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“When I Am 18″ is an animated short film featuring the drawings and voices of sisters Maja, 8, and Lily, 5, from the UK.

They make a desperate plea to governments ahead of the most important environmental conference in history - the COP15 summit in Copenhagen in December. Maja and Lily beg world leaders to take action to give legal protection to the world’s rainforests and the animals that inhabit them.

Otherwise, by the time the girls are old enough to vote, it will be too late for their generation to save the rain forests.

Submitted by Adela Pickles, UK

55 Responses to “When I am 18”

Elizabeth Stevens Says:
October 31st, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Great video. I love the passion in the young voices.
Gemma Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 4:01 am
Just plain speaking truth, you just said it how it is, great film.
khan Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Very nice voices and video,good job.
Nigel Dickinson Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Great. You have my vote!
Liz Beech Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
GREAT ! Well done………..
loll golding Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
So sweet, from the ‘mouths of babes’ as they say…love it!
Chris Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
What a brilliant film, it made me cry. If you only show one film at Copenhagen, this is the one. Superb.
Laura Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 pm
What a great film-message, so sweet, and passionate. Excellent!
carol Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
A very moving piece which is made more pwerful byt the perspective from the childre
Katy W Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 pm
What an excellent film. The contrast between the innocence of the children’s voices and the seriousness of what is being said, makes this film both effective and poignant. The ‘cutting down rain-forest’ machine with ‘toilet paper’ written on the side was a brilliant image.
Trisha Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
Genuinely delighful illustrations and cleverly animated. Well done all. T
Trisha Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Genuinely delightfull illustrations, cleverly animated. well done all. T
cal buffery Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:12 pm
well done girls- love it!x
bruce Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Well done Maja and Lili!!! You broke my heart. With love from a dad with 2 daughters more or less the same age as you
margie Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
i started crying even before the orangatan. exquisite.
Nick Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
Enjoyed this - Charlie and Lola-esque - but, understandably, without the laughs…
Camille Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
Brilliant job girls. I watched several others and you definately made the best. A strong impact!
Catherine Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:29 am
Well done all four of you - love the drawings Maja and Lily!
Pamela Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:57 am
Dear Maja & Lily,
What a great video you’ve made! What I loved best was how clearly you explained your message so even those who don’t want to hear it, will.
ben Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 am
Global warming, it’s a natural cycle, for millions of years, Im not convinced. Businesses and governments are using it as a political tool, a tax gathering exercise and a control mechanism, kids don’t understand that and the biased propaganda they are fed at school is disturbing. But it gets my vote because destroying rain forests is wrong anyway.
Tracy Staskevich Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
Simple and to the point. A lovely film which addresses the core issues of climate change in a manner appropriate to all. The children’s voices are a clever device to really make you think about the legacy we are leaving them with by our current actions.
Jane R Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:14 am
Love this video, very simple but spot on.
Matt Greenwood Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:03 am
Punchy relevant and funny. An amazing effort.

The knocking gavel…clever..
the monkey having a poo…funny…

Well done ladies….

Matt
Natasha Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am
Great work, all of you!
Idowu, S Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
That’s really great. Hope those who do something about CC see it in that line.
annette Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
This has a stark but very effective message. Maja, Lily and Adela have done well… a lot of work must have been involved to produce this film?
Dylan Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
The animation is superb!
Chris Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Well done, Maja and Lily. Excellent video
Adela Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Thanks for your kind messages everyone
we’d like to have done another sound mix but it was a rush to get this out….

& remember FORESTS NEED PROTECTING NOW MORE THAN EVER
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Joe Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
We really MUST protect the rainforests, and we must do even more. Today’s carbon sinks even as they are, are unable to absorb today’s levels of carbon emissions. Even if we were to stop all carbon emissions today, which we can’t, world temperatures would continue to rise for decades because of all the CO2 already in the air, taking us towards that dangerous tipping point of unstoppable climate change. We need to take this excess atmospheric carbon back out.

We therefore need to stop de-forestation, start re-forestation AND look realistically at where we will find the resources to replace those that we refrain from using.
Caitlin Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I see the message and the video is very strong but all you are doing is saying what everyone already knows. It is a plan of action that has been tried so many times before!

I do however wish you good luck
Nora Cremin Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Excellent Video girls. Well done
Sergey Novikov Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Simple - if we don’t start thinking and doing something about the future of our children and grandchildren right now then there is no future! Well done, girls.
Annie Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
A wonderfully effective video clip with an important message, What kind of legacy are we leaving? Great job!
nora Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
excellent video and very effective too
Rachel Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Brilliant! Good luck, I hope you win! xx
Daughn Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Fantastic. Good luck.
Kristina von Engeström Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 9:14 am
A truly wonderful film with a burning message.
Cari Hårderup Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Excellent work Maja and Lily!!! Way to go.
Will Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
SUPERB! Clear, sonorous, and directly to the heart of the matter. Please spread this to others!
Heidi Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
What a sweet film with a killer message. More from Pickles productions please!
Wayne Campbell Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Excellent, fantastic and brilliant. Well done, you have my vote!
Silvio Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
When the bee drops dead, I busted laughing out loud! And then the seriousness of the message hits you!

Brilliantly executed and perfect timing throughout… Well done Martin with the animation.
Go team Pickles!

There are some really ‘cute’ touches too (writings on the vehicles!) especially because drawn by the little sisters themselves.

Thumbs up from me!
John and Avis Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Brilliant. Great drawings, beautifully spoken dialogue and very cleverly animated.
John and Avis Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Brilliant. Great drawings, beautifully spoken dialogue.
Super animation. 5 star rating.
Mekor and Jeanette Says:
November 6th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Strong message - got our vote.
laurie and ryan Says:
November 6th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
excellent video. da iawn chi!
Mark and Beverley Says:
November 6th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Really enjoyed the film and the passionate pleas.
Serdar/Turkmenistan Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 9:00 am
nice family work
Rupa Gupta Says:
November 8th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Excellent Video
vivien Halas Says:
November 9th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Short and to the point. Now we need to ACT on it

Excellent!
Summer hope Says:
November 10th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
well done! I really liked the drawings and the voices were really passionate!! :o) The message was spot on too! :o) You got my vote! :o)
Karthick Says:
November 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Wonderful and superb..You are very creative and informative….

As you have spoken about Rain forests, I would like to highlight few issues, which i read about..

Actually, there are mechanisms actually implemented in the name of “Carbon credit trading” to promote cultivation of forests… But even there, our politicians are there to spell doom by means of corruption and fraud….

http://www.probeinternational.org/carbon-credit-watch/carbon-credit-scams-add-growing-list-alleged-fraud-cases

I would suggest, Socially conscious kids like you should be determined to become national leaders to help save this wonderful world…
Serge Says:
November 14th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Beautiful, effective, real, funny and sad. A tiny comment - can you slow down the soya machine so we can read it? Well done!
cath Says:
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:48 am
In a competition, there are always finalists and those who don’t get through. The problem we had was that there were so many fantastic videos to choose from that there was inevitably going to be great films that didn’t make it, especially as we had to meet a criteria for each category.

However, we’ve decided to rectify this a little and reward 5 more great videos. These have been added to the shortlist and will also guaranteed receive a subscription to Shooting People. They will be on our homepage soon.

The five videos are:

Tank head, Nature finds a way, Paving the planet, Earth clock, Restore the earth

WHAT WAFFLE FROM THE JUDGES THESE FILMS SHOULD BE REMOVED!

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