The program is set – tickets for the 18th edition of LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International are now available! From April 22nd, Frankfurt transforms into a hub of cinematic art for six days, featuring over 100 films across ten screens at our festival centre, MASSIF E, and multiple additional venues in Frankfurt.
Expect an impressive lineup of filmmakers presenting their works in person. Star power? We've got it! Cult director Ulrich Seidl, Lars Eidinger, and Lilith Stangenberg—who will appear in two films and perform a live concert—are all on board. In our "Future of German Film" section, directors Burhan Qurbani, Christoph Hochhäusler, Pia Marais, and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Moritz Binder (alongside director Tim Fehlbaum) will be ing us. Plus, international guests like Argentinian director Luis Ortega, South African filmmaker Karabo Lediga, and Lithuanian director Saulė Bliuvaitė are set to attend.
This year’s festival highlight? Our international film selection, curated around the theme Fear. After screening over 300 global films, we’ve narrowed it down to 23 outstanding works exploring fear from unique perspectives.
🎟️ Get your tickets now: https://lichter-filmfest.de/programm/programm-2025
International Program:
A Yard of Jackals – https://boxd.it/NPwY
Bound in Heaven – https://boxd.it/Ov1S
Dead Mail – https://boxd.it/KHaa
Glimmers – https://boxd.it/K43u
Kill the Jockey – https://boxd.it/FNA4
Kontinental '25 – https://boxd.it/SdKo
Locust – https://boxd.it/GMMU
Manas – https://boxd.it/LPz0
Memoir of a Snail – https://boxd.it/EgX8
Mi Bestia – https://boxd.it/BOMC
Nineteen – https://boxd.it/GjNk
On Falling – https://boxd.it/KwPQ
Red Path – https://boxd.it/BNQI
Reflection in a Dead Diamond – https://boxd.it/CjmU
Rumours – https://boxd.it/J23A
Sabbatical – https://boxd.it/S2hq
Seeds – https://boxd.it/C02Q
Soul of the Desert – https://boxd.it/Ooze
The Kingdom – https://boxd.it/EPbS
The New Year That Never Came – https://boxd.it/OnWG
Timestamp – https://boxd.it/SACi
To Kill a Mongolian Horse – https://boxd.it/LOI6
Toxic – https://boxd.it/Obsu
Film Program Zukunft Deutscher Film:
Der Fleck – https://boxd.it/ObU4
Der Tod wird kommen – https://boxd.it/FrFQ
Die Möllner Briefe – https://boxd.it/RPSS
Kein Tier. So Wild. – https://boxd.it/JYvC
Leibniz – Chronik eines verschollenen Bildes – https://boxd.it/JVBW
Moria Six – https://boxd.it/R5Vc
Rote Sterne überm Feld – https://boxd.it/IwFW
September 5 – https://boxd.it/JYsI
Transamazonia – https://boxd.it/BSJW
Film Program Zukunft Deutscher Film Spezial:
Böse Spiele – Rimini Sparta – https://boxd.it/EAIi
Des Teufels Bad – https://boxd.it/z7to
Stammheim – Zeit des Terrors – https://lichter-filmfest.de/filme/stammheim/2018
Spielerinnen – https://boxd.it/R5VG
Regional Film Program:
Batim – https://boxd.it/SqgQ
Chaos und Stille – https://boxd.it/LRJ2
Creativo Paradiso – https://lichter-filmfest.de/filme/creativo-paradiso/1990
Das deutsche Volk – https://boxd.it/SABE
Der Tod ist ein Arschloch – https://boxd.it/SHQc
Henriette und Guido – eine ungewöhnliche Liebesgeschichte – https://boxd.it/R8
Hysteria – https://boxd.it/RQ5M
Im Haus meiner Eltern – https://boxd.it/RZCq
Klandestin – https://boxd.it/KpaQ
Oro Amargo – https://boxd.it/QkP2
Zeppelin oben rechts – https://boxd.it/QBlo
Zirkuskind – https://boxd.it/SuUU
International Short Films ANGST:
Children's Day – https://boxd.it/Srrg
Citizen-Inmate – https://boxd.it/TgNs
Comment ça va? – https://boxd.it/Srrq
Qirim – https://boxd.it/MoJa
International Short Film Program:
Titanic, suitable version for iranian families – https://boxd.it/IueY
Merging bodies – https://boxd.it/SdLc
Who loves the sun – https://boxd.it/OoUm
Now, hear me good – https://boxd.it/SdLQ
Mother is a natural sinner – https://boxd.it/Odm4
Virtual Reality:
https://lichter-filmfest.de/programm/virtual-reality-storytelling/vr-storytelling-award-2025
Calls From Home
Address Unknown: Fukushima Now
Sweet End of the World!
Limbophobia
Regional Short Films:
https://lichter-filmfest.de/programm/regionales-filmprogramm/regionales-kurzfilmprogramm-2025
A.Mi.Kuk
Allemansrätt
Augen Zu
Das Salzsäckchen
Der Friedhof Der Namenlosen
Diana’s Poem
Drowning
Fuck The Cistem
Irmgard springt
Kabine
Keine Nudeln Für Courbet
Menschen unter Wasser
Monika
Mother Love
Napoli Beach
Naims Esel
Nirgendwo
Ozeanologie
Portals To Elsewhere
Pink Ink - Famous
Roachy - The Lover
The Beyond Bagel
The last greenhouse
The Sunset Special 2
Un Portrait de la Ani Cerezo
Well Come To The Beach
Windgeist
Just a perfect day in my life
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