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.
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 Girls’ Center Klagenfurt and the Girls’ Education Center AFRIEUROTEXT in Yaoundé, Cameroon, shared online about grievances and difficulties.
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?
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. (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? (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.
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.