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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 Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. An omnibus film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.
Simone Giampaolo is a director and animator from Switzerland (Ticino) with an insatiable appetite for storytelling.
In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK).
Throughout his career he’s directed, story-boarded and animated on over ten animated short films, some of whom have been screened at several international film festivals gaining recognition and also winning some awards.
Between 2014 and January 2018 Simone has been working as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation (based in London, UK) on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC.
He is now represented by world-famous studio Aardman Animations as Animation Director. More info at www.simone-giampaolo.com.
- Year2020
- Runtime7 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountrySwitzerland
- PremiereNo, it's not a premiere
- RatingThe whole family (including children)
- DirectorSimone Giampaolo
- ScreenwriterSimone Giampaolo, Severn Cullis-Suzuki
- ProducerGabriella de Gara Bucciarelli (Amka Films Productions)
- Executive ProducerGabriella de Gara Bucciarelli (Amka Films Productions)
- EditorSimone Giampaolo, Darren Millstone
THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO STREAM VIRTUALLY! NOTE: ONCE YOU BEGIN WATCHING, YOU WILL HAVE 24 HOURS TO COMPLETE ALL SHORT FILMS CONTAINED IN YOUTH FILM PROGRAM
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 Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. An omnibus film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.
Simone Giampaolo is a director and animator from Switzerland (Ticino) with an insatiable appetite for storytelling.
In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK).
Throughout his career he’s directed, story-boarded and animated on over ten animated short films, some of whom have been screened at several international film festivals gaining recognition and also winning some awards.
Between 2014 and January 2018 Simone has been working as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation (based in London, UK) on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC.
He is now represented by world-famous studio Aardman Animations as Animation Director. More info at www.simone-giampaolo.com.
- Year2020
- Runtime7 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountrySwitzerland
- PremiereNo, it's not a premiere
- RatingThe whole family (including children)
- DirectorSimone Giampaolo
- ScreenwriterSimone Giampaolo, Severn Cullis-Suzuki
- ProducerGabriella de Gara Bucciarelli (Amka Films Productions)
- Executive ProducerGabriella de Gara Bucciarelli (Amka Films Productions)
- EditorSimone Giampaolo, Darren Millstone