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Top 100 Film festivals in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest film festivals in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 185 film festivals tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Venice Biennale, BFI London Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 297k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 10k, and the largest, Venice Biennale, reaches around 179k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each film festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Edinburgh International Film Festival 11k 41.2 56.8% Film festival
27 Melbourne International Film Festival 9.4k 33.7 87.6% Film festival
28 Fantastic Fest 6.8k 19.0 43.4% Film festival
29 Austin Film Festival 6.7k 31.3 48.0% Film festival
30 Sarajevo Film Festival 6.7k 36.8 77.8% Film festival
31 Halloween Horror Fest 6.6k 29.8 58.9% Film festival
32 Rome Film Festival 6.5k 29.8 66.6% Film festival
33 Camden International Film Festival 6k 30.7 65.5% Film festival
34 Fantasia Festival 5.1k 47.8 39.8% Film festival
35 Zurich Film Festival 4.8k 41.8 72.2% Film festival
36 Metro Manila Film Festival 4.3k 28.6 59.1% Film festival
37 Thessaloniki International Film Festival 3.5k 42.3 59.1% Film festival
38 New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival 2.9k 39.2 60.1% Film festival
39 Atlanta Film Festival 2.8k 52.4 52.2% Film festival
40 48 Hour Film Project 2.6k 38.8 56.0% Film festival
41 Art Film Fest 2.3k 48.3 54.5% Film festival
42 Vienna International Film Festival 2.1k 36.2 78.1% Film festival
43 Taormina Film Fest 2.1k 51.2 78.2% Film festival
44 Directors' Fortnight 2k 39.6 74.5% Film festival
45 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films 2k 19.0 64.6% Film festival
46 Sonoma International Film Festival 2k 50.1 48.8% Film festival
47 Independent Games Festival 1.9k Film festival
48 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 1.8k Film festival
49 Torino Film Festival 1.7k 44.3 67.5% Film festival
50 Bicycle Film Festival 1.5k Film festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each film festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest film festival in Germany?

Venice Biennale currently leads with an estimated audience of 179k people in Germany.

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