Lucas (film festival)
Lucas (own spelling: LUCAS ) is a German film festival for current, international children's and youth film productions that takes place annually in Frankfurt am Main , Offenbach am Main and Wiesbaden . The program is aimed at a young audience from four years to 18+. The focus is on encounters with filmmakers from all over the world, who will answer questions from children and young people in film talks. It was founded in 1975, making it the oldest German film festival for a young audience. In 2016 the festival was redesigned and named LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans .
Festival and competition
Innovations were the expansion of the target group to include teenagers and young adults as well as the increased focus on the active participation of young cineastes in the festival. In order to give the opinion of the children and young people sufficient weight at the festival, not only adult experts have been on the jury since 1985 , but also children and young people who have an equal say in the award of the LUCAS prizes.
Various juries evaluate the LUCAS competition program and award the prizes: In the sections from 8 years of age and from 13 years of age, the best full-length film (endowed with 5000 €) and the best short film (endowed with 2000 €) will be awarded. In addition, in the section from 13 years of age, a full-length film will be honored with the prize for an "exceptional cinematic achievement" (endowed with 2000 €).
LUCAS visitors have been involved in decision-making since 1995 and can choose their most popular film with the LUCAS Audience Award.
In addition, a jury awards a prize from the European Children's Film Association (ECFA) to the best European children's and youth film in the section from 8 years of age.
Since the redesign in 2016, children and young people have curated their own film programs and moderated film talks with international guests. When selecting the films, the management of the festival focuses on quality and does not only want to show premieres and films specially marked as suitable for the target group. In the new section of the Young European Cinephiles , film-savvy young people from all over Europe determine the evening program of the festival themselves.
LUCAS is a central platform for film educators and film educators and organizes specialist conferences accompanying the festival, such as the future workshop "Film, Escape and Interculture" (2016) or the specialist day "Film educates!" of the Society for Media Education and Communication (2017).
Sponsor
LUCAS is funded by the City of Frankfurt am Main , the City of Eschborn , the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art , HessenFilm und Medien, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media , the Hessian State Authority for Private Broadcasting and New Media , Fraport AG , the Nassauische Sparkasse , the support group of the German Film Institute, the Fazit-Stiftung , the ABG Frankfurt Holding , the Economic Development Film in Frankfurt and ŠKODA AUTO Germany .
In 2016, LUCAS was recognized by "KulturMut", the crowdfunding initiative of the Aventis Foundation and the Frankfurt RheinMain Cultural Fund .
Award winners
2008
- Best feature film : My best friend (Un château en Espagne) (Director: Isabelle Doval ) (France)
- Best short film: Crybaby (Pusling) (Denmark)
- FICC Jury Don Quixote Prize : Phoebe in Wonderland (Phoebe in Wonderland) (Director: Daniel Barnz ) (United States)
2009
- Best feature film : Carlitos big dream (Carlitos y el campo de los sueños) (Director: Jesús del Cerro ) (Spain)
- Best short film : The chatty mouse (Le Mulot menteur) (Director: Andrea Kiss) (Belgium / France / Hungary)
- Prix CIFEJ : Morisson (Morrison krijgt een zuje) (Netherlands)
- Don Quixote Prize of the FICC Jury : Babak (Zamani baraye doust dashtan) (Iran)
2010
- Best feature film : Ich bin Kalam (I am Kalam) (Director: Nila Madhab Panda ) (India)
- Best Short Film : Kavi (United States / India)
- Best short animation film : The silence under the bark (Le silence sous l'écorce) (France)
- Don Quixote Prize of the FICC Jury : Ich bin Kalam (I am Kalam) (India)
- Prize of the CIFEJ Jury : My Dearest Feind (Min bedste Fjende) (Director: Oliver Ussing) (Denmark)
- LUCAS Audience Award : The White Lion (Director: Michael Swan) (South Africa)
2011
- Best Feature Film : The Runway (The Runway) (Direction / Script: Ian Power ) (Ireland / Luxembourg)
- Best Short Film : Cristianos Shirt (Le Maillot de Cristiano) (Director / Script: Vincent Bruno) (Belgium)
- Best Animated Short : The Eyes of the Lighthouse (Os Olhos do Farol) (Director / Script: Pedro Serrazina) (Portugal)
- FICC Jury Don Quixote Prize : The Liverpool Goalie or: How to Survive School Time! (Keeper'n til Liverpool) (Director: Arild Andresen ) (Norway)
- The Golden Letter : The Runway (Direction / Script: Ian Power) (Ireland / Luxembourg)
- LUCAS Audience Award : Tigre og Tatoveringer (Tiger & Tattoos) (Director / Screenplay: Karla Bengtson) (Denmark)
2012
- Length film Price : Please Stay (Blijf!) (Directed by Lourens Blok) (Netherlands 2011)
