Human rights and Environment
Runtime: 84 min.| Recommended Ages: 12 -18
The films are screened under Greek subtitles
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How is the climate threat in Mediterranean olive groves linked to the unseen rights of children in prisons or the search for identity in a foreign land? This program brings together five short films that explore the "environment" in its broadest sense: from endangered natural ecosystems to the social and family frameworks that define our freedom. Through the power of documentary and the sensitivity of animation, we travel from the mines of Congo and the restaurants of Paris to the visiting rooms of Belgium, discovering that protecting the planet is inextricably linked to the respect for human dignity and the right to hope.
The program is prefaced by Elpiniki Papadopoulou, Communications Specialist and Cultural Broadcaster.
Shorts in this lineup:
ZIKI
Animation by Roberta Palmieri, Olga Sargenti
12 min I Italy
Ziki is a Congolese boy living in a village with his mother. One day, while the two are playing, Ziki discovers a mysterious tunnel winding beneath the kitchen floor. Curious, he decides to venture in, but as he walks, he slips and falls to the bottom of the tunnel. As he travels through it, he discovers a world built on exploitation and war in his homeland.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU
Documentary dir. by Zaïde Bil, Sébastien Segers, Petronella Van Der Hallen Ι
12 min I Belgium
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Four children guide us from the entrance to the visiting room of a prison, a place they go twice a week to see their mom or dad. Prisons aren’t built with children in mind, yet in Belgium, over 16,000 kids have a parent behind bars. ‘I’d love to see you’ gives a voice to the children of prisoners and shows how they end up in a situation they never chose.
SULAIMANI
Animation by Vinnie Ann Bose I 20min I France
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One evening, Alia and Neena, two young Indian women, each come to dinner at Sulaimani, an Indian restaurant in Paris. The meal brings back sometimes buried emotions for them and “releases” certain memories which little by little reveal to us why they left their country. Alia could no longer stand the culture of traditional India and was in conflict with her family. Neena chose to leave to provide for her husband and children back in India. If their reasons are different, they are prey to the same nostalgia during this dinner which brings them a little closer to home.