International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

We say Thank you.
It was a blast!

Our award winners have been announced

Distribution

Oberhausen on Tour! For the fourteenth time we will be sending films around the globe.

Cinemas, museums and galleries, festivals or Goethe-Institutes around the world show the films. Current dates can be found on our distribution page.

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Festival

Our Award Winners 2025
We fondly congratulate

24 prizes and 8 special mentions were awarded at the 71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. 

For those who want to know more, we have put a list of all the prizes and statements online.

Award winners

Festival

Looking back at the 71st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. We say thank you!

Our festival photographer Victoria captured many wonderful moments. A selection can be found in the review.

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Distribution

Our distribution is based on one of the oldest and most important short film collections worldwide.

You can borrow individual titles, programmes prepared by us or programmes you have put together yourself. Every year we purchases new works from the current festival programme.

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Network

THIS IS SHORT – the streaming plattform for the European short film

The non-profit portal shows great cinema, with due brevity. Curated by six festivals, including Oberhausen, the offer is aimed at those who love films, at those who make films and at those who want to discover talent.

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Film

Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Geldsorgen (1975)

Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Geldsorgen…

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Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Mitbürger (1974)

Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Mitbürger…

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Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Psalm 18 (1974)

Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann: Psalm 18…

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The Winners of the 71st Festival

04 May 2025

The Winners of the 71st Festival

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The Winners of the 27th MuVi Award

03 May 2025

The Winners of the 27th MuVi Award

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Fascism, Ideology Machines and the Aesthetics of Resistance

24 Apr 2025

The 2025 Oberhausen Podium discussions

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