Accessible children’s films online by ATHICFF!

The Athens International Children’s Film Festival (ATHICFF) returns with a lineup of films on its digital platform, featuring built-in accessibility services by liminal!

Still from the animated film "Welcome, Summer". A family of four is crammed onto a single sunbed on a crowded beach. Bold blue diagonal lines depict the pouring rain, as they try to shield themselves with a small, crumpled paper umbrella—the kind used to decorate drinks—opened above them. The expressions on their faces betray their frustration.

Fully Accessible Digital Screening Platform

Starting May 1, 2025, and for five months, children’s film enthusiasts will discover a curated selection of short films on the Festival’s digital platform. The Athens International Children’s Film Festival (ATHICFF), with its steadfast commitment to inclusion and accessibility, is relaunching its Fully Accessible Digital Screening Platform. From May through September 2025, with the support of the Ioannis F. Kostopoulos Foundation, the Festival will feature one accessible film per month. liminal will provide Audio Description for blind or low-vision children and integrated Greek Sign Language Interpretation for for Deaf or hard-of-hearing children.

ATHICFF Accessible Screenings Program

  • Hello Summer!

On May 1, 2025, the Fully Accessible Digital Screening Platform launches its season with Hello Summer by Martin Smatana & Veronika Zacharová, featuring Audio Description for blind and low-vision audiences!

Still from the animated film "Welcome, Summer". A family has piled their luggage onto the rack of their blue car, which uses two pink swim rings as wheels. The front ring has deflated, and the dad—with his big round belly—storms out of the car, with a furious expression on his face, arms and legs splayed in frustration. The rest of the family watches silently from inside, utterly speechless.

Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels elsewhere?

Discover it all by watching this delightful, dialogue-free film that adds a humorous twist to the madness of our summer vacations!

For this film, liminal has created an enriched Audio Description that not only narrates the action but also highlights the artistic style and aesthetic choices of the creators, introducing our young friends to the visual language of animation!

Mark your calendars for the coming months!

Still from the animated film "Yuck!". A dark-haired boy around 10 years old and a girl with green glasses and orange hair, roughly the same age, stand with their eyes closed, preparing to kiss. As their lips are about to meet, they begin to glow, taking on a bright, radiant fuchsia hue.
  • Yuck! by Loïc Espuche Yuck! Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting! What’s more, you can see it from afar: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at the summer camp. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try. Available from June 1st with GSL interpretation.
Still from the film "Be Yourself, Enough". A girl around 13 with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes reaches out to grab a pink-cased phone resting on a purple table in front of her. Behind her, clothes hang in an open wardrobe. She wears a loose pink t-shirt, and a faint smile forms on her lips at the sight of her phone.
  • Be Yourself, Enough by Ola Martin Fjeld Solveig, a 12 year old girl, falls in love with a fun and energetic guy from summer camp. But when she agrees to help him with a prank video, she soon finds herself entangled into a lie she doesn’t want to be a part of. In her struggle to set things straight, she experiences the power of social pressure online. In the world of social media, we are all storytellers and free to construct whatever version of ourselves we want others to see. But how do we know when a correction of a video is okay and when do we cross the line into the manipulation of truth? This story explores how hard it can be to stay true to oneself in a world of multiple digital versions of our personality. Available from July 1st with GSL interpretation.
  • Hoofs on Skateby Ignas Meilūnas In a winter wonderland two friends are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them. Now they must learn how to deal with the other kind, not letting the fear and preconceptions rule. Available from August 1st with Audio Description.
Still from the film "Tomorrow". Two boys sit in the middle of a lush green forest, pensively nibbling what appear to be small round biscuits or thin wafers held in their hands. The boy on the left, about 9 years old, has straight brown hair falling to his forehead. His elbow rests on his bent knee as he chews thoughtfully, gaze downward. Beside him, a 16-year-old boy with Down syndrome wears a striped shirt and prescription glasses, his light brown cropped hair neatly trimmed. He eats his portion calmly - the pair sharing a quiet moment of respite.
  • Tomorrow by Estefanía Ortiz In 1994, two brothers enjoy the summer that will change everything: the youngest, Lucas, starts school and will have to accept that his older brother, Bruno, with Down syndrome, will not accompany him on this new adventure. Available from September 1st with GSL interpretation.

🔔 Don’t miss them!

Screening Program

01/05 – 31/05/2025: Hello Summer with Audio Description 01/06 – 30/06/2025: Yuck! with Interpretation in GSL 01/07 – 31/07/2025: Be Yourself, Enough with Interpretation in GSL 01/08 – 31/08/2025: Hoofs on Skates with Audio Description 01/09 – 30/09/2025: Tomorrow with Interpretation in GSL

👉 The films will be available on ATHICFF’s Fully Accessible Digital Screening Platform, which you can find here.