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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:255:Children have the right to insert some caption text.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ->''"Children have the right to'' [insert reason here]''"'' |
| 5 | -->-–[[CentralTheme The message]] at the end of each animated short. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | '''''[[https://www.awn.com/animationworld/unicef-draws-talent-advance-childrens-rights Cartoons on Children's Rights]]''''' is a collective series of animated [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcements]] as part of UNICEF's initiative that aims to inform individuals concerning children's rights, as detailed in their [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child Convention on the Rights of the Child]]. Originating from a summit held in 1994, the effort of this program sees partnerships with numerous [[MediaNotes/AnimationCompanies animators, studios, and distributors]] big and small from all across the globe. |
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| 10 | UNICEF has released several of these shorts are available for free on their Website/YouTube channels; UNICEF UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} has a playlist cataloguing Spots [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB5401BDACBDEF6D0 #1-#27]], while UNICEF UsefulNotes/{{Georgia|Caucasus}} has compilations of Spots [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=442yLFwrzs8 #1-#19]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6RMZ96r3EM #67-#77]]. Several other Spots are also uploaded on their main channel, [[https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/UNICEF_-_Cartoons_On_Children%27s_Rights_(Partially_Found_Series_Of_PSAs_1998-2001) though many others]] currently remain {{missing|Episode}}. [[Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned Be advised when watching.]] Some of them can be very distressing, though many others can be very uplifting as well. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [-Most titles given are conjectural. Independent contributors are marked with a caret (^)-] |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | !!!Tape #1 (1998) |
| 15 | # Creator/{{RAI}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_V5GpWHiz0 Soccer]]" |
| 16 | # Epidem Zot: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEzLyfIe69w Remote]]" |
| 17 | # Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/{{Pixar}}, and Zolo Inc.: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxE1Z9V6Uxk Look Away]]" |
| 18 | # Matinee Entertainment: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrN4lfDn52k Bundle]]" |
| 19 | # Creator/AFilm: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K6GXMTqbzg Abducted]]" |
| 20 | # Aboriginal Nations: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otfaGa5QcJA Cave]]" |
| 21 | # Creator/WangFilmProductions: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_dNuK4FE0 Warzone]]" |
| 22 | # Creator/SunbowEntertainment: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLvQXFVTuU0 Elevator]]" |
| 23 | # [[Creator/CookieJarEntertainment Cinar]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzqKYHQmCCk Landmine]]" |
| 24 | # Hahn Film: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7NW5GnMJo Shadow]]" |
| 25 | # Creator/{{HBO}} Animation: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinsuoAQ0tg Art]]" |
| 26 | # Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKxAuXLJBQ Conditions]]" |
| 27 | # Neptuno Films: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2-jE1ySfbg Snails]]" |
| 28 | # Polish Television: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e5w8o9_3JM Privacy]]" |
| 29 | # [[Creator/{{Sony}} Adelaide Productions]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItovWHrtLo Loneliness]]" |
| 30 | # Creator/FilCartoons: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptOfGMVQkpU Activities]]" |
| 31 | # Creator/{{Disney}} [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Disney_Institute Institute]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMwH6zJvHcE Ignored]]" |
| 32 | # [[Creator/BardelEntertainment Bardel Animation]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EJ5z1HieUA Seesaw]]" |
| 33 | # Creator/DICEntertainment: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhW0ky9oHZI Bee]]" |
| 34 | # Fred Wolf Films: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-2s_Wffvs Gun]]" |
| 35 | # [[Creator/SesameWorkshop Children's Television Workshop]]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO-KN7EPmg0 Chicken]]" |
| 36 | # Creator/MichaelSpornAnimation: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3LbZxTKnns Battlefield]]" |
