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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
76 Adelaide Film Festival 495 47.6 69.5% Film festival
77 San Diego Film Festival 478 49.1 42.6% Film festival
78 Odense International Film Festival 477 Film festival
79 Jeonju International Film Festival 466 Film festival
80 Transilvania International Film Festival 466 Film festival
81 Durban International Film Festival 433 Film festival
82 Woodstock Film Festival 423 Film festival
83 Cinelatino 415 28.0 51.6% Film festival
84 Motovun Film Festival 412 Film festival
85 Calgary International Film Festival 405 44.0 81.4% Film festival
86 Fajr International Film Festival 379 Film festival
87 Festival de Gramado 359 33.7 73.2% Film festival
88 Marrakech International Film Festival 358 Film festival
89 Moscow International Film Festival 358 Film festival
90 Tromsø International Film Festival 358 Film festival
91 Vilnius International Film Festival 338 35.8 84.7% Film festival
92 Hong Kong International Film Festival 334 33.2 12.3% Film festival
93 New Zealand International Film Festivals 325 Film festival
94 São Paulo International Film Festival 320 40.3 58.8% Film festival
95 Festival Lumiere 319 38.3 55.0% Film festival
96 New Orleans Film Festival 317 35.4 46.5% Film festival
97 Dallas International Film Festival 308 26.6 75.7% Film festival
98 Los Angeles Film Festival 303 23.5 42.3% Film festival
99 Maryland Film Festival 298 49.3 43.7% Film festival
100 Deauville American Film Festival 297 45.5 61.3% 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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