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Ex-Child
19944 min 57 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction
Direction: Jacques Drouin
Production: Thérèse Descary
Script: Jacques Drouin
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Société Radio-Canada and Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG.
A young boy and his father are enlisted to fight in the war. The boy's pride soon turns to fear as the bullets whistle overhead. His father takes his place and is immediately shot and killed. Horrified, the boy understands that war is not a game. Based on article 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates the right of children under the age of 15 not to be recruited into the armed forces. Film without words.
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Subject categories
- War, Conflict and Peace > Allegories of War and PeaceWar VictimsWar and Youth
- Children and Youth > Children's RightsComing of Age StoriesWar and Youth
- Law and Crime > Children's RightsHuman Rights
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society Today
Credits
- director
- Jacques Drouin
- script
- Jacques Drouin
- animation
- Jacques Drouin
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
- sound
- Louis Hone
- editing
- Suzanne Allard
- sound editing
- Gilles Quintal
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- voice
- Cedric Dind-Lavoie
- Mark Biunno
- Vincent Lambert
- Benoit Lussier
- François-Olivier Therrien
- music
- Lucie Jasmin
Awards
- Special Prize for its artistic treatment of a very serious human subject and messageInternational Animation Festival
- UNICEF AwardLos Angeles Animation Competition / World Animation Celebration (Wacfest)
- Camério Humanitas AwardCarrousel international du film
- Liv Ullman Peace AwardInternational Children's Film Festival
- Second Prize - Animated Short Film under 6 minutesInternational Children's Film Festival
- UNICEF Prize - Short Film (Film which denounces the exploitation of children in time of war)International Animated Film Festival
- Giffoni Film Festival Award - for the Rights from the Heart Series (3 parts) for all-round constant creative achievement and artistic integrity in the cinemaFilm Festival
- Honorable Mention - Category: FInternational Animated Film Festival / CINANIMA