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Why?

1995 (estimated) Theatrical National Film Board of Canada

Foreign title: Pourquoi? (French)

Studio
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
National Film Board of Canada

Synopsis

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.

Characters

Four Children

Credits

Directing

Director
Bretislav Pojar

Producing

Producer
Thérèse Descary

Writing

Writer
Bretislav Pojar

Animation

Animator
Bretislav Pojar

Music

Music
Judith Gruber-Stitzer

Crew

Sound Editing
Gilles Quintal
Re-recording
Shelley Craig

Production notes

Film without words.

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 cinema, Film Festival, Giffoni, Italy, 1997