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The festival and congress passes are here! With our coveted exclusive LICHTER-festival-pass, you can enjoy the program in all its glory and also support the LICHTER film festival. Additionally, we're offering the congress pass again. Just one card to visit all public congress events - that leaves no wishes unfulfilled!
All passes at one glance
LICHTER FESTIVAL PASS
With this pass you'll receive admission to all film screenings, panels, concerts, partys and other events during all days of the 19th LICHTER film festival. Also to all events of the 6th Congress "Future German Cinema".
The tickets for the screenings will be handed out after presentation of the festival pass at the ticket office in the festival center.
BOOK HERE - 100€
STUDENT PASS
With this pass you'll receive admission to all film screenings, panels, and professional events during all days of the 19th LICHTER film festival. Also to all professional events of the 6th congress "Future
German Cinema".
The tickets for the screenings will be handed out after presentation of the festival pass at the ticket office in the festival center.
BOOK HERE - 40€
CONGRESS PASS
With the congress pass you'll receive entry to 4 congress days, which contains all public events of the congress. - BOOK HERE - 50€ / 30€
DAY PASS CONGRESS
The day pass contains entry for one congress day with all public events on the chosen date. - BOOK HERE: WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY / FRIDAY / SATURDAY - 15€
Tickets for the individual film screenings are available at PROGRAM 2026.
TICKET PRICES
Festival Pass - 100€ (80€ Early Birds)
4-Day-Pass Congress - normal 50€ // concession 30€
Day Pass Congress - normal 15€ // no concession
Single Events Congress - 5€
Student Pass - 40€
Cinema prices for the festival year 2026
Mal Seh’n Cinema - normal 9€ // concession 7€
Naxos Cinema - normal 9€ // concession 5€
Cinema of the DFF - normal 9€ // concession 7€
Eldorado Film Theater - normal 12€ // concession 10€
Pupille Cinema e.V. - normal 7€ // concession 5€
Festival Center - normal 12€ // concession 10€
Filmforum Höchst - normal 8€ // concession 6€
Orfeos Erben - normal 12€ // concession 10€
VR Storytelling Award Screenings - normal 10€ // concession 8€
Lichter Art Award Exhibition - free of charge
The concession applies to disabled people as well as pupils, apprentices, unemployed people, students and people with a Volunteer card or City Card.
- Tickets for the Eldorado, festival center, congress, Naxos, Orfeos Erben, Filmforum Höchst, VR screenings and the Pupille are available at the ticket office in the festival center or directly in the respective cinemas.
- Tickets for the Cinema of the DFF and the Mal Seh'n Cinema are available only at the respective cinema.
TICKET OFFICE IN THE FESTIVAL CENTER // OPENING HOURS
The festival centre will be open at the following times between 28 April and 3 May 2026:
Tuesday – 04:30 PM – 09:00 PM
Wednesday – 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Thursday – 09:30 AM – 09:00 PM
Friday – 09:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Saturday – 01:00 PM – 09:30 PM
Sunday – 01:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Access accreditation and passes
All
Films | Opening
Ceremony | Congress* | Industry
Events | Special
Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accreditation press | 0€ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accreditation professional visitors | 50€ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Accreditation invited film students | 0€ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Festival pass | 100€ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Student pass | 40€ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Congress pass | 50€ / concession 30€ | ✓ | ||||
| Day pass congress | 15€ | ✓ |
* films of the section future german cinema are not included in the congress pass