| 37 | # Creator/{{MTV}} Animation: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7X7QhfQ4o Thoughts]]" |
| 38 | # Urban Design: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJUuSpAxiys Ladder]]" |
| 39 | # BRB Internacional S.A.: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jkGz4-Nnw Dream]]" |
| 40 | # YLE Finland: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHDZpEjT018 Bears]]" |
| 41 | # Art & Animation Station: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbhvsRF-vv4 Environment]]" |
| 42 | # Nicobis: "[[https://mediateca.educa.madrid.org/video/i8q8h9gjmqa6p8da Dirt Drawings]]" |
| 43 | # Creator/WarnerBrosAnimation: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-4zKXcIXI Wrench]]" |
| 44 | |
| 45 | !!!Tape #2 (1999) |
| 46 | [numlist:30] |
| 47 | # Migguel Repiso^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRspFp7Aiu8 Drawing]]" |
| 48 | # TV Futura: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9sDEvTIqwg Education]]" |
| 49 | # USL-RM: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEmaZ6f4UkM Castle]]" |
| 50 | # Red Rocket Animation: "[[https://mediateca.educa.madrid.org/video/amm2mr6z2niz2ck3 Mama]]" |
| 51 | # Kimerica Clisos: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yU_xK7mgrg Prison]]" |
| 52 | # [=ArteVision-USB=]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGpYgJ02GSA Class]]" |
| 53 | # Creator/WaltDisneyFeatureAnimation: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDKHHajzmo Dove]]" |
| 54 | # Telemagination: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnDFGLz4Dp0 Sob]]" |
| 55 | # Cheeky Monkey: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l8_i-SWQo4 Reality]]" |
| 56 | # Cineanimadores: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBu2B8xZYE Blocks]]" |
| 57 | # Yanz Films: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3wTJ30FaCQ Donkey]]" |
| 58 | # Luiz Tellez^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9EzjNp3ITU Puppeteer]]" |
| 59 | # Miguel Repiso^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kqrXbhxWGg Walk]]" |
| 60 | # LNA Bureau for Digital Arts: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZkz-tAsxOE Dogs]]" |
| 61 | # Nirmal Sherchan^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7NVWO7HcU Labor]]" |
| 62 | # Creator/DoconFilmsProductions: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZEtSjamPM Animals]]" |
| 63 | # ICAIC (currently missing) |
| 64 | # Summer Productions: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LILi4SxcG0k Trees]]" |
| 65 | # UNICEF Animation workshop: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGLnnk46UQ0 Abuse]]" |
| 66 | # Noureddln Zarrinkelk^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqOCyEURbiE Faceless]]" |
| 67 | # Juan Acevedo and Pepe San Martin^: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypJEHLoUDQQ Monochrome Classroom]]" |
| 68 | # Creator/MondoTV (currently missing) |
| 69 | # Muafak Kat: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWo0aYvx7xk Notebook]]" |
| 70 | # School of Visual Arts: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sdFS2FtMo0 Cycle]]" |
| 71 | # [=AnimAction=]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abv0opArZnw Approval]]" |
| 72 | # Pictoon (currently missing) |
| 73 | # Nicobis (currently missing) |
| 74 | # Movim: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVNLZvMl2lI Violence]]" |
| 75 | # Julio Rojas^ (currently missing) |
| 76 | # Animacion Boricua: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orkm9-LXj_o Protector]]" |
| 77 | # les delires production: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6hBBCG69b8 Hospital]]" |
| 78 | # Red Kite Productions: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4v5Lb5qPq8 Scuffle]]" |
| 79 | # Ramm Productions: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYzUzZARjRw Hall]]" |
| 80 | # Cineanimadores: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWhMRw98hbU TV Violence]]" |
| 81 | # Guy O'Neal^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5a-DYzBWk Color]]" |
| 82 | # [=AnimAction=]: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=119POBhEicY Worm]]" |
| 83 | # School of Visual Arts: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvfit_uYps Mud Creature]]" (bonus animation, 1 min. runtime) |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [/numlist] |
| 86 | !!!Tape #3 (2000) |
| 87 | [numlist:67] |
| 88 | # Andrea Princivalli^: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6RMZ96r3EM Doodling]]" |
| 89 | # Creator/ToonzAnimationIndia: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=57 Work]]" |
| 90 | # Sharon E. Smith^: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=102 Shapes]]" |
