Manchester-based agency, Flow Creative, has made an animated film for international charity Hope for Justice as part of their annual Christmas appeal
Hope for Justice is a global non-profit organisation which aims to end human trafficking and modern slavery. They approached the animation specialists Flow to help with their Christmas appeal by creating a film that was poignant and emotive but with a sense of hope.
This film tells the story of Emily, whose freedoms were taken from her through false promises of hope that transpired into unimaginable pain. Emily is a survivor of human trafficking.
There are over 40 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. This includes forced labour, forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and domestic servitude. Of all victims, 1 in 4 are children. Victims of human trafficking are subject to physical, mental, and emotional abuse. Victims lose their freedoms but also lose their family, time, home, and hope. These feelings are hard to reconcile with, and survivors endure a life-long process of recovery. But the story does not end there: together, WE can help.
Flow’s creative director, Karl Doran, said: “Hope for Justice helps people all over the world in the most awful of circumstances, it was a privilege to be able to help them with their appeal. The film needed to be emotive, and show the brutal reality of human-trafficking and modern slavery, but we wanted to retain a sense of hope too, showing the bravery and resilience of the survivors.
“We work with lots of charities at Flow, it’s great to be able to use our storytelling and animation skills to help organisations that are making a positive difference in the world, and Hope for Justice are certainly doing that.”
Jaimie Crowther, Marketing and Campaigns Specialist at Hope for Justice, said: “Flow was a dream to work with. They understood what we were trying to do immediately and helped to develop a concept that would work for our international audience. They were so supportive throughout the entire process and we love the final film. The balance of emotion, resilience and hope fits the subject matter perfectly and shows how we can help.”
For more information about the appeal please visit the charity’s website to see how you can help to give the gift of hope to a survivor of human trafficking: https://
