Films - Athens International Children’s Film Festival

Ages 6+

Coucouleurs

In a large forest inhabited by single-colored birds, everyone has found their place on a tree. But what happens when a bird has two colours?

● Oana Lacroix ● 7' ● Switzerland

Ages 6+

Ryoko

A regular tour on a train can turn into a trip full of surprises.

● Emilio Gallego, Jesus Gallego ● 8’ ● Spain

Ages 6+

Belly Flop

Persistence pays off when an unashamed young girl leaning to dive is unperturbed by a talented diver who steals the spotlight.

● Jeremy Collins, Kelly Dillon ● 5’ ● South Africa

Ages 6+

Brooklyn Breeze

A visual journey through different parts of Brooklyn, some of the iconic spots and others not often seen by the visitors.

● Alex Budovsky ● 4’ ● USA

Ages 6+

In Love With Cinema

The attempt of a little cinema lover to see a movie is becoming failure.

● Askar Nurakun Uulu ● 10' ● Kyrgyzstan

Ages 10+

That afternoon, ten-year-old Antonin has a date with Zohra, a girl he’s very fond of. But she shows up with her two cousins, who dare them to play a dangerous game involving cars driving on a road nearby.

● Mikael Gaudin ● 13' ● France

Ages 10+

Chicken

That afternoon, ten-year-old Antonin has a date with Zohra, a girl he’s very fond of. But she shows up with her two cousins, who dare them to play a dangerous game involving cars driving on a road nearby.

● Mikael Gaudin ● 13' ● France

Ages 6+

The Theory of Sunset

Deep at night, a dedicated cyclist traverses the wintry forest. The challenge: make sure this new day gets off to a fresh and timely start.

● Roman Sokolov ● 9' ● Russia

Ages 6+

Ernest & Celestine’s Winter Tales: Bibi

Ernest, the big bear, and Celestine, the little mouse, are flying their kite without a care in the world, when suddenly, they discover a tiny chick.

● Jean-Christophe Rosé, Zilin Cheng ● 12' ● France

Ages 6+

Goodnight

People of different ethnic groups crowd a house in the suburbs.

● Caterina De Mata ● 4’ ● Italy

Ages 6+

Rouff

Three-legged dog sketch Rouff is sad and lonely. To escape his loneliness, he folds a new friend, Pete, from the paper he is drawn on. This is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.

● Benjamin Brand, Johannes Engelhardt, Markus Eschrich, Johannes Lumer, Julius Rosen ● 7' ● Germany

Ages 6+

Poles Apart

In a harsh Arctic landscape, a hungry and solitary polar bear has to decide if a naive Canadian grizzly bear is her food or her friend.

● Paloma Baeza ● 12' ● United Kingdom

Ages 6+

Catastrophe

When a little bird suddenly drops dead in it’s cage, all eyes are on the cat.

● Jamille van Wijngaarden ● 2’ ● Netherlands

Ages 6+

Outdoors

A very old apartment dweller steps out of her cage and into the big city after her pet bird is accidentally set free by the little girl next door.

● Anne Castaldo, Sarah Chalek, Elsa Nesme, Adrien Rouquié ● 7' ● France

Ages 6+

The Magnifying Glass

Ava, a young girl arrives in a new city and must come to know her new surroundings. Her only connection to her old life; a looking glass, Ava’s most treasured heirloom from her previous home.

● Nazgol Emami ● 10' ● Germany

Ages 3+

The Tiniest Man In The World – Marathon

What would life be like for a man that is just 15 cm tall? The answer is to be found in this rather miniscule story.

● Juan Pablo Zaramella ● 1' ● Argentina