Childhood
A warm, soft-spoken and close encounter with the importance of play and fantasy in childhood, and how playing is vital for the well-being of children.”Childhood” tells a crucial story about children’s needs, in a time when playing is increasingly marginalized. ”Childhood” is a full-length feature film about children and how they play on their own terms. An observational documentary that follows the children in Aurora Kindergarten throughout a year. These are children from one to seven years old. It is a quiet and close, life-affirming film, at the same time it will be deeply provocative because it draws up a whole different perspective on what children truly need than what is the current norm.
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						projection time:90 min
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						country/year:Norway/2017
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						pictures:Øystein Mamen
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						production:Speranza Film AS
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						selected festivals and awards:2017 – IDFA Amsterdam, 2017 – DOK Leipzig, 2017 – CPH:DOX Kopenhaga: Nordic Dox Award, 2017 – IFF Jihlava
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