Apprentis d’Auteuil, supported by TBWA\Paris, unveils a communication campaign designed to raise public awareness and mobilize donors around vulnerable and stigmatized youth, underscoring the affirmation that “no child should be sentenced to fail.”
Centerpiece of the campaign is this film in which the protagonist–a four-year-old child–is on trial, judged and condemned by society before having done anything. The boy, with a teddy bear in hand, is sentenced for crimes he will supposedly commit–in 14 years.
The lad is condemned because he was not born in the “right” place. Because a label has already been attached to him. This deliberately absurd staging highlights an unjust reality: all too often, a child’s destiny is seen as predetermined, their path set from the very starting line.
Through this campaign, Apprentis d’Auteuil–a Catholic foundation marking 160 years of commitment to disadvantaged youth–reaffirms its belief in the potential of young people and its commitment to transforming their future.
The film was directed by Julien Colonna via production company Solab.