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Small Feet Go Far has been made possible by the collaboration and
shared artistic and explorative visions from organisations in Sweden and
the UK. Leaders from some of these organisations share their positions
or explain more about a particular aspect of Small Feet Go Far:
Lief Pagrotsky, Swedish Minister for Education, Research and Culture:
"Sweden's Year of Young Culture in 2007 will be a national debate
on how we develop the best cultural framework for our children and our
country. Exchange and collaboration with leading arts providers in other
countries and listening to foreign audiences will help us develop our
policies, as well as showcase Swedish culture for children. Small Feet
Go Far will add a new dimension to our dialogue and creative possibilities
by seeding the debate with views and ideas from British audiences and
arts professionals...."
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Staffan Carlsson, Ambassador of Sweden:
"Small Feet Go Far is set to be an exciting experience for children,
families and schools - providing a colourful and unique opportunity to
explore the very best in Swedish culture for children. The three-week
season sees us working with some of London's most important cultural institutions.
This collaboration enables us to build on the already strong bonds with
the arts and cultural sector in the UK and explore and share ideas about
culture for children to the benefit of both our countries".
Tony Graham, Artistic Director, Unicorn Theatre:
"We are living through a time in which children are the source for
some of our most prevalent fears and worries. Our children appear to be
more remote and at risk than at any time before. We might be said to be
living in an era of child-panic..."
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Jan Hansson, Director of the Swedish Institute for Children's Books,
Stockholm, on the Current Trends in Swedish Children's Literature:
"Swedish writing has changed over time in order to embrace problems
of deeply humanistic nature, which are not necessarily dependent on the
age of the reader, as well as a gentle and curious madness where themes
of humour, joy, love, drama, calm, sorrow and loss are mixed in a thrilling
and universally engaging way..."
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Klas Viklund, from The Swedish Film Institute, on film in education
and how the films for Small Feet Go Far where chosen:
"The quality of Swedish children's films can be linked to the strong
tradition of literature for children and young people in Sweden. Many
writers and illustrators with a literary background regularly work within
the film industry, as scriptwriters or animators…"
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