Tickets

Ticket prices in cinema

CINEMA TICKETS 

4,00 € for Young Film Lovers up to 20 years of age* 
2,00 € for owners of a Frankfurt-Pass
8,00 € adults
6,00 € Reduced admis­si­on fees for pupils, stu­dents and unem­ploy­ed peop­le 

* Members of the friends of the DFF, severely han­di­cap­ped and adult Frankfurt Pass hol­ders pay 4,00 €. 

Tickets for all DFF events are avail­ab­le at the ticket coun­ter of the DFF. Other venues offer tickets star­ting 30 minu­tes befo­re a scree­ning. 

EARLY BOOKING PRICES FOR GROUPS IN CINEMA 

3,50 € ear­ly boo­king pri­ce for groups of Young Film Lovers until September, 15 2023 (not inclu­ded: Caligari FilmBühne) 

Chaperones for groups of at least ten Young Film Lovers get free admis­si­on (up to 3 cha­pe­ro­nes per group, up to 2 cha­pe­ro­nes at Caligari FilmBühne). 

Consultation and boo­king at:
Web: lucas-filmfestival.dePhone:069 961 220 678 | conta­ct: lucas-info@dff.film 

LUCAS Streaming | Online Short film program

GROUP PRICING LUCAS-Streaming: Exclu­si­ve­ly for school clas­ses and child­ren or youth groups 

10,00 €  per group up to ten people
15,00 €  per group until 29 people
20,00 €  per group up over 30 people
Educators get free admis­si­on 

Consultation and boo­king at:
web: lucas-filmfestival.de | pho­ne: 069 961 220 678 | con­ta­ct: lucas-info@dff.film 

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the festival

Dear Film Lovers, dear tea­chers, dear parents, 
This year you get to enjoy our com­pe­ti­ti­on pro­gram in cine­mas and in the class­room. Aside from a visit to the cine­ma, school clas­ses or child­ren and youth groups will have the exclu­si­ve oppor­tu­ni­ty to stream our films per Video-on-Demand direct­ly from your class­room or other sui­ta­ble group venues. 

How does it work?  

CINEMA 

Cinema for groups

How can I book a scree­ning for a group?
You can eit­her call our boo­king hot­line: 069 961 220–678, mail us at lucasinfo@dff.film or über Kinovorstellungen buchen. 

Until when can I book scree­nings for groups?
Until September 29, 2023. Discount for ear­ly boo­kers until 15 September 2023.

Can I book a group visit after September 29?
Please call to con­sult with us, sin­ce our con­tin­gent is limi­ted. 

Does every stu­dent need a ticket and how much is it?
Tickets for stu­dents are pri­ced at € 3,50 with our ear­ly boo­king dis­count until September 15, and after that at € 4,00. Up to three tea­chers can join for free. 

Which pay­ment opti­ons do you offer?
Groups: For all scree­nings (not inclu­ding Caligari FilmBühne) pay­ment opti­ons inclu­de PayPal and trans­fer (ask for an invoice at the LUCAS office). You can pay cash at any ticket coun­ter of our LUCAS venues (30–15 minu­tes befo­re the scree­ning) or at the DFF ticket coun­ter for scree­nings at the DFF cine­ma (cash or debit card) during the DFF’s ope­ning hours. Phone: 069 961 220–678 | mail: lucas-info@dff.film.  

Single per­son: You can pay cash at any ticket coun­ter of the LUCAS venues (30–15 minu­tes befo­re the scree­ning). Tickets for scree­nings at the DFF cine­ma can be paid for online (via Klarna, Paypal, or credit card) or during the DFF’s ope­ning hours at the ticket coun­ter (cash or debit card). 

How big can a group be?
Group boo­kings are avail­ab­le for groups of ten peop­le or more. 

I have boo­ked a scree­ning for a group. What hap­pens next?
You will recei­ve a boo­king con­fir­ma­ti­on from us via mail. Upon request, you can recei­ve an invoice or other­wi­se pay at the ticket coun­ter. 

