[1] The festival was founded by Gregor Maria Schubert, Stephan Limbach, Mark Liedtke, Alexander Dumitran, and Cordula Mack.

[2] The festival was founded by Gregor Maria Schubert, Stephan Limbach, Mark Liedtke, Alexander Dumitran, and Cordula Mack.

In the festival center, installations and panel shows present new perspectives and approach the featured topic from a theoretical standpoint.

In 2012, Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International was distinguished as a "motion sensor" (Bewegungsmelder) by the Federal Government's "Initiative Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft.

Since 2014, in cooperation with the hessische Film- und Medienakademie and under the direction of Bert Rebhandl, the "Lichter Kritikerblog" offers students the opportunity to discuss the medium of film journalistically.

Additionally, in 2019, the „Sommerkino im Altwerk“ in Rüsselsheim was founded and in 2022 the first edition of "High Rise Cinema" took place.

In addition to the film screenings, the program includes discussion panels and talk shows for the filmmakers of the Rhine Main Area.

In addition, the Lichter Filmfest regularly guest in the cinemas both of the region and of Frankfurt's twin cities.

In the wake of Lichter-On-Demand in the year 2020, the festival initiated a podcast series dealing with the results of right-wing populism and the Corona pandemic on the film sector.

This series was continued in the wake of the second On-Demand festival edition in 2021 with an english-language panel on the future of film culture.

In the internationally advertised VR Storytelling Award, the festival organisers have been searching for extraordinary virtual reality films since 2017.