Large quantities of crude oil pass through the backyard of fourteen-year-old Papilou. Who helps him to clean up the oil?
● Xander de Boer
● 15'
● Netherlands
In 2019, thousands of Danish children and youths took to the streets. They stayed away from school to demonstrate for the climate, mobilise their parents and grandparents, and demand action – now! When elections were called later the same year, it was clear that green climate policies attracted voters, and suddenly the climate was at the top of the political agenda. 70/30 portrays the creation of one of the world's most ambitious climate laws, with the goal of reducing Denmark's CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030. But will the politicians, citizens and industry be able to come together to make Denmark a green pioneer? Or will the election promises and green ambitions crumble when the new climate law is faced with reality?
● Phie Ambo
● 98'
● Denmark
“Chasing Childhood,” a documentary film, dives into the perspectives of psychologists, activists and leaders discussing the importance of “free play.” Without it, we are creating generations that have lost crucial life skills.
● Margaret Munzer Loeb, Eden Wurmfeld
● 80'
● USA
Girls In Chess
Girls In Chess
A spotlight on the gender gap in the world of competitive scholastic chess.
● Jenny Schweitzer
● 4'
● USA
“Yaren and the Sun” is a short documentary about grief, healing and friendship. Four years ago ten year old Yaren lost her mother. This summer she nervously leaves for a special kind of camp: a grieving camp. Here, all the kids have lost someone close to them.
● Joren Slaets, Renate Raman
● 19'
● Belgium
Charlie fights the feeling of being different from the other kids by doing the things he loves -surfing and dancing.
● Pia Strømme
● 15'
● Norway
In an interestingly subliminal way, many young girls are taught how to watch and not how to do. Girls are led on to think that they are more fragile and weak. Stoke Chasers aims to get women to stand up and fight this notion of just watching and to break the connection between being feminine and being fragile.
● Jo Anna Edmison
● 8'
● USA