Are the­re sub­tit­les and/or dub­bing for non-German films?
All non-German films are sub­tit­led eit­her in German or English. Films recom­men­ded for ages 13 and up have German voice over. 

Cinema on demand | Competition program in cinemas

What is cine­ma on demand?
In the mornings from October 5 to 12 we offer your group a cine­ma venue at your reques­ted time. You pick a film from our com­pe­ti­ti­on pro­gram. This offer is direc­ted at groups of 20 to 40 peop­le. Cinema halls will be assi­gned in the chro­no­lo­gi­cal order of the boo­kings. 

Which movies are avail­ab­le for choosing?
You can pick any film from our com­pe­ti­ti­on pro­grams »Kids«, »Teens« and »Youngsters« (avai­la­bi­li­ty may vary).

How big can a group be?
This offer is direc­ted at groups of 30 to 50 people.

Which dates are avail­ab­le for booking?
There are several dif­fe­rent time slots avail­ab­le on the mornings from October 5 to 12. Contact us! This new offer is exclu­si­ve­ly avail­ab­le for cer­tain time slots during the fes­ti­val week at the Cinéma

Contact:
pho­ne: 069 961 220 678 | web: lucas-filmfestival.de | con­ta­ct: lucas-info@dff.film

Cinema Tickets

How can I buy cine­ma tickets?

Online or at the DFF box office (cash or EC card).

Online sales of cine­ma tickets at the DFF’s cine­ma are hand­led by our part­ner Cinetixx: In the pro­gram­me over­view, you can click on “Buy now” under the film scree­ning of your choice to select the num­ber of tickets you want and the pri­ce cate­go­ry (regu­lar, redu­ced); pay­ment is pos­si­ble by credit card, Paypal or instant bank trans­fer. Online tickets can be purcha­sed up to half an hour befo­re the start of the screening.

Reservations for fami­lies and indi­vi­du­als by pho­ne: +49 69 961 220 — 220 or via email to museumsbesuch@dff.film, key­word: LUCAS.

VIDEO ON DEMAND (VoD) | Online

Video on Demand for groups

Which tech­ni­cal requi­re­ments does the VoD ser­vice have?

PC (Windows 7 and abo­ve) or Mac (macOS 10.12.1 and above)

Chrome from ver­si­on 75

Firefox from ver­si­on 68 (with the plugin “Widevine Content Decryption Module” from ver­si­on 4.10.1440.18)

Edge from ver­si­on 44 (on Windows 10)

Safari as of ver­si­on 11.2

At least 2 MBit/s data trans­fer rate for films in SD qua­li­ty and 6 MBit/ data trans­fer rate for films in HD quality

How can I book a VoD scree­ning for a group?
You can eit­her call our boo­king hot­line: 069 961 220–678, mail us at lucas-info@dff.film or via book VOD. 

Until when can I book a VoD scree­ning for groups?
Booking only until December 15, watching is still pos­si­ble up to and inclu­ding December 23, 2023. We ask for your under­stan­ding that the lead time will be some­what lon­ger after the festival.

Can I book LUCAS-Streaming for groups after December 15?
Unfortunately, this is not possible.

Does every stu­dent need a ticket and how much is it?
When boo­king as a group/class, the­re is a sin­gle code that is used for joint sightin­gs. Group pri­ces are staggered:
10,00 € for groups up to ten persons
15,00 € for groups up to 29 persons
20,00 € for groups of 30 per­sons or more

Which pay­ment opti­ons do you offer?
We offer pay­ment via PayPal or trans­fer. In both cases you will recei­ve an invoice. 

How big can a group be?
Group boo­kings are avail­ab­le for groups of ten peop­le or more.

Can I watch short films from the film pro­gram­me individually?
Yes, you can watch the short films in the cura­ted order as an omni­bus film, or each short film individually.

Can the indi­vi­du­al short films be wat­ched several times?
Yes, you can watch the films several times with the class wit­hin the time period.

