VIDEO CATALOGUE
PRIX JEUNESSE IN MANILA

Malvia, the queen of colours summons her subjects Blue, Red and Yellow. They start quarelling, the colours mix and the world turns grey. Malvia starts crying and her tears divide the colours.

On a snowy winter day a boy watches the birds in the garden and asks himself where and how they will winter. As his busy father answers his questions only in a very superficial way, the boy starts searching for an explanation on his own. In his fantasy, he accompanies the birds. The destination is the country where he and his family had been on vacation. When he returns to reality, he takes along some of his new - fictitious - experiences.

ARTHUR is a daily animated children's series based on the popular books by Marc Brown. Each half-hour episode consists of two independent stories bridged by a live-action segment featuring children responding to ARTHUR with letters, poems , music and art.

"Arthur's First Sleepover"

Have you ever been afraid of the dark? Despite D.W.'s threat of aliens, Arthur sets his tent for his first sleepover. D.W.'s mad that she can't be part of the sleepover, but she'll have fun of her own -- with the help of alien lights. But, who will have the last joke: Arthur and his friends, D.W., or the aliens?

"Arthur's New Year's Eve"
What exactly happens at midnight, December 31^st? There are plenty of rumors, but no one seems to know for sure. Arthur is determined to stay up and discover the horrifying truth.

Bernard is a boy with a punctuality problem whose wish for more time comes true. He receives an old fashioned fob watch and soon discovers it can make time stand still.

Not only does this mean that Bernard can get to school on time while those around him are held on "freeze frame", but he also finds that stopping time can be useful in all sorts of other ways.

In "Giving Time", the last episode of the 5-part series, Bernard's grandad comes to look after him while mom and dad go on a holiday. Grandad always has plenty of time for Bernard which means that Bernard hardly needs to use his watch during Grandad's stay. But there are a few occasions when it proves itself to be very useful indeed!

BIZBIRIJE was designed for children to learn while they have fun and participate with their ideas. Children who watch the show register into the program and are given a reporter's ID, and then they send their ideas to Bizbirije. The experiments, recipes, magical tricks, jokes, riddles, tongue-twisters, songs, suspicious cases and many other suggestions the audience send are taken to the screen by Alex, a young anchorman, ten kids and a dog.

There is a department of secret investigations at Bizbirije which is directed by Clak, an awkward detective who solves cases thanks to his deductive (and not so deductive) mind, as well as the help of children, his neighbors, and… his mother.

Julie-Pier shows her friends what she wears on her head at different times. We find her, like every morning, talking about her dreams. She dreamt about a glove thief. Pressed by her mother, she begins to get ready for kindergarten by singing "J'fais c'qu'il faut" (I do what I have to do). In the kitchen, her mother is waiting to serve her breakfast. This morning, Julie-Pier is disappointed because her grandfather, away on a trip, did not send her a letter. She thinks of him and remembers the first time she went to the movies with him.

Ding! Dong! The bell rings. It's Charlie coming to wait for the bus with her. In the meantime, the two friends play quack quack and check what's in their lunch boxes. Julie-Pier opens the magic drawer from which comes out a song about pumpkins. Charlie and Julie-Pier hop on the bus.

Julia's cap drops into magic water and undergoes a strange change. The girl puts it on her head and starts receiving TV waves. She becomes Chaplin, Flintstones, a horse and a silly washing powder advertisement. Everything depends on television broadcasting! The whole situation becomes serious when the violent series "Robokiller" is screened…

Prix Jeunesse in giving the UNESCO Special Prize to "The Boy Who Stopped Talking":

Through its special prize UNESCO wishes to honor the best film convincingly creating an understanding of other cultures and motivating open encounters in a true sense of partnership. The film reaches the subjective in an excellent manner. It presents the despair of young Memo from Eastern Turkey when his father brings the family to Holland. All of a sudden, Memo's friends, the farm and his favorite sheep are far away. Instead he looks out of the window of his basement flat. He is simply speechless and decides not to talk anymore. But he still meets Jeroen, his Dutch classmate, and they become friends: slowly but surely, but more and more closely, opening up new horizons for one another.

Prix Jeunesse in giving the UNICEF Special Prize to "Children of the Fishing Boats":

As well as being a charming insight into the life and environment of children who live on boats in a remote part of China, the film is a positive portrayal of their right to be educated. We see their dexterity and their skills and their friendships develop in what can often be harsh surroundings. The children's wishes to be further educated on land, and their persuasive power over their parents to allow this to happen, displays much of what UNICEF is promoting in advocacy for the Rights of Children.

"Popular Mechanics for Kids" is a program designed for curious minds. Developed for 8 to 14 years old, 22 programs were shot. Location in Canada and USA. Each show presents a theme in a lively and attractive magazine format. Hosted by 2 teens, Elisha and Jay, our young adventurers comb the planet in search of answers to the question: How Do things Work? Young viewers are offered a genuine experience of discovery. Viewers are placed at the center of these adventures of discovery like never before!

For a year, the Danish documentarist Jon Bang Carlsen followed his six year old son, Hjalmar, with a video camera when the family moved from Denmark to Ireland. The film follows Hjalmar from the time he and his family arrive in the village on the Atlantic where they are to start a new life, and Hjalmar is to attend the local school. But what is it like to go to school in a country in which one neither speaks nor understands the language? How does one make friends, and how does a boy really experience the move from a big city to a quiet society out in the country?

Inside Info is a young actuality/investigative programme which is presented, researched and produced by the youth. It is reflective of youth issues and investigates, probes and exposes controversial and topical issues pertaining to the youth in South Africa.

Presenters sometimes risk their lives in the line of duty to uncover the expose issues which are prevalent in South African society. The motto of the show is" By the Youth, With the Youth, For the Youth", to give young South Africans a voice.

20 year old Nageena Lone is a second generation immigrant from Pakistan. She lives with her parents and two brothers and a sister in Copenhagen suburb.

Recently she was engaged to a young Pakistani man whom her parents have chosen for her. They met briefly in Pakistan and won't meet again till they are to be married in eighteen months' time.

Mette Weyde, Danish Sonar presenter, draws a portrait of Nageena to reveal her views on arranged marriage, religion, family life and different cultures.

(Every episode in the Sonar series is followed up by a POLAROID, a ring-in radio programme where young people discuss with the main characters of the TV programme - or with somebody of a total different opinion on the same subject).

"Behind every sweet sugar crystal is a bitter tale". "Sugarcane Workers" tells the sad stories of Joey, 14 and Bernald, 9 -- two children who, because of extreme poverty, are forced to toil in the sugarcane fields of Tarlac.

Prix Jeunesse in giving "Sugarcane Workers" the BMW Special Prize:

Productions with limited resources are challenged by many obstacles to quality children's programme productions. "Sugarcane Workers" shows courage and risk taking. It brings a compelling and important story to the children and people of the Philippines with solid storytelling skills and competent journalism. It is a touching and poignant programme. It deserves the BMW Special Prize.

WISE UP begins with a report from Adam, concerned about the cost of buying fizzy drinks and his local cinema. They're charging double the price for the same volume of liquid that's available in local stores at half the price.

Keri tackles the new trend for virtual pets, arguing that they should be banned for young kids as they are addictive and disruptive and there's a report by 14 year old Louis on the image of bowling -- he interviews the secretary of Tooting Bowling Club in London and discovers to his amazement - the club has a policy of not allowing ethnic minorities to become members. Plus in the regular musical spot, 29 Seconds of Fame, Jarvis Cocker offers his advice to Nahma.

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