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Dilmurad: my goosebump experience was while I was watching “Inception” by Christopher Nolan. One thing that really hit me and gave me an unforgettable goosebump moment was the soundtrack of the film, by Hans Zimmer. He is the most outstanding composer in the world, he makes soundtracks so accurately that every song fits the scene so that the viewer is virtually in the film.

Mario: my goosebump moment was when I watched the movie “Corpse Bride” as an adult, right after my first big heartbreak. I saw so much of myself in one of the main characters. I got really emotional. One of the things that touched me the most was the ending, when she finally let go, she was able to set herself free. It is one of the biggest life lessons I have ever learned and it was awesome.

Olivia: my goosebump moment is the big bathhouse scene in the animated movie “Spirited Away”. It’s about a young girl who gets lost while exploring what she and her parents think is an abandoned theme park, but at night it turns into a luxury town for the spirits to relax. When they go up to this big bathhouse, you see all the spirits and all of its guests, in all of its detail. It is magical and colourful.

Muataz: my goosebump moment was when my favourite actor Denzel Washington got the Oscar for his impressive role in the movie “Training Day”. It was a well-deserved win for such a phenomenal actor. I couldn’t help feeling excited and happy for him to get his first Oscar as a main actor and I was overwhelmed with his emotional speech and character. Denzel Washington is my hero in life.

Adnan: my goosebump moment was when I watched “The Shawshank Redemption”. It’s a very emotional movie in which the main character is accused of crimes he never did and he had to spend the rest of his life in prison. But he never gave up and spent 18 years tunnelling through the wall with only a rock hammer. In the ending scene he managed to escape and felt free for the first time in 20 years. I felt goosebumps in that scene.

Eunice: my goosebump moment is a movie called “Queen of Katwe”. It is based on a true-life story of a young Ugandan girl called Phiona Mutesi who is coached in chess by Robert Katende. Robert believed in Phiona, he encouraged her. He told her that sometimes where you are is not where you belong, you belong where you believe you belong. That felt very encouraging.

Salome: my recent goosebump moment was when I was watching a movie called “Triumph”. I learned so much from that movie because that movie was related to my story at the moment. I have been through a lot of pain and I wonder why I just don’t give up. It’s because I believe I am meant for something greater and that I should be using the same pain to be my tool to succeed, to prove people wrong.

Stella: I get goosebumps when I listen to Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi’s song “Neria”. Mtukudzi was Zimbabwe’s greatest musician. This song also featured in a movie called “Neria”, the best ever produced movie in Zimbabwe. It is about a woman who loses her husband in a car accident. The husband’s brother takes the inheritance and leaves this widow and her kids with nothing. It is very emotional.

Chimoso: my goosebump moment was when I watched “Black Panther” for the first time. Seeing all the cultures, the clothes, the hair represented according to different African cultures, tribes and ethnicities and Chadwick Boseman and the other actors representing black people. Feeling seen and heard and so proud to be black! A time for a black person to be a superhero!

Excerpt: Azra: my goosebump moment is when I first heard the song “This is me” by Keala Settle. It is from a movie called “The Greatest Showman” which overall, I think the movie is also a masterpiece. But this song, when I first heard it, all I had to do was stand up, just move and get things done like when I am procrastinating.

Lika: my goosebump moment is the ending scene of the movie “La La Land”, with Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling. The ending scene showed “what if” she would have chosen the life with her ex-boyfriend instead of her current husband. It gives me goosebumps because the scene itself, the cinematography, the music, the dances are well scripted and gave me an emotional rollercoaster ride.

Anastasia: my goosebump moment is a movie called “A Dog’s Journey”. I’m the biggest animal lover, I just had to watch it. The movie is about a dog that finds its purpose through the lives of humans that he meets. I cried every six minutes because of the emotional scenes. It was such an honest picture of how life can be and how unconditional love can pull you through absolutely anything.

Isaac: my goosebump moment is the movie “Back to the Future”. It’s a movie about Marty McFly and Dr. Brown traveling through time in a DeLorean. It’s a fascinating film that absolutely makes me dream. When you look a little through history, we can easily realise that man has made so many mistakes that if now, I had the DeLorean, I would not stop going back to the past to correct our multiple errors.

Jomana: my goosebump moment is Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Trilogy”. Bruce Wayne’s early life tragedy, his commitment to being a servant of justice, and his fight against Gotham City’s criminals were all touching. These movies have inspired me to constantly follow the road of truth and justice, to face all of life’s challenges with positive strength, and to speak up for mankind.

Maryam: my goosebump moment is the ending scene of “The Truman Show”. “The Truman Show” is a utopia – a perfect world. Everything was controlled in a huge Hollywood dome. Truman grew up having no idea he was being watched every hour of the day by millions all over the world. I felt the same as he felt, trapped into a social world.

Amanda: my goosebump moment is the movie “Deep Impact”. It is an old end of the world movie, but a classic. The reporter gets chosen to go to a safety bunker, her estranged father does not. Later the reporter rushes to her father on the beach, rather than go to the bunker. They reconcile on the beach and they’re together. It just shows that the bond of love cannot be broken, despite years of misunderstandings and hurt.

Jémelle: my goosebump moment was when I discovered my love for Asian dramas. They have opened up an entirely new world for me and made me discover my love for different cultures and different languages. I’m learning Hindi, Korean and Mandarin and I plan to pursue my undergraduate degree in Linguistics.

Jude: my goosebump moment is the book “Perks of being a wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky. It has a quote that really changed my perspective on life in a very positive different way. That things aren’t as black and white as people make them out to be. You have to keep in mind that there’s always a little bit of hell in heaven and a little bit of heaven in hell.