When can I watch the film programmes?
LUCAS strea­ming is avail­ab­le from the cine­ma pre­mie­re of the respec­ti­ve pro­gram­me until December 23, 2023 via DFF Kino+.

How much time do I have to watch the film pro­gram­me once I have purcha­sed it?
From the first launch of the film pro­gram­me you have until December 23, 2023. LUCAS wants to enab­le tea­chers to show indi­vi­du­al short films repeated­ly in class.

In which coun­tries can I watch the films?
In Germany. 

I have boo­ked a scree­ning for a group. What hap­pens next?
In the next step, you will recei­ve the code. This usual­ly hap­pens a short time later, but it might take up to five working days after the fes­ti­val. You crea­te an account with DFF Kino+. This code gives you access to the pre­vious­ly defi­ned collec­tion of films. 

Do I need an account?
Yes.

Can I dele­te my coo­kies while the film is on?
Yes, you can.

Are the­re sub­tit­les and/or dub­bing for non-German films?
All non-German films are sub­tit­led eit­her in German or English. Films recom­men­ded for ages 13 and up have a German voice over, which you can choo­se to turn on or off. 

Should the­re be any more ques­ti­ons or if you need help choo­sing a film for your group: 

More Info | Consultation | Booking 

pho­ne: 069 961 220–678 | lucas-info@dff.film 

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Venues 

Kino des DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main

Mehr

How do I get to Kino des DFF via public trans­port? Click here:

Caligari FilmBühne
Marktplatz 9, 65183 Wiesbaden

Mehr

How do I get to Caligari FilmBühne via public trans­port? Click here:

Cinéma 
Rossmarkt 7, 60311 Frankfurt am Main

Mehr

How do I get to Kino Cinéma via public trans­port? Click here:

Kino im Hafen 2
Nordring 129, 63067 Offenbach

Mehr

How do I get to Kino im Hafen 2 via public trans­port? Click here:

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Festival Center 

Adresses and Stops

DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
Schaumainkai 41, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
U1, U2, U3, U8 | Stop: Schweizer Platz
U4, U5 | Stop: Willy-Brandt-Platz
Straßenbahn 14, 15, 16 | Stop: Gartenstraße
Bus 46 | Stop: Untermainbrücke

Opening Hours

LUCAS-Counter/Accreditation
Accreditations can be picked up dai­ly at the info coun­ter during the fes­ti­val. This is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Upon pre­sen­ta­ti­on of an accredi­ta­ti­on at the box office, free cine­ma tickets are avail­ab­le, pro­vi­ded that the con­tin­gent is sufficient.

DFF box office
During the fes­ti­val week, dai­ly from 8:45 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., except Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday | 10 a.m. — 8:45 p.m
Sunday | 9:45 am — 8:45 pm

Box office other venues
The box offices open 30 minu­tes befo­re the start of each scree­ning. Please make sure to book a reser­va­ti­on beforehand.

Accessability

The DFF is acces­si­ble for visi­tors with restric­ted mobi­li­ty and for guests with wheel­chairs via a lift at the ent­ran­ce to the right of the muse­um. Elevators in the foy­er pro­vi­de bar­ri­er-free access to all exhi­bi­ti­on floo­rs (1st-3rd floor), as well as to the cine­ma on the ground floor and the film work­shop and work­shop rooms on the 4th floor. There is a sepa­ra­te restroom for dis­ab­led guests in the base­ment. We offer a wheel­chair for ren­tal. 

More info on acces­si­bi­li­ty at other venues: Accessability

Directions / Google Maps 

How do I get to DFF via public trans­port? Click here: 

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Accreditation

Accreditation of press representatives

You can use this form to make a man­da­to­ry request for your accredi­ta­ti­on. 

Upon showing your accredi­ta­ti­on card at the LUCAS coun­ter, you will recei­ve free cine­ma tickets as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent.  

