Why?

19958 min 53 secFilm: Animation, Children's film, Fiction

Direction: Bretislav Pojar

Production: Thérèse Descary

Script: Bretislav Pojar

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., (Germany).

Four children see images of other youngsters around the world who dream of doing great things when they grow up but whose dreams are dashed by the harsh reality of their lives. Shocked, the children urgently ask adults to do something. A synthesis of articles 27, 29, 30, 31 and 38 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to a future. Film without words.

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Subject categories


  • Law and Crime > Children's RightsHuman Rights
  • Children and Youth > Children's RightsLiving Conditions

Credits


director
Bretislav Pojar
script
Bretislav Pojar
animation
Bretislav Pojar
producer
Thérèse Descary
sound editing
Gilles Quintal
re-recording
Shelley Craig
music
Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Awards


  • 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