LUCAS 2008 Awards Ceremony

Claudia Dillmann, Director of the German Film Institute (DIF), opens the awards ceremony of the 31^st LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival in 2008, held in the cinema of the German Film Museum on the 13^th of September.

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As director of the joint organizers from the Hessian regulatory authority for commercial broadcasting and new media (LPR Hessen), Professor Wolfgang Thaenert spoke.

Councilwoman Elisabeth Haindl greeted the guests of the nationwide, venerable children’s festival.

Petra Kappler, the LUCAS Festival Director.

Günter Schmitteckert, director of the Hessian Ministry for Art and Science, spoke about the cultural and political relevance of the Festival.

Juri Tetzlaff (KI.KA) moderates the event.

The fully occupied cinema of the German Film Museum.

The LUCAS Jury members Anja Schmid (film educator), Manuela Stacke (director), Heinrich Schafmeister (actor), and KI.KA-moderator Juri Tetzlaff.

LUCAS Jury members Felix Eschmann and Heinrich Schafmeister shortly before the announcement of an honourable mention for a short film.

The LUCAS Jury (here: Felix Eschmann, Heinrich Schafmeister, Timon Sioulvegas) awarded an honourable mention to the short film STRAFSTOSS (Germany 2008) by Till Endemann. The two main actors, David and Jonas Krstic, accepted the honour.

The LUCAS Jury (here: Derya Kilicarslan, Anna Eufinger, and on the far right Kolja Raschke) awarded another honourable mention to the feature-length film DUGGHOLUFÓLKIÐ (NO NETWORK, Iceland 2007) by Ari Kristinsson.

UN CHÂTEAU EN ESPAGNE (France 2007) won the award for best feature-length film, accepted by the director Isabelle Doval.

The winners of the evening: Ari Kristinsson’s film DUGGHOLUFÓLKIÐ (NO NETWORK, Iceland 2007) received two honourable mentions, and director Isabelle Doval won the 7,500 Euro LUCAS Award for Best Feature-Length Film.

At LUCAS the idols are close enough to touch: the winner of the LUCAS Award for Best Feature-Length Film, Isabelle Doval, signs an autograph for LUCAS Jury member Derya Kilicarslan.

The LUCAS Team, the LUCAS and FICC Juries, the prizewinner, and the invited filmmakers celebrate the successful conclusion to the nationwide, venerable children’s film festival. In the foreground, Councilwoman Elisabeth Haindl.

Through Frankfurt on the Ebbelwei-Express

On Wednesday, September 10^th, LUCAS offered its national and international guests a special program: a ride on the historic Ebbelwei-Express through Sachsenhausen and the Frankfurt Old City – naturally with the Frankfurt national drink, Apple Wine, on board.

Raffaele Annunziata, a student of culture studies and management in Naples and a member of the FICC 2008 Jury, made the ride especially fun: he offered himself as entertainer and led the tour – with peerless charm – throughout the evening.

The best that Frankfurt has to offer – after LUCAS, of course.

The French director Isabelle Doval not only makes moving films, she also sang passionately on the ride – from Brigitte Bardot.

LUCAS Festival Director Petra Kappler (second from the right), Venay Felton (Festival Director of the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth), Felix Fischl (head of Press Relations for LUCAS), Jodie Baltazar (director of WILDMAN), Georgina Becker (LUCAS intern), Estella Herbert (LUCAS intern), and Hauke Lange-Fuchs (2008 FICC Jury member).

Jurors, Visitors, and Guests at LUCAS

As part of the special line of LUCAS documentaries, director Carsten Fiebeler personally introduced his documentary Ostpunk! Too Much Future (Germany 2007), about the Punk movement in the DDR, which he himself experienced.

Endy Neumann, label head and expert of German underground music, in the film discussion with Carsten Fiebeler in connection with his introduction.

The LUCAS Jury members discuss and evaluate the films in the LUCAS Lounge. On Saturday, September 13^th, they will present the winner of the competition in the cinema of the German Film Museum.

The LUCAS Jury is composed of six children and four adults.

Accredited Festival visitors can watch over 200 current children’s films from all over the world on the twelve viewing stations in our Film Market.

Conversations in which filmmakers answer questions about their films take place daily in the LUCAS Lounge. Here is director Martin Duffy, who presented his film EIN AUSSERIRDISCHER SOMMER.

LUCAS Reception in the Römer on September 9^th in the Kaiser’s Hall

As a patron of LUCAS 2008, mayor Petra Roth summoned the festival organizers and guests to a reception in the Kaiser’s Hall on Tuesday, September 9^th. The head professor of the department of culture studies, Dr. Felix Semmelroth, spoke on the meaning of LUCAS in the cultural life of Frankfurt.

From left to right: LUCAS Festival Director Petra Kappler, the current department head of culture studies of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Dr. Felix Semmelroth, and Hilmar Hoffmann, chairman of the administrative board of the German Film Institute (DIF e.V.).

Dr. Sylvia Kerbel, of Nassauische Heimstätte Wohnungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, and Dr. Andreas Eichstaedt, business leader of Saalbau GmbH.

Jan Hesseling, General Consul of the Dutch Embassy, LUCAS Jury member Anna Eufinger, LUCAS Festival Director Petra Kappler, as well as LUCAS Jury members Rosalie Stein and Derya Kilicarslan.

LUCAS Opening Ceremony on the 7th of September in the Cinema of the German Film Museum

The 31^st LUCAS International Children’s Film Festival began in the cinema of the German Film Museum on Sunday afternoon. As a prelude, KARLAS WELT (2007) from Denmark celebrated its premiere.

After the greeting by the director of the German Film Institute (DIF), Claudia Dillmann, Professor and department head of culture studies for the City of Frankfurt Dr. Felix Semmelroth spoke (left photo), then Herr Ernst Wegener, associate director of the Hessian Ministry for Art and Science, as well as Petra Kappler, the LUCAS Festival Director (right photo).

From left: Ernst Wegener, Dr. Felix Semmelroth, and Claudia Dillmann during the opening ceremony in the cinema of the German Film Museum.

Petra Kappler, the LUCAS Festival Director, greets the guest of honour of the opening film, the main actress Elena Arndt-Jensen from Denmark.

Katrin Hoffmann, director of the Munich Children’s Film Festival, and Hilmar Hoffmann, chairman of the administrative board of the German Film Institute (DIF) e.V.

After the premiere the guests and LUCAS Jury fortify themselves with coffee and cake.

The twelve-year-old star actress Elena Arndt-Jensen visited the opening of LUCAS as its guest of honour.

Finally Elena spoke with our reporter team – the interview can be read here.

The TRICKBOXX from KI.KA in the LUCAS Lounge invited all to take part and try it out.

LUCAS Lounge Opens for the Museumsufer Festival!

The LUCAS Lounge opened its doors and celebrated a great premiere for the Museumsufer Festival (August 29-31).

We thank all the visitors and look forward to being able to welcome them again in the German Film Museum come LUCAS festival week (September 7-14).

The LUCAS-Banner 2008.

Visitors great and small in the LUCAS-Lounge.

The TRICKBOXX from KI.KA in the LUCAS-Lounge.

Make a film yourself: the TRICKBOXX makes it possible.

KI.KA moderator Juri Tetzlaff fetched young acting talents to re-enact their favourite scenes for the camera.

Simply magic: the LUCAS-Lounge!

Excitement, fun, and games for the entire family.

The jury is interviewed.

A cowboy is born.

We thank our sponsor Bionade.