Please note: Have a sepa­ra­te ticket issued for each event you wish to attend. The accredi­ta­ti­on pass is only valid in com­bi­na­ti­on with a pho­to ID. Likewise, a vou­cher code can be used on the VoD plat­form as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent. 

Please direct fur­ther ques­ti­ons to:
Mail: lucas-redaktion@dff-film
Phone: +49 (0)69 961 220 314
Fax: +49 (0)69 961 220 669 






    Notice on data privacy 

    We tre­at your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­al­ly. By regis­tering, you con­sent to the use of your abo­­ve-men­­ti­o­­ned com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on data in accordance with Art. 6 (1a) DSGVO for the pur­po­ses of gene­ral com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on, the for­war­ding of infor­ma­ti­on from us to you and, if app­li­ca­ble, for issuing event invi­ta­ti­ons. Our com­ple­te pri­va­cy poli­cy can be found at: www.dff.film/ds-dataguard/. You can revo­ke your con­sent com­ple­te­ly or par­ti­al­ly at any time effec­ting the future by sen­ding an email to lucas-info@dff.film.

    The regis­tra­ti­on is mandatory. 

    Accreditation for industry

    You can make a man­da­to­ry request for accredi­ta­ti­on using this form. 

    (Accreditation fee: 30.00 € (pay­ment upon pick­up) 

    Upon showing your accredi­ta­ti­on card at the LUCAS coun­ter, you will recei­ve free cine­ma tickets as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent.  

    Please note: Have a sepa­ra­te ticket issued for each event you wish to attend. The accredi­ta­ti­on pass is only valid in com­bi­na­ti­on with a pho­to ID. Likewise, a vou­cher code can be used on the VoD plat­form as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent. 

    Please direct fur­ther ques­ti­ons to:
    E‑Mail: lucas-welcome@dff.film
    Tel: +49 (0)69 961 220 675
    Fax: +49 (0)69 961 220 669






      Notice on data privacy 

      We tre­at your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­al­ly. By regis­tering, you con­sent to the use of your abo­­ve-men­­ti­o­­ned com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on data in accordance with Art. 6 (1a) DSGVO for the pur­po­ses of gene­ral com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on, the for­war­ding of infor­ma­ti­on from us to you and, if app­li­ca­ble, for issuing event invi­ta­ti­ons. Our com­ple­te pri­va­cy poli­cy can be found at: www.dff.film/ds-dataguard/. You can revo­ke your con­sent com­ple­te­ly or par­ti­al­ly at any time effec­ting the future by sen­ding an email to lucas-info@dff.film.

      The boo­king is man­da­to­ry and com­ple­ted only upon pick­up with the pay­ment of an accredi­ta­ti­on fee of 30,00€.

      Accreditation for students

      You can request bin­ding accredi­ta­ti­on with this form.
      Accreditation fee: 10,00 € (pay­ment upon pick­up) 

      Upon showing your accredi­ta­ti­on card at the LUCAS coun­ter, you will recei­ve free cine­ma tickets as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent.

      Please note: Have a sepa­ra­te ticket issued for each event you wish to attend. The accredi­ta­ti­on pass is only valid in com­bi­na­ti­on with a pho­to ID. Likewise, a vou­cher code can be used on the VoD plat­form as long as the con­tin­gent is suf­fi­ci­ent. 

       Please direct fur­ther ques­ti­ons to:
      E‑Mail: lucas-welcome@dff.film
      Tel: +49 (0)69 961 220 675
      Fax: +49 (0)69 961 220 669






        Notice on data privacy 

        We tre­at your per­so­nal data con­fi­den­ti­al­ly. By regis­tering, you con­sent to the use of your abo­­ve-men­­ti­o­­ned com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on data in accordance with Art. 6 (1a) DSGVO for the pur­po­ses of gene­ral com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on, the for­war­ding of infor­ma­ti­on from us to you and, if app­li­ca­ble, for issuing event invi­ta­ti­ons. Our com­ple­te pri­va­cy poli­cy can be found at: www.dff.film/ds-dataguard/. You can revo­ke your con­sent com­ple­te­ly or par­ti­al­ly at any time effec­ting the future by sen­ding an email to lucas-info@dff.film.

