Synopsis

Only a Child is an animated poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. This omnibus film celebrates the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.

Simone Giampaolo

Simone Giampaolo is an award-winning London based director with an insatiable appetite for storytelling and animation. In 2013, he graduated with distinction from the BA(Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK). He has worked as director, animator and pre-production artist on over ten original animated short films, all of which have been screened at numerous international film festivals, gaining recognition and also winning several awards. From 2014 to 2018, he worked as a director and CG generalist in the commercial department at BlueZoo Studios on a multitude of projects.