30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Competition of European Documentary Films for Young Audience

Awlad (2020) 13

Spain, Italy | 2020 | 65 min.

The story of four refugee children in four different countries describing their daily struggle to obtain a formal education. A quarter of the global population of school age live in war zones or disaster areas. Fewer than one in four under-age refugees attends secondary school. Only one in twenty enrolls in university. Less than two per cent of global humanitarian aid is spent on education. BIOGRAPHY Journalists working in crisis areas. They mainly cover issues related to migration and refugees, focusing on women's rights and children's education. They co-directed their first documentary, Awlad (2019).

CountrySpain, Italy
Year2020
Duration65 min
Rating13
LanguageArabic, Dari, English, Spanish
SubtitleCzech, English
Directed by Ane Irazabal, Cosimo Caridi
Screenplay Ane Irazabal, Cosimo Caridi, Simone Mele
Director of Photography Rodrigo Hernandez Tejero, Cosimo Caridi
Music Gian Luca Nigro
Edited by Simone Mele
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