LUCAS – Internationales Festival für junge Filmfans

In the organizer's words:

Lights out and film on at LUCAS #48: From September 25 to October 2, Germany's oldest film festival for young audiences presents award-winning cinematic art for everyone from three years to 18plus. Families and film fans of all ages can look forward to outstanding cinema experiences in Frankfurt and Offenbach.

At the heart of LUCAS are the competitions in the "Kids", "Teens" and "Youngsters" sections. In addition to the competition program, the festival shows classics of film history, short films for the very youngest and other programs, some of which are designed by children and young people. During the festival week, a special focus is placed on the film talks, in which filmmakers from all over the world enter into dialog with the audience.

Participation at LUCAS means "Get involved!": As moderators, jury members or film critics, as festival reporters or curators, young people are invited to help shape the festival in a variety of ways.

For representatives of the film industry, specialist conferences and panel discussions are held that deal with topics of film education and current trends in children's and youth film production.

LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans is organized by the DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum e.V.