The film, Bonbibi: Guardian of the Mangrove Forest, produced by Perlefilm, shares the children’s own stories about climate change, the forest goddess Bonbibi, and the relationship between people and nature, drawing on their lives and perspectives from the world’s largest mangrove forest in the Sundarbans delta. Through a series of workshops, the children took part in developing the film’s universe by creating stop-motion characters and sets and photographing them frame by frame until the story came together as a finished film.
Seeing your own ideas transformed into moving images is something truly special. Here, you can catch a glimpse of the screening and the reactions of the children who helped bring the story to life.
The film can be viewed here: https://www.perlefilm.com/bonbibi
Bonbibi: Guardian of the Mangrove Forest was produced by Perlefilm.
The project was developed in collaboration with Perlefilm, the Department for Sustainable Development of the City of Copenhagen, and DaBUF (Danish Children’s and Youth Film Clubs), and was supported by OpEn – the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Information and Engagement Fund.
