English student from Panama and a colleague of mine in Digital Literacy Team, Olmedo Morales, to share his all-time favourite "Miracles from Heaven" starring Jennifer Garner & Kylie Rogers. Listen on how did this movie inspired him and how did he adapt this to his social & emotional life.