- Short Film Award : Wilder Vogel (Vildfugl) (Director: Jacob Bitsch) (Denmark 2012)
- Animated Film Award: Pishto goes away (Pishto uyeszhayet) (Director: Sonya Kendel) (Russia 2012)
- Youth Film Award: On the Ice (Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean) (United States 2011)
- LUCAS Audience Award : The Jungle Gang (Les As de la Jungle - Operation Banquise) (Directors: David Alaux, Eric Tosti) (France 2011)
2013
- Feature Award : Felix (Director: Roberta Durrant ) (South Africa 2013)
- Short Film Award : Mimoun (Director: Tallulah Schwab) (Netherlands 2012)
- Animated Film Award : Rabbit and Deer (Nyuszi és öz) (Director: Péter Vácz ) (Hungary 2013)
- Youth Film Award (Sir Peter Ustinov Youth Film Award) : For No Eyes Only (Director: Tali Barde ) (Germany 2013)
- Actor Award (Sir Peter Ustinov Newcomer Award) : Nader Sarhan for Alì Blue Eyes (Alì ha gli occhi Azzurri) (Director: Claudio Giovannesi) (Italy 2012)
- ECFA Award : My mother is in America and met Buffalo Bill (Ma Maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill) (Director: Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel) (France 2013)
- LUCAS Audience Award : The Horse on the Balcony (Director: Hüseyin Tabak ) (Austria 2012)
2014
- Long Film Award : Purok 7 (directed by Carlo Obispo) (Philippines 2013)
- Short Film Award : Pyse (Director: Siri Rutlin) (Norway 2013)
- Animated Film Award : The Magnificent Lion Boy (Director: Ana Caro Sabogal) (United Kingdom 2013)
- Youth Film Award (Sir Peter Ustinov Youth Film Award) : Jongens (Director: Mischa Kamp) (Netherlands 2014)
- Actor Award (Sir Peter Ustinov Newcomer Award) : Ahmed Bayatra for Giraffada (Director: Rani Massalha) (Germany, Italy, France, Palestine 2013)
- ECFA Award : The Tree House Kings (Bouwdorp) (Director: Margien Rogaar) (Netherlands 2014)
- LUCAS Audience Award : Mister Twister - A Class Makes Camping (Mees Kees op kamp) (Director: Barbara Bredero ) (Netherlands 2013)
2015
- Long Film Award : ocean waves (Ho Gaana Pokuna) (directed by Indika Ferdinando) (Sri Lanka 2014)
- Short Film Award : Johnny Bakru (Director: Ineke Houtman ) (Netherlands 2014)
- Animated Film Award : Mother's Love (Pro Mamu) (Director: Dina Velikovskaja) (Russia 2014)
- Youth Film Prize (Sir Peter Ustinov Youth Film Prize) : Conducta - We'll be like Che (Conducta) (Director: Ernesto Daranas ) (Cuba 2013)
- Actor Award (Sir Peter Ustinov Newcomer Award) : for Gijs Blom in Pijnstillers / Painkillers (Director: Tessa Schramm) (Netherlands 2014)
- ECFA Award : About a Girl (Director: Mark Monheim) (Germany 2014)
- LUCAS Audience Award : Mister Twister - Mice, Lice and Theater (Mees Kees op de Planken) (Director: Barbara Bredero ) (Netherlands 2014)
2016
- best full-length film Category 8+ : Offline - Life is not a bonus level (Director: Florian Schnell ) (Germany 2016)
- best full-length film Category 13+ : Sparrows (Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson ) (Iceland, Denmark, Croatia 2015)
- best short or medium length film Category 8+ : Yaadikoone (Director: Marc Picavez) (France 2016)
- best short or medium-length film 13+ : Boy with a Camera ( Kemerali Çocuk) (Director: İbrahim Yeşilbaş) (Turkey 2016)
- LUCAS Audience Award : Wild (Sairat) (Direction: Nagraj Manjule) (India 2016)
- Sir Peter Ustinov Prize : As soon as I open my eyes (À peine j'ouvre les Yeux) (Director: Leyla Bouzid ) (France, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia 2015)
- ECFA Award : RAUF (Direction: Bariş Kaya, Soner Caner) (Turkey 2016)
2017
- best full-length film Category 8+ : Oskars Amerika (Oskar's America) (Director: Torfinn Iversen) (Norway, Sweden 2017)
- best full-length film category 13+ : Ava (Director: Léa Mysius) (France 2017)
- best short film category 8+ : Lieber Papa ( Cher Papa) (Director: various children) (Belgium 2016)
- best short film 13+ : Mister Coconut (Director: Margien Rogaar) (Netherlands 2016)
- LUCAS Audience Award : Villads from Valby (Villads Fra Valby) (Director: Frederik Nørgaard) (Denmark 2015)
- Prize for an exceptional cinematic achievement : Steuermann ( Gamichi) (Director: Majid Esmaeili) (Iran 2016)
- ECFA Award : The girl from Änziloch (Director: Alice Schmid ) (Switzerland 2016)
The organizers of the Lucas Film Festival are the German Film Institute (DIF) and the German Film Museum .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festival 2017 - LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ LUCAS - Festival newspaper 2017 . In: issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed August 14, 2017]).
- ↑ Competitions & Prizes 2017 - LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ About us 2017 - LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ FILM FORMS! - LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ LUCAS thanks 2017 - LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Fans. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Press release about the winners of the Lucas Film Festival 2010. ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 112 kB), website of the organizer. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
