Nordic Film Days Lübeck

Name

Nordic Film Days Lübeck

Legal name

Hansestadt Lübeck

Website

https://nordische-filmtage.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Festival Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830), Services-Allied To Motion Picture Distribution (7829)

akta.pro primary industry

Film Festivals & Festival Organizers (MPADAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Campus & Educational Screenings (Universities, Schools) (MPADAKAI), Screening Rooms & Cinematheques (Nonprofit/Institutional) (MPADAKAF)

Keywords

• Nordic film festival
• Baltic cinema event
• Screenwriting development grant
• Youth film programmes
• Film industry networking

Headquarters

HQ city

Lübeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: The festival generates revenue through ticket sales for in-person screenings and streaming rentals. Ticket prices vary by section (e.g., school cinema tickets are free including public transport). Individual screening and festival passes are available.
2. Sponsorship and partnership funding: The festival receives significant funding from sponsors and partners including Cinestar, Stadtwerke Lübeck, Stawag, Finnlines, and others. Additional support comes from government bodies (Landesregierung Schleswig-Holstein), foundations (Possehl Stiftung, Sparkassenstiftung zu Lübeck), and EU programs (Creative Europe MEDIA).
3. Friends membership (Freundeskreis): The Freundeskreis der Nordischen Filmtage Lübeck e.V. collects membership donations and contributions to support the festival.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nordic Film Days Lübeck operates an annual film festival in Lübeck, Germany, dedicated exclusively to Nordic and Baltic cinema plus Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg productions, presenting competitive sections for feature films, documentaries, shorts, drama series, and Young Audience programmes, alongside retrospectives and hommages. The festival extends year-round via the NFLplus online streaming platform, the Lübeck Meetings industry programme, the Future North talent platform, the Lübeck Script Development Grant (€35,000 stipends), the BLOG:Buster youth journalism programme, and the School Cinema (Schulkino) educational screenings.

Product overview

Nordic Film Days Lübeck is an annual film festival operated by the Hansestadt Lübeck. The core offering is the festival itself, featuring competitive sections for narrative films, documentaries, short films, drama series, and Young Audience programs, complemented by retrospectives, hommages, and industry events. The festival operates on a platform-plus-modules architecture: the core festival runs annually (November), supported by year-round extensions including NFLplus for school programs, an online streaming platform for digital access, a Festival Planner tool for attendees, and the Lübeck Meetings industry platform. Major sub-brands include Future North (talent development), the Lübeck Script Development Grant (screenwriting residencies), and the Young Festival Bloggers (youth journalism). The 2025 festival featured 11 competitive sections including Immersion 360° for VR/fulldome content, with 67 awards totaling €67,500.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nordic Film Days Lübeck Festival Annual film festival held in Lübeck, Germany, featuring competitive sections for narrative films, documentaries, short films, drama series, and Young Audience programmes, along with retrospectives, hommages, and industry events. Awards 11 prizes worth €67,500 (2025 edition). Targeted at film enthusiasts, families, school groups, and industry professionals.
• NFLplus Streaming Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 30,000 spectators per edition (record 2019 and near-record 2023)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SUPERKUNSTFESTIVALcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Takes over price partnership for the Children's Jury prize (€5,000) starting 2026. Long-term partner since 2020 with joint cinema tent for short film programmes for children and families at the Superkunstfestival. Co-develops the BLOG:Buster young blogger programme with shared mobile studio (Nordic Film Truck).
• Theater LübeckcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Takes over price partnership for the Youth Jury prize (€5,000) starting 2026. Theater Lübeck is the venue for the Filmpreisnacht (Prize Night) ceremony and is a long-standing partner with theaterpädagogische Projekte and Spielclubs for young audiences.
• SHIFF – Schleswig-Holsteinische Initiative FilmfestivalsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Coalition of six film festivals in Schleswig-Holstein (CINEMARE, Filmfest Schleswig-Holstein, Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Green Screen, Husumer Filmtage, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) formed in 2023 to advocate for festival interests and share resources.
• CinestarcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMain venue partner providing Cinestar Filmpalast Stadthalle and CineStar Lübeck – Das Filmhaus. Also provides the CineStar Prize among festival awards.
• Nordic and Baltic Film Institutes (Danish Film Institute, Estonian Film Institute, Faroese Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Lithuanian Film Centre, National Film Centre of Latvia, Norwegian Film Institute, International Sámi Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial film institute partners providing content, promoting the festival in their countries, and supporting filmmaker participation.
• Nordic and Baltic Embassies (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as festival partners/embassies providing diplomatic and cultural support for the festival.
• Kino Koki (Kommunales Kino Lübeck)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVenue partner and host of script grant stipendiates. Provides screening space for festival and NFLplus programme.
• Nosferatu Window partners (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Heick & Schmaltz GmbH, Lübeck Management e.V., Kulturbüro Hansestadt Lübeck)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners supporting the permanent Nosferatu window installation at Lübeck's Salzspeicher, commemorating the 1922 film. Installation activated at sunset year-round since April 30, 2023.
• LETsDOKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner at nationwide documentary film days, presenting three films from the festival programme at Kino Koki Lübeck.
• NoJSe – Nordic Junior Sessions NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNordic network for children's and youth film festivals, connecting the festival with Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival and other partners.
• European Children's Film Association (ECFA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean association for children's and youth film. Festival participates in the network.

Scale indicators6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF): Estonia's flagship film festival covering Nordic and Baltic cinema with a strong industry platform (Industry@Tallinn). Comparable as a Nordic/Baltic film festival with both competitive sections and industry market activity.
• Haugesund International Film Festival (Den norske filmfestivalen): Norway's principal film festival, focusing on Norwegian and Nordic cinema with industry events and audience awards. Directly comparable as a Nordic national film festival with similar programming scope and audience scale.
• Göteborg Film Festival: Sweden's largest film festival and the leading Nordic cinema showcase, also screening Nordic and Nordic-themed films. Directly comparable as a Nordic film festival with industry platform, audience development, and year-round programming ambitions.
• Helsinki International Film Festival (Love & Anarchy): Finland's largest film festival screening Nordic and international cinema with industry programming. Comparable as a Nordic film festival with similar audience and industry ambitions.
• Riga International Film Festival: Latvia's principal film festival with Baltic and Nordic cinema programming. Comparable as a Baltic film festival competing for the same regional film premieres and industry attention.
• Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival: Finland's flagship children's and youth film festival and a NoJSe network partner explicitly mentioned by Lübeck. Directly comparable in the Young Audience segment with similar age-targeted programming and jury structures.

Emerging players

• Uppsala International Short Film Festival: Sweden's leading short film festival with Nordic and international programming. Comparable in its short film competitive section, which Lübeck also features (Stadtwerke-sponsored short film prize).
• DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival: Finland's dedicated documentary film festival with strong Nordic/Baltic programming. Comparable as a Nordic documentary-focused festival with similar curatorial geography and audience profile.
• Tampere Film Festival: Finland's dedicated short film festival with strong Nordic programming and family-oriented sections. Comparable in the short film and children's film programming segments.

Broad incumbents

• Berlinale: Germany's premier international film festival and one of the world's 'Big Three'. Overlaps with Lübeck's mission of screening and acquiring Nordic/Baltic cinema for the German market, but operates at vastly greater scale and scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/nordischefilmtage
• Facebookfacebook.com/108359582552436
• Instagraminstagram.com/nordicfilmdays
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nordische-filmtage-l-beck

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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