Aardman Animation teaches schools about child refugees

Presenter: They're best known for comedies like Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, but now Aardman Animation Studio have created a film of a different kind. It's all about refugee children fleeing conflict, and it's being shown at schools. Here's more for you.

Reporter: Popcorn at the ready for the latest film from the Academy Award-winning Aardman Studio.

Peter Lord: Welcome to the world premiere of Home.

We wanted to make an inspirational film, you know, about refugees, what it means to be a refugee.

Reporter: Home tells the story of an orange circle starting a new life in an unfamiliar world of purple triangles.

Peter Lord: It doesn't use language, which is a thing we've done a lot of, notably Shaun the Sheep.

We hope this film could play anywhere in the world and tell the same sort of story.

Reporter: This is the first showing, but it will be at all primary schools in the UK soon.

Child 1: I think it was really good because it's helping other people in, like, that are from a different country.

Child 2: It was great because, like, um, it showed how to introduce people when they move to a new town.

Child 3: I really like the film because at the end everyone got treated nicely.

Reporter: Home might not use a language you can recognise, but its lessons about being welcoming can be understood around the world.
 

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