Summary
Save the Children Korea will hold its 12th Children’s Rights Film Festival at Ichon Hangang Park in Seoul on October 31, the organization announced. Held outdoors for the first time, the festival is themed “See the World Through a Child’s Eyes” and will screen animated shorts alongside films by emerging directors chosen through a competition. Its premiere is “Class 3-6 Graduation Video_V14,” made with director Yoon Dan-bi, about a 16-year-old child from a migrant background who encounters classmates’ and family stories while creating a graduation video. Exhibitions and hands-on activities will accompany the screenings, followed by online and community programs throughout November. The festival began in 2015 and reports about 370,000 cumulative viewers through last year.
Hana’s perspective
I think the outdoor format matters because it takes short films about children’s lives beyond the usual festival audience. Pairing screenings with drawing, publishing and story-wall activities also gives young visitors more ways to respond than simply watching. For animation makers, the program shows why short-form work remains valuable: animation can approach difficult subjects at a scale that supports discussion, especially when it sits alongside live-action stories rather than being treated as a separate children’s category. The key measure will be whether the festival preserves children’s agency instead of only speaking on their behalf.
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