This year, IKON and HUMAN will be broadcasting for the fourth consecutive year, short films focusing on the rights of the child.

From 27 through to 30 November and 8 through to 11 December 2011, eight new programmes from the series Just Kids will be aired directly prior to the 4.00 pm NOS Journaal, under Marjoleine Boonstra, commissioning editor.

The programme 'Just Kids' brings the rights of children and teenagers to the forefront. In the eight short films, children and teenagers – whose rights are under pressure – are given a voice in the Netherlands and other European countries.

Sunday 27 November at 8.10-8.15 pm (repeated on 28/11 at 3.53)
Episode 1: Carlos (the Netherlands)
Carlos is intellectually gifted but suffers from behavioural problems. In the psychiatric hospital for children where he ends up, he is locked in an isolation cell and consequently his condition deteriorates. Now that he has been transferred to another establishment, he is slowly improving and has returned to school.
Director: Marjoleine Boonstra

Tuesday 29 November at 3.53 pm (repeated on 4/12 at 8.10 pm)
Episode 2: Boglarka (Hungry)
Boglarka is blind and comes from a poor family in rural Hungry. In order to be able to attend a special school, she must travel very long distances. Her family is prepared to do anything to make this possible. Boglarka must travel to Budapest four times per year to prove that she is still blind.
Director: Nóra Ruszkai

Wednesday 30 November at 3.53 om (repeated on 11/12 at 8.10 pm)
Episode 3: Aram (the Netherlands)
Aram is born in a centre for asylum seekers. He suffers from asthma and the caravan that the centre gives his family proves unhealthy for him. In light of this, his family tries to apply for asylum in Denmark, but they are sent back to the Netherlands. Since then, 12 years have passed. The family is now on the brink of being returned to Iraq. Aram is depressed and thinks that it is all his fault.
Director: Ayfer Ergün

Thursday 1 December at 3.53 pm)
Episode 4: Pamela (Italy)
Pamela is raised in a ghetto close to Rome. The unfenced piece of land in front of Roma is guarded by a police presence at the entrance. The special bus that comes to transport Pamela to school is always too late and she misses many of her classes as a result. She dreams of becoming a pastry chef but the journey from her home to the course is practically impossible.
Director: Christine Pawlata

Monday, 5 December at 3.53 pm
Episode 5: Udin (Greece)
At age 12, Udin’s widowed mother gives him to people smugglers to be taken out of Bangladesh, in the hope of a better future. He ends up in Athens, where he lives on the street. No one tells him how he can apply for a residence permit. Because Udin has never been to school he is unable to understand or read Greek.
Director: Anneta Papathanasiou

Tuesday, 6 December at 3.53 pm
Episode 6: Fatma (Turkey)
Fatma, from South-Turkey has grows up in underprivileged circumstances. Like many children in this situation, she is sent to work in the cotton plantations to earn extra money for her family. As a result, she misses much of her school year and her chances for a better life are seriously diminished.
Director: Necati Sönmez

Wednesday, 7 December at 3.53 pm
Episode 7: Ibrahim (Iraq)
Ibrahim travels from Greece to the Netherlands. He is accompanied by a woman who he says is his mother. The military police do not check if that really is the case. Ibrahim wants to be able to stay in the Netherlands because it is safe there. Together with the woman he receives a train card to the application centre for asylum seekers. But he never arrives. Is the woman really his mother? And what has happened to Ibrahim?
Director: Wilberry Jakobs

Thursday 8 December at 3.53 pm
Episode 8: Sjors (the Netherlands)
Sjors has autism, but is definitely not stupid. As a toddler he starts his education at a normal primary school but is quickly transferred to a special education institution. This institute is unable to offer Sjors much. The large classes, the unrest and the noise drive him completely crazy. Now Sjors sits at home and attempts to continue his education on his own terms. But Sjors would way rather go to school to attain an actual diploma.

Just Kids is co-produced by HUMAN, IKON and Amnesty International.