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IDFA 2017

A Year of Hope

Mikala Krogh
Denmark, Netherlands
2017
83 min
World Premiere
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You won’t want to watch this story about life on the streets of Manila, but you should. It’s shocking to hear young Tracy and Joshua talk about being drugged and sexually abused, about how they have to steal their clothes from clotheslines. Alternatively, we also see them surrounded by love, food and nurturing during their year with the Stairway Foundation in the rural Philippines. While there, they learn that their genitals are theirs and theirs alone. Meanwhile, we see police cadets being taught in the same open way about penises and vaginas. These future officers are obviously more uncomfortable about these discussions than the street children they will someday work to protect. As the children’s conversations are cut with grainy shots of the streets of Manila, the contrast is obvious between the dark city and the sunny coast where children can be children again. But life on the street is always lurking in the background.
Credits
Director
Production
    Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær for Danish Documentary Production
    Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær for Danish Documentary Production
Co-production
    Submarine Film
    Submarine Film
Executive producer
Music
    Kristian Eidness Selin Andersen,
    Anders Trentemøller
    Kristian Eidness Selin Andersen,
    Anders Trentemøller
Involved TV Channel
    Danish Broadcast Association,
    VPRO,
    VGTV,
    Yes Docu
    Danish Broadcast Association,
    VPRO,
    VGTV,
    Yes Docu
Screening copy
    Danish Documentary Production
    Danish Documentary Production
World Sales
    CAT&Docs
    CAT&Docs