WORKING TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE
PSAROLOCO MEDIA LITERACY PROJECT
WINNER in UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Awards
The Psaroloco Media Literacy Project Ι Labs (Since 2010) promotes media literacy with skills of creative access and critical content analysis and integrates teachers as the primary actors of this new audiovisual literacy through cinema.
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It holds film screenings Psaroloco International Film Festival for Children & Young People experiential workshops specially designed for children and adolescents as well as educational workshops & teaching tools through PsarolocoEdu for families, teachers, and literate citizens.
It gives priority to vulnerable groups of children and adolescents. He has collaborated with SOS children's village of Greece and with the civil non-profit Tandem Society for the Experimental Laboratories Psaroloco at the Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Center of Children with Disabilities of Attica (K.A.A.P.A.A. former P.I.K.P.A. Voulas) and at the Special Vocational Training Laboratory (E.E.E.E.K.) of Agios Dimitrios. It travels with actions to remote areas around Greece.
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Psaroloco Media Literacy is committed to broadening access to the arts for all children and is proud to provide PsarolocoEdu Classroom for free.
PSAROLOCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
14 -15 - 16 JULY
Pounta Square in Chora , Folegandros
PRIMARY SCHOOL ​
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Following its premiere in March at the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation in Athens, the Psaroloco Children’s and Youth Film Festival continues its journey and arrives in Folegandros, presenting a specially curated program as part of the Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival.
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Young cinephiles and their parents are invited to enjoy free screenings of high-quality cinema on July 14, 15, and 16, in a three-day celebration dedicated to children's and youth films.
The Psaroloco Media Literacy initiative is at the heart of the festival, aiming to enhance audiovisual education and encourage critical thinking through cinema. Screenings are accompanied by free educational and entertaining material, designed to support creative teaching and meaningful engagement with the films.
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The program is specially designed for children and teenagers, focusing on aesthetic development and promoting media literacy as a response to the commercialized model of children's entertainment. The films cover a wide range of themes that foster inclusion, freedom of artistic expression, ecological awareness, equality, intercultural dialogue, social integration, and empathy.
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​Psaroloco Festival features short films, carefully divided into sections and age groups (from 4 years old and up, including all-family selections). The lineup includes works that have been selected or awarded at major international festivals such as Annecy, Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Toronto, among others.