Synopsis:
Only a Child is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet.
- Director:
- Simone Giampaolo
- Year:
- 2020
- Country:
- Switzerland
- Running time:
- 7 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Claymation, Sand Animation, Mixed media
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producers:
- Gabriella de Gara, Tiziana Soudani, Silvana Bezzola, Walter Bortolotti
- Animators:
- Walkingframes, Marjolaine Perreten, Andrea Schneider, Emilien Davaud, Barbara Brunner, Nino Christen, Patrick Graf, Imgart Walthert, Oswald Iten, Philip Hofmänner, Tiny Giant, Michaela Müller, Team Tumult, Cyril Gfeller, Roman Kaelin, Cesar Diaz Melendez, Eisprung Studio, Stéphan Nappez
- Script writers:
- Simone Giampaolo, Severn Cullis-Suzuki
- Music composer:
- Flavio Gargano
- Editors:
- Simone Giampaolo, Darren Millstone
- Production:
- Amka Films Productions
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary, Experimental
- Tags:
- Educational, Political, Activism, Sustainability, Climate crisis, War, Hope, Poetic, Nature, Animals, Sad
- Audience:
- 13+
- Festival selections:
- Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
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