The 18th Children's Rights Festival is visiting Čazma today, 10 November, where a programme titled 'Children's Creativity' will be held at the Cultural Centre. Pupils from the Čazma Primary School are expected to participate, and the programme is dedicated to films made by children.
The pupils will watch short films by their peers from across Croatia. Through the 'Children's Creativity' programme, children use their own films to open up themes of friendship, acceptance of differences and the challenges of growing up. Emotions, relationships and empathy are at the heart of this year's edition of the Festival.
Gordana Jančić, principal of the Čazma Primary School, highlights that the main motivation for joining the Children's Rights Festival is the long-standing commitment to educating pupils about human and children's rights. The school has made a film titled 'If only…' for the Festival, the Festival announced.
Petra Težak, artistic director of the Children's Rights Festival, announced the programme in Čazma. The Festival is being held across Croatia this year from 21 October to 30 November, and is organised by the association Alternator with numerous partners, including UNICEF, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Kultura Nova Foundation.
Over 18 years, the Children's Rights Festival has gathered more than 165,000 participants, and nearly 400 films have been screened. This year's edition further highlights themes of the digital environment: according to the EU Kids Online 2025 survey, almost half of children who have experienced unpleasant or hurtful behaviour on the internet state that it came from friends. After the last disturbing experience on the internet, only one in five children discussed it with a parent or guardian.