| 91 | # Kratky Film: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=147 Bricks]]" |
| 92 | # Santoon Productions: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=192 Oriental]]" |
| 93 | # Susana Maria Halpine^: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=237 Nutrients]]" |
| 94 | # Forever Group^ "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YXuof0ego Newborn]]" |
| 95 | # Lina Ghaibeh^: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=327 Student]]" |
| 96 | # Promax: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=372 Flowers]]" |
| 97 | # Saf Vranje^: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=417 Argument]]" |
| 98 | # Forever Group^: "[[https://youtu.be/t6RMZ96r3EM?t=462 Playground]]" |
| 99 | # Alina Chau: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wheZH76N3ZA Frieden: the Tree of Peace]]" (bonus animation, 5 min. runtime) |
| 100 | [/numlist] |
| 101 | !!!Later entries |
| 102 | # Creator/BigStar: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WlClCnCpgo Ball]]" |
| 103 | # Imagine Asia: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzl0uqqkpKU Shapes]]" |
| 104 | # Kapow Pictures: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szxiMN4Bh60 Aliens]]" |
| 105 | # TV Loonland (currently missing) |
| 106 | # Various cartoons from unknown studios that currently only survive in really low quality and in Spanish, seemingly all from the same series due to sharing a pinwheel-like intro. As many formerly-missing cartoons were released as part of this series as well, it is possible that these are some of the lost ones listed above: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWg_d_psLRs 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfduaIoq9U 2]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyc18ISEYKM 3]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3HsCc-eKUQ 4 (partial)]]. |
| 107 | |
| 108 | !!!Other known contributors: |
| 109 | * Creator/CartoonNetwork (Provided funding to animators in developing countries) |
| 110 | * Creator/{{Pixar}} (Provided animation for "Look Away") |
| 111 | [[/index]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | ! Children have the right to their own list of {{trope}}s: |
| 115 | * AbusiveParents: Several animated shorts show how much of an ass parents can be. |
| 116 | * AllForNothing: "Walk" has a young girl walking with her injured brother. As they see a sign that a nearby hospital is 20 kilometers away, they are [[{{Determinator}} determined to walk a long journey]] until they finally reach a hospital. [[spoiler:Much to the siblings' dismay, the "hospital" falls over, turning out it was a fake model.]] |
| 117 | * AllJustADream: |
| 118 | ** "Child Soldiers" has this TwistEnding. It features a group of kids enjoying several fun activities. [[spoiler:However, it turns out to be imagined, revealing that the kids are partaking in an ongoing war.]] |
| 119 | ** "Guns" tells a story of a child witnessing an armed crime, as he fears during his sleep that his [[LivingToys toys becomes living murderers]]. Fortunately it was just a nightmare as he checks that his toys are perfectly fine. But as he gets ready to go outside, [[spoiler:the last thing we hear is a [[DeathOnlySound sound of a gunshot]].]] |
| 120 | ** "Reality" shows a fantasy world full of happiness and delight, [[spoiler:sadly, it's revealed to be her imagination as she lives in a grotty house with her [[ParentalNeglect neglectful father]].]] |
| 121 | ** "Frieden: The Tree Of Peace" spends most of its time in a world where children fly and grow a beautiful tree together. But then, the main character wakes up, and we see [[spoiler:she is alone in a house in a wartorn area as armies battle outside, clearly shaken from being brought back to reality]]. |
| 122 | ** In contrast to the three tear-jerking entries, "Dream" features a baby having a nightmare of being abducted and auctioned off. Fortunately, his mom is there to comfort him, ending it with a positive note. |
| 123 | * ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws: Any short concerning child labor would end up this trope. It's {{justified|Trope}}, since the point is to illustrate just how grueling child labor is and why such laws need to be in place. |
| 124 | * BabyAsPayment: |
| 125 | ** "Abducted" features a small boy being offered by a stranger, whom the former accepts, [[spoiler:but didn't realize he is being sold for.]] |
| 126 | ** "Dream" also has a similar concept as "Abducted". Unlike the aforementioned above, it was just a [[AllJustADream nightmare]] and the mother comes in to comfort him, making him smile. |
| 127 | * TheBlank: "Faceless'' features a girl with literally no face. Luckily, a [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action hand]] [[AvertedTrope draws a face on the girl]], and some hair too. |
