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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
51 Stockholm International Film Festival 1.5k 41.4 63.9% Film festival
52 Shanghai International Film Festival 1.5k Film festival
53 Kendal Mountain Festival 1.4k 39.6 34.0% Film festival
54 Chicago International Film Festival 1.4k 47.7 77.5% Film festival
55 Sheffield Doc/Fest 1.3k Film festival
56 Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards 1.2k 41.3 64.3% Film festival
57 Tampere Film Festival 1k Film festival
58 Warsaw International Film Festival 1k 41.6 55.4% Film festival
59 Monte-Carlo Television Festival 1k 38.6 66.5% Film festival
60 Overland Expo 989 39.6 29.4% Film festival
61 American Film Festival 923 47.6 61.1% Film festival
62 San Sebastián International Film Festival 921 39.2 71.1% Film festival
63 Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival 892 40.0 39.0% Film festival
64 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 787 33.7 70.4% Film festival
65 Glasgow Film Festival 767 34.3 64.3% Film festival
66 Jerusalem Film Festival 738 37.0 64.9% Film festival
67 International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 726 Film festival
68 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 715 Film festival
69 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou 704 Film festival
70 Brussels Short Film Festival 661 Film festival
71 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 596 Film festival
72 Zagreb Film Festival 542 Film festival
73 Guadalajara International Film Festival 540 41.1 28.1% Film festival
74 Gijón International Film Festival 531 Film festival
75 Uppsala International Short Film Festival 498 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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