Finnish and South African Children have produced a short film "Our Own Movies - Dialogue about the Rights and Dreams of Children" that van be dowlnloaded for free.

The film is about rights and dreams of the children and it has been produced in workshops in Finland and South Africa during spring 2008. The films are written, shooted, acted and edited by the children themselves under the guidance of a professional film maker Hanna Toiviainen.

The project is coordinated by the Elementary School of Mikkola in Vantaa and Finland - South Africa Association. Partners in the project are Voisalmi-Tyysterniemi school at Lappeenranta, Board of Education, Finnish Refugee Council and the Embassy of South Africa. In South Africa we are partnering with the school of Arethabeng in Soshanguve, near Pretoria. The project has been supported by The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland and the Arts Council of Finland.

The language of the films are Finnish, Sotho and English and the duration of the film is 45 minutes. The film can be downloaded from here.

More information:
Project Coordinator Maiju Tykkyläinen
maiju.tykkylainen(at)vantaa.fi (040 749 2536)

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