Childhood — Margreth Olin

“The focus on performance and competition is becoming stronger in schools and kindergartens. Focus on getting younger and younger children to acquire external knowledge. I am afraid that we, as parents, as a society, the children themselves - are in danger of missing out on their own and other's different personalities because we do not acknowledge that each and every child has different potentials. CHILDHOOD is a silent protest. It shows a children's garden where children can be at peace, where the trees teach them to grow at their own pace. It takes time to grow up, become a whole person. The modern childhood needs to be protected.”

Margreth Olin

CHILDHOOD is a 90 minute full-length feature film about children and how they play on their own terms. An observational documentary that follows the children in Aurora Kindergarten throughout a year. These are children from 1-7 years of age. It is a quiet and close, life-affirming film, at the same time it will be deeply provocative, because it draws up a whole different perspective on what children truly need than what is the current norm.