Shan Ng
Writer / Director
Left Behind Children - 2'15"
It is a short film animated in After Effects produced for the BBC News website, BBC World News Channel and World Service languages.
The United Nations estimates that more than 900 million people globally move away for work, often leaving their children behind.
It is a big issue in China which has 61 million so called 'left behind children'.
Normally, grandparents or relatives raise the children, but despite family care they can still register feelings of abandonment.
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Credit:
Written, Directed, Animated and Produced by Shan Ng
Puppets Designed, Created and Operated by Orla O'Connor Laurie,
Dark Star Puppets
Director of Photography: Ross Turner
Arts Department: Lucy Edkins
Sound Design: Keith Graham
Original Score: Yi Yao
Assistant Producer: Robert Williams
It can also be viewed on the BBC website here:
It was also aired on BBC World News as part of a mini-series - a live discussion with a guest from Unicef and a video feature on left behind children cases in Bangladsh.
It can also be viewed in other BBC Languages' websites:
Mundo:
Somali
https://www.facebook.com/bbcsomali/videos/10153283876124475/
Chinese
https://www.facebook.com/bbctrad/videos/1153734247976577/