        The boo­king is man­da­to­ry and com­ple­ted only upon pick­up and pay­ment of an accredi­ta­ti­on fee of 10,00€.

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        Contact & Team

        Julia Fleißig
        Head of Festival
        E‑Mail: fleissig@dff.film
        Tel.: +49 69 961 220 671

        Olaf Wehowsky
        Festival Manager
        E‑Mail: wehowsky@dff.film
        Tel.: +49 69 961 220 673

        Simon Schmidt
        Film Education and School Cooperations
        E‑Mail: s.schmidt@dff.film
        Tel.: +49 69 961 220 672

        Katharina Popp
        Editorial Office, Public Relations
        E‑Mail: popp@dff.film
        Tel.: +49 69 961 220 314

        Organizer:
        DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
        Schaummainkai 41
        60596 Frankfurt am Main
        www.dff.film

        Head of Festival / Artistic Direction: Julia Fleißig

        Festival Management: Olaf Wehowsky

        »Get Involved!«
        Film Education and School Cooperations: Simon Schmidt

        Program Design: Julia Fleißig, Simon Schmidt, Olaf Wehowsky
        In Cooperation with the cine­ma depart­ment of the DFF (Head: Natascha Gikas) and with the depart­ment Film Education and Mediation (Head: Christine Kopf)

        Program Assistants: Feature Film: Lena Gropp | Short Film: Simon Schmidt, Simon Zerfaß

        Selection Committee | Feature Films: Henning Adam, Julia Fleißig, Stefan Stiletto, Kirsten Taylor

        Selection Committee | Short Films: Julia Fleißig, Holger Twele, Dr. Ursula Vossen

        Viewing Committee | Short Films: Wilke Bitter, Phoebe Brownell, Jacqueline Cyll, Wilma Demel, Daniela Fend, Manuel Föhl, Peer Klemke, Olivia Kpalété, Johanna Krompos, Angelo Lo Bello, Lena März, Meghann Munro, Alice Paul, Julia Pietsch, Pascal Porada, Dorothee Stahl, Lara Verschrage

        Coordination of Film Prints: Manuel Föhl, Pascal Porada

        Editorial Office, Public Relations: Katharina Popp

        Head of Public Relations: Frauke Haß

        Authors: Amos Borchert, Ella Brunßen, Jette Evers, Julia Fleißig, Peer Klemke, Johanna Krompos, Katharina Popp, Simon Schmidt, Lena Steinacker, Stefan Stiletto, Kirsten Taylor, Naima Wagner, Rochus Wolff, Olaf Wehowsky

        Assistants:
        Organization:
        Jannika Krämer
        Editorial Office: Jette Evers
        Production: Trieu Dao, Bao Chau Ngo, Stephanie Wong
        Film Education: Ella Brunßen, Lena Steinacker
        Guest Services: N.A.
        Online plat­form: Katharina Ewald, Christian Appelt
        Moderation: Nadine Aldag, Joachim Elsler, Manuel Föhl, Florian Höhr, Sarah Peil, Paul Skupin
        Jury sup­port: N.A.
        Volunteers: Alice Paul, Lisa Remeter

        Website: Katharina Popp, Jette Evers

        Translation of Dialog Lists and Voice-over: Hannah Bitzer, Ella Brunßen, Friedrich Brückner, Daniela Fonda, Jannika Krämer, Sabrina Herzog, Jonathan Lutz, Miriam Kammerer, Julia Schmitz, Andreas Schütze, Tommy Stärker

        Additional Material for Film Education:Nadine Aldag, Antje Knapp, Sarah Peil

        Festival Trailer:Janik Damrau, Jakob Kloth; Sound: Holger Jung

        Festival Photography: Oliver Leicht, N.A

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