| 128 | * BreakTheCutie: Being a series of [=PSAs=] about children's rights, this is to be expected ''a lot''. |
| 129 | ** "Landmine" ends with [[spoiler:a girl who jumps around and accidentally fell onto a landmine, [[GoryDiscretionShot leaving only the explosion in the background]]. And the worst part? We are greeted with [[https://i.ibb.co/mtj9vBP/unicef-landmines.jpg a group of realistic drawings of victims who are severely injured from what a landmine can inflict.]] ''Ouch''.]] |
| 130 | ** "Shadow" has a young girl's fate of being in a PaedoHunt. |
| 131 | ** "Loneliness" features a homeless girl, who tries to get one of the other people to help her, but they all refuse, leaving the girl alone and miserable. |
| 132 | * TheChainOfHarm: "Cycle" shows an endless loop of abuse that never stops. |
| 133 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Hence the importance of protecting their rights. |
| 134 | * ChildSoldiers: The kids in the short of the same name are forced to partake in an ongoing war. |
| 135 | * CrazyPeoplePlayChess: "Castle" shows a little girl making sandcastles, only to be revealed she's on a checkerboard maintained by two soldiers, who place tanks, planes, and missiles around her, in a similar manner as chess game. |
| 136 | * DownerEnding: Most of the entries end with no HappyEnding. |
| 137 | * DrugsAreBad: "Bee" shows a bee trying to escape in a field full of pills and drugs, as children have rights to a drug-free world. |
| 138 | * FloatingHeadSyndrome: "Labor" ends with a shot of a tired boy plastered on the Earth. |
| 139 | * GoodParents: Contrary to the AbusiveParents mentioned above, some entries depict parents as protective and caring to their children. |
| 140 | * JuvenileHell: "Prison" tells the brutal truth, as this one even features a little boy in a prison cell, implying that he hasn't been treated with dignity. |
| 141 | * MeaningfulName: "Frieden" is German for "peace", something the girl in the short of the same name greatly longs for. |
| 142 | * MediumBlending: The collective series come in different varieties of animation styles from traditional to StopMotion to [[AllCGICartoon 3D]] to MediaNotes/AdobeFlash, made by different animators from around the world. |
| 143 | * MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon: All of the shorts get their point across without {{dialogue}}. |
| 144 | * NoEnding: In "Conditions", as the four kids wearing a giant crown approaches to the government explaining the poor conditions in a country and demands to take action, the ad ends visually with [[ConfusedQuestionMark Confused Question Marks]], indicating how they should accomplish it. |
| 145 | * PaedoHunt: "Shadow" features a young girl in her pajamas sitting near a man (presumably her father) reading a newspaper in an armchair as she's putting ribbons on her teddy bear. Her mother gives them both goodbye kisses and pretty much immediately, things get unsettling. She tries to walk off, [[EmpathyDollShot only for the man to slowly trod on her teddy bear]] and the last shot is his shadow looming over the poor girl as she looks up at him in horror. |
| 146 | * ParentalNeglect: Some of them show just how ignorant parents really are or how much they care for themselves instead of their children. |
| 147 | * PublicServiceAnnouncement: Concerning children's rights, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the name]]. |
| 148 | * SeesawCatapult: The aptly named "Seesaw" has a toddler playing seesaw by himself, using his plush bear as a substitute for another person, as he accidentally catapults it towards another house. |
| 149 | * StylisticSuck: Some of the entries such as "Remote", "Cave" and "Worm" intentionally use LimitedAnimation or oversimplistic handdrawn art styles. |
| 150 | * TokenMinority: |
| 151 | ** ''Chickens" features a mother hen and her yellow chicks, but one of them has a side effect of color due to splashing in some paints as an egg. Nonetheless, he is still embraced and accepted by the family. |
| 152 | ** Typically anything involving anti-discrimination, such as "Shapes" or "Aliens". |
| 153 | * WarIsHell: Typically any entry involving children in concern of conflict would ultimately be this trope. |
| 154 | * WarRefugees: Speaking of concern of conflict, "Bears" as it states feature [[BearyFriendly two bears]] escaping from a war-torn town into a brighter and safer flower field. |
| 155 | * WouldHurtAChild: Of course! What would be a PSA regarding children's rights without a few featuring children being harmed, physically or mentally? |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | -->''[-I wish the dream\ |
| 158 | would never END.-]'' |
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