Our Planet Festival 2021 celebrates the multilingual lives of children and young people through the bi- and multi- lingual digital stories they have created during the pandemic. Educators have been working with young participants (6 – 17 years old) across 18 educational institutions (primary, secondary, community-based complementary, pupil referral unit, NGO) and 7 countries (England, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Taiwan, Turkey) and a range of languages. The 3–5-minute films are connected through the theme of ‘Our Planet’ as young people tell their stories across the world. There will be short, pre-recorded introductions to each film.

The Deptford Storytelling Project connected people of different ages, languages and backgrounds to make films about their lives in and around Deptford. This screening shows 9 of the original short films together with new introductions by the filmmakers and celebrates 1 year since we came together to watch the films at Deptford Cinema’s former venue on Deptford Broadway.