Lübeck, Nov. 6, 2017. The 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2016) closed on Sunday after 266 screenings of a total of 195 films. The artistic director Linde Fröhlich and festival manager Florian Vollmers were both upbeat, with a total of 33,000 visitors, the Film Days once again bested the previous record, making 2017 the year with the greatest number of visitors in the festival’s history. More
Lübeck, Nov. 4, 2017. “The Charmer” (Charmøren), the feature debut of director Milad Alami from Denmark is the winner of the NDR Film Prize at the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017).In town from Copenhagen, the director accepted the award personally as part of the Prize Gala at Theater Lübeck, expressing delight at winning the prize with its 12,500 euro endowment, the largest in the festival. More
Lübeck, Nov. 2, 2017. The mood was congenial at yesterday’s launch of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) as moderator Steen Lorenzen (RBB, Radio eins) invited the team from the Swedish opening night film “Beyond Dreams” (Dröm vidare / Träum’ weiter) onstage. More
Lübeck, Nov. 01, 2017.The 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck begins today with a five-day festival of 195 films – making it the largest festival outside Scandinavia for current films from the Nordic and Baltic countries and northern Germany. More
Lübeck, Oct. 31, 2017. In November, the Nordic Film Days Lübeck and their long-term media partner NDR will present a total of 11 Scandinavian classics on public television. More
Lübeck, Oct. 31, 2017. In 2017, for the seventh time, the Lübeck Meetings will be a part of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017). The festival re-structured and consolidated its film industry programmes under that title in 2010 and, since then, has developed a diverse range of industry events that flows through the German film scene, as well as providing new impetus to the relationships between Germany and the northern countries. More
Lübeck, Oct. 30, 2017. At the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck, running from November 1 to 5, 2017, in partnership with various donors, eight prizes carrying a total endowment of 40,500 euros will be awarded. T More
Lübeck, Oct. 30, 2017. The programme of 360° films first introduced to the Nordic Film Days in 2016 continues this year in the Fulldome cinema. The Fulldome tent will be erected at a new location on Klingenberg square on October 30, with the friendly support of the Lübeck public utilities companies. More
Lübeck, Oct. 27, 2017 – A list with guests presenting their own films is available for download. More
Lübeck, Oct. 27, 2017. From November 1 to 5, 2017, the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck will include the "Specials" films, screening at distinctive locations, as well as a series of select special and side-bar events that turn the festival into a feast for all the senses. More
Lübeck, Oct. 27, 2017. The 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck present 18 international short films, the “Nordic Shorts”, in three programme blocks, “Bizarre Episodes”, “Transported and Uncoupled”, and “Day-to-day Routine”, including 13 German premieres. The “Children and Youth Film” section will also screen shorts divided into blocks for various age groups, and the Filmforum, the northern German section of the festival will show a total of five blocks of shorts. More
Lübeck, Oct. 27, 2017. There are 18 films in the 2017 Competition section of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017), vying for the NDR Film Prize, endowed with 12,500 euros. Lübeck can look forward to a host of interesting guests, as many of the films will be personally presented by their directors or producers. More
Lübeck, Oct. 24, 2017. The Documentary section of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) focuses on the subjects of socialisation and taking stock, as well as portraits of people who have experienced and achieved unusual things in art and in life. For the last 36 years, the jury for the Documentary Film Prize has been awarded by Lübeck’s trade unions to “a socially committed film”. The award is endowed with 2,500 euros. More
Lübeck, Oct. 23, 2017. For 30 years now, the Filmforum has been a part of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, which this year – its 59th – runs from November 1 to 5, 2017, and in its expanded form for the last 10 of those, the Filmforum has featured filmmakers from Hamburg as well. More
Lübeck, Oct. 20, 2017. Beginning October 21, 2017, the film and events schedule of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017), with all show times and event details, will be available on the festival home page.An overview of the 195 films, as well as the individual section programmes, will be listed on the website. Visitors can use the personal day planner to schedule their screenings. More
Lübeck, Oct. 18, 2017. The selection of films for young visitors to the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) comprises 18 selected features, and short films grouped into three programmes for different age groups, making it more comprehensive than ever before. We present stories of families learning how to deal with challenges, and of strong young heroes, but especially heroines, who take the big screen by storm this year. More
Lübeck, Oct. 18, 2017. The selection of films for young visitors to the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) comprises 18 selected features, and short films grouped into three programmes for different age groups, making it more comprehensive than ever before. We present stories of families learning how to deal with challenges, and of strong young heroes, but especially heroines, who take the big screen by storm this year. More
Lübeck, Oct. 11, 2017. At today’s press conference for the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017), the two festival directors, Linde Fröhlich (artistic director) and Florian Vollmers (managing director), joined by other section curators, announced the programme for this year's festival. 195 films, including 18 in competition for the NDR Film Prize, endowed with 12,500 euros, will be shown over five days in the four festival cinemas as well as a variety of special venues. More than half of the Competition films are directing debuts. More
Lübeck, Oct. 11, 2017. At today’s press conference for the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017), the two festival directors, Linde Fröhlich (artistic director) and Florian Vollmers (managing director), joined by other section curators, announced the programme for this year's festival. 195 films, including 18 in competition for the NDR Film Prize, endowed with 12,500 euros, will be shown over five days in the four festival cinemas as well as a variety of special venues. More than half of the Competition films are directing debuts. More
