When: TH, Sept. 25 | 6 p.m.
Where: DFF Cinema
Followed by a reception
Kick-off for seven days of award-winning filmmaking for young film fans! Insight into the program, film excerpts and contributions by:
- Christoph Degen, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture (HMWK)
- Christine Kopf, Artistic Director of the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum
- Dr. Bastian Bergerhoff, City Treasurer of the City of Frankfurt am Main
- Julia Fleißig, Artistic Director of LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Lovers
- Welcoming of the LUCAS juries and the »Young European Cinephiles«
Afterwards, Valéry Carnoy’s WILD FOXES (BE/FR 2025) will open the 48th festival edition at 8 p.m. The feature film will compete in the Competition »Teens« | Feature Film.