When: DO, 5.10. | 6 p.m.
Where: DFF Cinema
Followed by a reception
Kick-off for eight days of award-worthy filmmaking for young film fans!
Insight into the program, film clips and spoken contributions by:
Video message by Mike Josef, Mayor of the City of Frankfurt and patron of LUCAS
Ayse Asar, State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art
Ina Hauck, City Councillor of the City of Frankfurt
Adnan Shaikh, Mayor of the City of Eschborn
Ellen Harrington, Director of the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Julia Fleißig, Festival Director of LUCAS — International Festival for Young Film Fans
Greeting of the LUCAS juries as well as the “Young European Cinephiles
Afterwards, Dominik Mencej’s film RIDERS (SI 2022) will open the 46th festival edition at 8:30 pm. The Slovenian road movie is part of the film series of the “Young European Cinephiles,” six film-loving young people who have curated three films on the theme of “identity.” Tickets for the opening film are available here.