Lübeck, Oct. 10th, 2017. The Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) are pleased to announce that the 59th festival will open with the German premiere of the Swedish film BEYOND DREAMS (Dröm vidare/Träum’ weiter) by Rojda Sekersöz. More
Lübeck, Oct. 10th, 2017. The Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) are pleased to announce that the 59th festival will open with the German premiere of the Swedish film BEYOND DREAMS (Dröm vidare/Träum’ weiter) by Rojda Sekersöz. More
Lübeck, Oct. 9th, 2017. The films in the Retrospective section of this year’s 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) entitled “Through Foreign Eyes”, are tales of the arrival of the South in Northern cinema. After “Northern Journeys” (2015), and last year’s “In Different Worlds”, the focus of our historical review this year is on the destinies of various immigrant groups in the Scandinavian region. More
Lübeck, Oct. 9th, 2017. The films in the Retrospective section of this year’s 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) entitled “Through Foreign Eyes”, are tales of the arrival of the South in Northern cinema. After “Northern Journeys” (2015), and last year’s “In Different Worlds”, the focus of our historical review this year is on the destinies of various immigrant groups in the Scandinavian region. More
Lübeck, Oct. 6, 2017. The new TV series section of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, introduced to the programme last year, will once again showcase a diverse mixture of exciting and current episodes from the Nordic countries and Germany. A total of nine new series, running the gamut from Scandi noir to slapstick, and from comedy to horror, represent the scope and international appeal of the episodic genre. The TV series section of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) is distinguished above all by outstanding characters that skilfully link the 2017 series subgenres with each other. More
Lübeck, Oct. 6, 2017. The new TV series section of the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, introduced to the programme last year, will once again showcase a diverse mixture of exciting and current episodes from the Nordic countries and Germany. A total of nine new series, running the gamut from Scandi noir to slapstick, and from comedy to horror, represent the scope and international appeal of the episodic genre. The TV series section of the 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 1 – 5, 2017) is distinguished above all by outstanding characters that skilfully link the 2017 series subgenres with each other. More
Lübeck, Aug. 30, 2017. At the summer press conference for the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, festival directors Linde Fröhlich (artistic director) and Florian Vollmers, who took over as managing director on July 1st, provided a first glimpse at the upcoming
59th Film Days. To introduce the news and changes, they were joined at the podium by Lübeck’s culture senator Kathrin Weiher, the curator of the Retrospective Jörg Schöning, and Petra Kallies, provost of the Lübeck-Lauenburg church district. More
Lübeck, Aug. 30, 2017. At the summer press conference for the Nordic Film Days Lübeck, festival directors Linde Fröhlich (artistic director) and Florian Vollmers, who took over as managing director on July 1st, provided a first glimpse at the upcoming
59th Film Days. To introduce the news and changes, they were joined at the podium by Lübeck’s culture senator Kathrin Weiher, the curator of the Retrospective Jörg Schöning, and Petra Kallies, provost of the Lübeck-Lauenburg church district. More
Lübeck - April 24, 2017. Film submissions for the up-coming 59. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (01.-05.11.2017) are now possible till August 1st, 2017
You can directly upload your data and films via our online submission
Information on our terms are available as pdf download: Nordic-Baltic programme / Filmforum programme (in German only)
Regarding any questions, please contact Sandra Jung (Project Manager): sandra.jung@filmtage.luebeck.de More
Lübeck - April 24, 2017. Film submissions for the up-coming 59. Nordic Film Days Lübeck (01.-05.11.2017) are now possible till August 1st, 2017
You can directly upload your data and films via our online submission
Information on our terms are available as pdf download: Nordic-Baltic programme / Filmforum programme (in German only)
Regarding any questions, please contact Sandra Jung (Project Manager): sandra.jung@filmtage.luebeck.de More
Feb. 13, 2017 - The 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck will see some personnel changes. Florian Vollmers has joined the festival management team and will take over as managing director on July 1, 2017. The 43-year-old Vollmers was most recently director of the Osnabrück Independent Film Festival (Unabhängiges Filmfest) and is an aficionado of northern European cinema. After graduating in media sciences and Scandinavian studies, Florian Vollmers worked as a journalist; he headed up the Nordic Film Days press and PR office from 2007 to 2012. After six years at the helm, Christian Modersbach is stepping down from the NFL management team on June 30, 2017; he will continue to work on special events, and on the new festival section devoted to TV series. More
Feb. 13, 2017 - The 59th Nordic Film Days Lübeck will see some personnel changes. Florian Vollmers has joined the festival management team and will take over as managing director on July 1, 2017. The 43-year-old Vollmers was most recently director of the Osnabrück Independent Film Festival (Unabhängiges Filmfest) and is an aficionado of northern European cinema. After graduating in media sciences and Scandinavian studies, Florian Vollmers worked as a journalist; he headed up the Nordic Film Days press and PR office from 2007 to 2012. After six years at the helm, Christian Modersbach is stepping down from the NFL management team on June 30, 2017; he will continue to work on special events, and on the new festival section devoted to TV series. More
Lübeck, Nov. 7, 2016. The 58th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 2 – 6, 2016) came to a festive close on Sunday after 250 screenings of a total of 185 films. There was enormous interest among visitors for the festival’s newest attractions, such as Scandinavian TV series, virtual reality stations and the fulldome 360° cinema. With a total of 32,000 visitors, more people than ever came to Lübeck for the NFL, making it the largest influx of attendees in the history of the festival. More
Lübeck, Nov. 5, 2016.The debut feature “Heartstone” (Hjartasteinn) by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson is the winner of the NDR Film Prize at the 58th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nov. 2 – 6, 2016). Accepting the award as part of the gala Film Prize Night in Theater Lübeck, the young Icelandic director expressed delight at winning the prize with its 12,500 euro endowment, the largest in the festival. More
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