Seven groups of Austrian young people worked together with young people in Cameroon, Mexico, the Philippines, Rojava (northern Syria), Senegal, Kenya and Equatorial Guinea to produce short films on children’s rights.
Under the guidance of renowned filmmakers, a total of 30 very different films were produced: Fiction films, short documentaries, music videos and animated films, which were presented in cinemas in December 2022 and will be published here.
Short versions of some of the films also appear on Instagram, Facebook (Kinderfressen leicht gemacht) and Mastodon.
If you would like to be informed about the release of the films and the project or would like to book film workshops, please email us at: film@schweigendemehrheit.at.
School completely different?
What are the biggest problems in our education systems? Why do so many children not enjoy maths?
Mabuhay
Mabuhayballs are tennis ball-sized spheres made by the young activists of CYASF, a youth organisation for sustainable development in Rizal in the Philippines.
Water. Water. Avê
All children and young people have the right to free access to education and also the right to culture, play and leisure.
Child labour
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?
Climate Change
A healthy environment is a human right, guaranteed to all children in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Amina, one of many.
Brutal traditions that trample on the rights of women and girls, cut them up with knives, destroy them with violence.
Untold – What, If Not The Streets
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 »
Free space – Espacio libre
Are social media a free space or a threat to our freedom?
Stop bullying!
Many young people have had painful experiences with bullying, some have been bullied.
Application
Do we continue to say “Yes, boss, of course boss!” when women are disadvantaged in the world of work?
The last day/ Le Dernier Jour
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
Illusion
How does social media affect family, friendship and private life?
We want our rights to be heard!
“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.
We got the power
How does the freedom and self-determination of girls and women relate to digital media?
Resilience
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.
WHO’S RIGHT?
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.
My Voice My Freedom
Why is the right to leisure, play, art and culture so important for young people?
Violence Around The World
Do you recognise violence when you see it? How do young people experience such situations?
I’m F.I.N.E
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.
Just Another Day
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
Say something, Sarah! – Parle-moi, Sarah!
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
5R, please!
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
Girl power
Children’s rights are also girls’ rights! Why and in what ways are girls still disadvantaged?
Family before education
Millions of girls around the world are still unable to get a good education due to social and cultural norms.
Against the current
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)
Save
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:
