Counting Days and Years

14 min
Sweden
Children's rights

eng: for_whom

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Counting Days and Years

Many children live with a secret that they think they are alone with. We meet three children in a film based on documenting their personal stories and thoughts. The film is animated and narrated with playful imagery and great curiosity. It invites the viewer into the children's inner worlds.

Director

Monne Lindström

Monne Lindström was born in 1963 in Sweden. She has worked as an AD and a visual artist for many years. Her first film, Anyone for Tennis?, was shown in competition at numerous international festivals, including the Valladolid Filmfestival, Nordisk Panorama, the Uppsala Shortfilmfestival and others.

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I thought of how disappointed my parents were when I committed a crime. I’d never thought of it before. But here, through the stories of the children, I looked at the situation my family is in from the other side. The topic is sad, but the film is easy to watch because it’s a cartoon. When I have children, I wouldn’t want them to experience this. I really want to change. I don’t want to be in jail anymore, I don’t want my mom to cry. I also noticed that these kids have such kind hearts and they’re so grown up.

 

 

Visitor of the Docudays UA film club at Lviv City Centre for Free Secondary Legal Aid