Educational Workshops
This year’s festival invites you into a world of exploration, learning, and creativity! Inspiring online seminars empower educators, hands-on film workshops encourage children and teens to experiment and express themselves, and story labs in which young participants collaborate with Greek film professionals on movies that will be seen in the coming years – making their voices heard louder than ever.
Online Seminars for Educators
Inspiring ideas, hands-on tools, and creative practices that empower educators to bring cinema into the classroom — nurturing students’ creativity, critical thinking, and visual literacy.
Seminar for Secondary Education Teachers | From the Cinematic Experience to the Learning Process: Using the Outcomes of the REBOOT Project and Best Practices in Film Education Information
Seminar for Primary School Teachers | Best Practices for Using the CINEDU Digital Film Platform in Primary Education Information
Seminar for Middle School Teachers | Creativity – Critical Viewing – Visual Culture: How the 3 Cs Come Together in Education Information
Film Workshops for Children and Teens
How does a story come to life through the camera? How do sounds, images, and movements come together to tell something magical?
What is the secret behind the art of animation or the making of a documentary?
Our Film Workshops for Children and Teens invite young cinema lovers—both little and big—to experiment, collaborate, create, and discover the power of storytelling and imagination through the lens. A beloved annual highlight of the festival, these workshops are always in high demand, offering children the chance to explore cinema… and themselves, from an exciting new perspective.
See below in detail:
For ages 4 – 6 years old | Talk to Me, Movie! (StorySound Project) Information
For ages 4 – 6 years old | The Game of Cinema Information
For ages 7 – 9 years old | Something’s Up with Art… Information
For ages 8 – 12 years old | When paper comes to life Information
For ages 9 – 11 years old | Visual Pre-Cinema Games Information
For ages 9 – 12 years old and their parents | What Can I Expect in Adolescence? Information
For ages 10 – 14 years old | Exploring Sound Effects in Cinema: The Art of Foley Information
For ages 10+ years old | Everyone in the Frame – Experiential Educational Workshop on Audio Description for children with and without visual disabilities Information
For ages 13+ years old | Cinematherapy: Learning Through the Stories on Screen Information
Story Labs with Children
How do children experience a story?
What moves them, confuses them, or keeps them glued to the screen?
In the Story Labs, children step into the role of the “expert audience.” Acting as a creative focus group, they watch clips from films or read scripts still in development — and share their honest feedback, impressions, and ideas directly with the creators. By participating in this way, children become active contributors to the storytelling process, helping shape films that truly reflect their age, perspective, and imagination. A unique opportunity for young voices to be heard — and for filmmakers to listen.
For ages 10 – 12 years old | Script Development Workshop with Nikos Dayandas Information
For ages 12+ years old| Script Development Workshop with Iris Baglanea Information