a year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 a section Competitive selection Out of competition Fipatel a category Drama Series and Serials Creative Documentaries Reportage and Current Affairs Performing Arts Short Programs

Filmmaker Libby Spears began a covert investigation to document the worldwide child sex trafficking problem, and was astonished to find the involvement of the United States. The problem is monumental: the U.S. Department of Justice claims that the commercial sexual exploitation of children will net more profit than the sale of illegal drugs within the next decade. In the United States alone, child sex trafficking is a multi-million dollar industry with an estimated 300,000 children annually at risk. Neither dogmatic nor sensationalist, Playground compels us to begin asking (the right) questions. With original illustrations created by Yoshitomo Nara, Playground sometimes suggests, rather than literally depicts and does an effective job at conveying the psychological and emotional climate suffered by the victims.

USA - 2008 - 1 h 20 mn - Betacam Digital • 16/9 • - Colour

Director Libby Spears Writer Libby Spears Camera Libby Spears Sound Libby Spears Editing Oreet Rees Music David Robbins

Production Bluprint Films, 5482 Wilshire Blvd., No. 147, 90036 Los Angeles, Etats-Unis d'Amérique Tél : +1 213 385 5353 Fax : +1 213 385 5253 E-mail : libbyspears@bluprintfilms.com Co-Production Smokehouse

Sales Libby Spears Bluprint Films, Libby Spears, 5482 Wilshire Blvd., No. 147, 90036 Los Angeles, Etats-Unis d'Amérique Tél : +1 646 773 6413 Fax : +1 646 773 6413 E-mail : libbyspears@bluprintfilms.com