Festival Programme & Educational Workshops - Athens International Children’s Film Festival

Everyone in the Frame

The Athens International Children’s and Youth Film Festival launches the initiative “Everyone in the Frame.”

Ηλικίες 0-3 Ages 0-3

Baby & Me

Screenings with no dialogue for children up to 3 years old

● 40'

Ηλικίες 3+ Ages 3+

Shorts for Tots I

Short films for children ages 3+

● 45'

Ηλικίες 3+ 3+

Shorts for Tots ΙΙ

Short films for children ages 3+

● 46'

Ages 6+

Live Dubbing

Short Films for children ages 6+

● 70'

Ages 5+

The Songbirds’ Secret

When 9-year-old Lucie arrives at Bectoile for the vacations, she has no idea of the adventures ahead.

● Antoine Lanciaux ● 77' ● France

Ages 6+

Fluffy Friends

Short Films for children ages 6+

● 61'

Ages 5+ Ηλικίες 5+

The Songbirds’ Secret

Live dubbed on stage by actor Alexandros Siatras.
When 9-year-old Lucie arrives at Bectoile for the vacations, she has no idea of the adventures ahead.

● Antoine Lanciaux ● 77' ● France

Ages 6+ For all ages

Howl’s Moving Castle

● Hayao Miyazaki ● 119' ● Japan

Ages 6+ For all ages

Ten-year-old Chihiro is trapped in a parallel dimension where spirits, ghosts, and mysterious creatures reign supreme, while her parents have been transformed into pigs in an eerie, abandoned amusement park.

● Hayao Miyazaki ● 125' ● Japan

For all ages Ages 5+ Ηλικίες 5+

My Neighbor Totoro

When Satsuki and her sister Mei move with their father to a new home in the countryside, they find country life is not as simple as it seems. They soon discover that the house and nearby woods are full of strange and delightful creatures, including a gigantic but gentle forest spirit called Totoro, who can only be seen by children.

● Hayao Miyazaki ● 119' ● Japan

Ages 6+

Stitch Head

High above the little town of Grubbers Nubbin looms Castle Grotteskew. Here, in his haphazard laboratory, the maddest of all mad professors brings his latest monstrous creation to (almost)- life, before promptly moving on to the next.

● Steve Hudson, Toby Genkel ● 89' ● UK, Germany, Luxembourg, France

Ages 6+

Hola Frida

It's the story of a little girl who is different. Her world is Coyoacan, Mexico. Sparkling, vibrant, everything interests her.

● Karine Vézina, André Kadi ● 82’ ● France, Canada

Ages 6+

Benjamin Bat

Benjamin is a little bat who, at first glance, doesn't seem very brave. He has a big problem, especially for a bat: He is afraid of the dark.

● Patrick Raats ● 80’ ● Luxembourg, Netherlands

Ages 7+

Arco

In 2075, a ten year old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky.It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible.

● Ugo Bienvenu ● 82’ ● France, USA

Ages 8+

I Accidentally Wrote A Book

Nina loves to make up stories, she wants to become a writer. Though she has her creative talent from her filmmaker father, there’s just one problem: Her clumsy magician brother Junior is bored of her stories. And since her mother died early, it’s difficult for Nina when a new love comes into her dad’s life.

● Nóra Lakos ● 108’ ● Hungary, Netherlands