#1. Living poorly is not the same as having a poor life. 

Youth from Lebanon

Nearly half of the world's population earns less than $5.5 a day.

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½ of the population has no social security protection (UN)

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⅓ of the population does not have access to clean water (WHO)

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1/8 of the population lives in a slum (UN)

Although they are the overwhelming majority, people living in poverty are ignored.

Being poor doesn't mean having poor ideas, dreams, ambitions, values, solutions...

They are in a situation of poverty, of exile, of exclusion and they embody - without knowing it - a whole contemporary program: resilience, determination, courage...

These "soft-skills" that fashionable entrepreneurs sell us, are all embodied - and often in a much more significant way - by these invisible models.

#2. Young people are the future.

Youth from Lebanon

It would be presumptuous to talk about the future and its challenges without taking into account the voice of young people.

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An uncertain economic situation: The global inflation rate has reached an average of 8.8% in 2022, a level not seen for in decades (IMF)

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Democracy at risk: Only 8% of the world's population lives under a "full democracy", with the lowest average index since 2006. (Economist Intelligence Unit)

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Unprecedented climate crisis: 3⁄4 of the population will be subjected to deadly temperatures by 2100 (Nature Climate Change)

Far from being a dead end, this tumultuous future reinforces the desire of youth engagement and citizenship.

But how many of them are heard?
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#3. Cinema, as a witness of life.

Cinema, a total art of expression, can play a role in raising awareness.

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In Western countries, by representing these young adults through a proximity too rarely sought;

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In the slums, letting young adults know that their voice counts and encouraging them to express their citizenship.


To give a voice to the underrepresented youth in the political, cultural and artistic universe, and bring worldviews depending on one's place in it.

Together,
let's make a film
to give a voice to the forgotten youth!