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Festival Newspaper 2025 | LUCAS #48 (in German)

Program Overview (in German)

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CATFISH

FR 2024. D: Aurélie Galibois, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Cristina Ganusciac, Hee Young Park, Vedushi Sinha.

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

GIVE ME MY ITEM BACK! – Short film program 2 ©GroundFinch | Source: DFF

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON

CA 2023. D: Ariane Louis-Seize.

I ACCIDENTALLY WROTE A BOOK – ©Beta Film | Source: DFF

MAYA’S SONG

DE 2025. D: Jayakrishnan Subramanian, Franziska Schönenberger.

MDB – Short Film Program 5 | Source: DFF

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

OLMO ©CAA Media Finance, Film Constellation | Source: DFF

PERSEPOLIS

FR/US 2007. D+SC: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi.

READY OR NOT ©Bankside Films | Source: DFF

Short Film Program for »Minis«

HU/FR/NL/YU 1895–2013. D: div.

YELLOW LIGHT

IL 2023. D: Tal Kantor.

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01.10.2025
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25.09.2025
26.09.2025
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28.09.2025
29.09.2025
30.09.2025

WAITING – Short Film Program 1 Source: DFF

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

MAYA’S SONG

DE 2025. D: Jayakrishnan Subramanian, Franziska Schönenberger.

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

Short Film Program for »Minis«

HU/FR/NL/YU 1895–2013. D: div.

CATFISH

FR 2024. D: Aurélie Galibois, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Cristina Ganusciac, Hee Young Park, Vedushi Sinha.

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON

CA 2023. D: Ariane Louis-Seize.

PERSEPOLIS

FR/US 2007. D+SC: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi.

LANAWARU

CO/MX/US 2024. D: Angello Faccini.

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Blickwechsel Jetzt!
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Focus.Film.Class
LUCAS for Families
Minis
Young European Cinephiles

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

MAYA’S SONG

DE 2025. D: Jayakrishnan Subramanian, Franziska Schönenberger.

HOW DARE YOU? ©Nagoya Broadcasting Network | Source: DFF

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

Short Film Program for »Minis«

HU/FR/NL/YU 1895–2013. D: div.

CATFISH

FR 2024. D: Aurélie Galibois, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Cristina Ganusciac, Hee Young Park, Vedushi Sinha.

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON

CA 2023. D: Ariane Louis-Seize.

BLANCHE – Short film program 4 ©Le Détour | Source: DFF

PERSEPOLIS

FR/US 2007. D+SC: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi.

MAYA, GIVE ME ANOTHER TITLE

FR 2025. D+SC: Michel Gondry.

Venue

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Cinéma; Frankfurt
CineStar Metropolis IMAX; Frankfurt
Kino des DFF; Frankfurt
Kino im Hafen 2; Offenbach

LANAWARU – Short Film Program 5 ©Square Eyes | Source: DFF

PERSEPOLIS

FR/US 2007. D+SC: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi.

CATFISH

FR 2024. D: Aurélie Galibois, Aurélie Martin, Camille Naud, Cristina Ganusciac, Hee Young Park, Vedushi Sinha.

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON

CA 2023. D: Ariane Louis-Seize.

Kurzfilmprogramm für »Minis« | Quelle: DFF

Short Film Program for »Minis«

HU/FR/NL/YU 1895–2013. D: div.

THE SONGBIRDS' SECRET ©France TV Distribution | Source: DFF

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

MAYA’S SONG

DE 2025. D: Jayakrishnan Subramanian, Franziska Schönenberger.

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

Competition »Kids« | Feature Film

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OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

TOMORROW I’LL BE BRAVE

DE 2025. D+SC: Bernd Sahling.

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Cinéma; Frankfurt
CineStar Metropolis IMAX; Frankfurt
Kino des DFF; Frankfurt
Kino im Hafen 2; Offenbach

MAYA, GIVE ME ANOTHER TITLE – ©Partizan Films | Source: DFF

OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE

ES/FR/BE/CH/CL 2025. D: Irene Iborra Rizo.

Competition »Teens« | Feature Film

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01.10.2025
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BRIGHTLY SHINING ©REinvent International Sales | Source: DFF

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

WILD FOXES

BE/FR 2025. D: Valéry Carnoy.

Venue

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Cinéma; Frankfurt
CineStar Metropolis IMAX; Frankfurt
Kino des DFF; Frankfurt
Kino im Hafen 2; Offenbach

WILD FOXES ©The Party Film Sales | Source: DFF

GIRLS DON’T CRY

DE 2025. D: Sigrid Klausmann, Lina Luzyte.

Competition »Youngsters«

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01.10.2025
26.09.2025
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30.09.2025

I SHALL SEE ©Labyrint Film | Source: DFF

WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM

TN/FR/QA 2025. D+SC: Amel Guellaty.

Competitions »Kids« & »Teens« | Short Film

Further Sections & Specials

Who are the »Young European Cinephiles«? What theme is the »Focus.Film.Class« dealing with? Which »Minis« program can the very youngest look forward to? Which movie has the film club »Blickwechsel Jetzt!« has brought to LUCAS? And what other guest programs are there to discover at the festival?