In the DON’T MESS WITH MY RIGHTS! – FINGER WEG VON MEINEN RECHTEN! project, young people, guided by professional filmmakers, create short films on topics related to children’s rights.
If you would like to be informed about the release of the films and the project, or if you would like to book film workshops, please send us an email at: film@schweigendemehrheit.at.
Here are the latest films by students at vocational schools in Klagenfurt and Amstetten.
Children have the right to leisure and play (UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 31) Florian and Timo agree, but what tensions and conflicts arise when parents disagree with their children’s play habits
AMSTETTEN – LBS Amstetten Film Workshop on Children’s Rights 2025
From 2020 to 2022, seven collaborative projects took place between Austrian youth and young people in Cameroon, Mexico, the Philippines, Rojava (Northern Syria), Senegal, Kenya, and Equatorial Guinea.
Under the guidance of renowned filmmakers, a total of 30 very different films were created: dramatic scenes, short documentaries, music videos, and animated films, which were screened in theaters in December 2022 and will be published here gradually.
Short versions of some films are also available on Instagram, Facebook (Kinderfressen leicht gemacht), and Mastodon.
Mabuhayballs are tennis ball-sized spheres made by the young activists of CYASF, a youth organisation for sustainable development in Rizal in the Philippines.
In San Cristóbal, many children can be seen working on the streets. But when is child labour harmful? Only when children work instead of going to school?
Vocational school students from Linz and Nairobi asked themselves where young people who cannot or do not want to live with their parents can turn to and interviewed Gerhard Eisschill, the director of a crisis centre in Linz, Peter Mutechura, the director of a home for boys in Nairobi and the director of the secondary … Untold – What, If Not The Streets Read More »
Students from HAK Traun and the Africulturbain cultural association in Pikine/Senegal discussed environmentally destructive projects in their neighbourhood and spoke to those affected and activists
“Be the change you want to see in the world!” is the motto of this film, in which young people from Eferding and Nairobi ask each other about decisive moments for change.
Based on Article 23 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, this is about accessibility and the right to education, which must also be guaranteed for people with special needs.
Article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (right to leisure, recreation, play, art and culture) inspired the students Azra, Marie-Lou, Natalie and Isabell from linz together with Margaret, Asia, Tracy and Rachel from Nairobi to write the story about the friendship of Laura and Tamara.
News from the stress zone. Students of the HAK Eferding and the Vocational School of the Mukuru Promotion Centre in Nairobi told each other bad experiences, measured them against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and developed a surprising film with wit and irony.
Girls from the Klagenfurt Girls’ Center wrote and designed this film. A puppet show that shows the bitter reality in too many families. Watch this video on YouTube
Girls from the Girls’ Center Klagenfurt and the Girls’ Education Center AFRIEUROTEXT in Yaoundé, Cameroon, shared online about grievances and difficulties. Watch this video on YouTube
There is not a single spot in the world without plastic waste, microplastics and poison. How can we get a grip on the fatal environmental pollution on our planet? Watch this video on YouTube
Healthy food, healthy environment – not a matter of course for many children. All over the world, we have to deal with how environmental pollution is endangering the earth’s ecosystem and what can be done about it. Watch this video on YouTube (BORG Neulengbach & CYASF-Youth Program for the Promotion of Sustainable Development)
Who helps when the bomb hits next to you? In crisis areas, millions of children are deprived of their childhood. Who saves them? Watch this video on YouTube (Vienna Vocational School for Administrative Professions & Rojava Film Commune)
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Austrian youths interview experts on child labor and supply chain law:
Child labor is now banned in most countries. However, this does not mean that the exploitation of children is really effectively combated and prevented. Viennese young people asked experts about this. Watch this video on YouTube
The raw material coltan in our cell phones is mined in Congo by children under extremely exploitative conditions. What can you do to make your phone calls fair? Young people in Vienna asked experts. Watch this video on YouTube
Almost all of the big chocolate companies use cocoa produced with exploitative child labor. What chocolate can you eat if you don’t like child labor? Watch this video on YouTube
The pandemic is affecting children around the world. How does it affect children in poorer countries? Expert Herbert Wasserbauer knows. Watch this video on YouTube
