53 festival premieres from 33 countries, selected from over 5920 entries are competing here. As usual the film-makers are invited to present their work in person.

International Competition 1

International Competition 2

International Competition 3

International Competition 4

International Competition 5

International Competition 6

International Competition 7

International Competition 8

International Competition Discussions

23 German productions, primarily premieres and German first-runs, are screened here. The programme is especially valued as a showcase of German short films.

German Competition 1

German Competition 2

German Competition 3

German Competition 4

German Competition Discussions

The NRW Competition is a showcase of current productions from North Rhine-Westphalia, home of the Festival and one of the most prolific film production locations in Germany.

NRW Competition 1

NRW Competition 2

Repetition NRW Competition 1

Repetition NRW Competition 2

Eleven German clips are competing for the 20th MuVi Award. Again the focus is on creative power and a wide range of formats and techniques and not on chart positions. The programme complemented by the MuVi International programme featuring international clips.

MuVi 14+

MuVi Award

MuVi International

The Children’s and Youth Cinema is one of the most popular festival sections, this year with 37 films from 21 countries.

Children’s and Youth Cinema (3+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (6+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (8+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (10+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (12+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (14+)

Children’s and Youth Cinema (16+)

Children's Cinema inclusive (10+)

Das Andere Sehen

Four international Archives present their work with experimental films. New this year is: reselected – Film history as print history with Tobias Hering.

re-selected 1

re-selected 2

Slovenský filmový ústav

Luxembourg

ACC Film and Video Archive

Filmoteca de Catalunya

Curated by the Finnish film-maker and artist Mika Taanila, this new section features live cinema works that see moving images as an art form in flux.

Artist Talk Conditional Cinema

Conditional Cinema 1

Conditional Cinema 2

Conditional Cinema 3

Here 13 international distributors specialising in art and avant-garde film present current international artist films.

LUX

AV-Arkki

Argos

Circuit

sixpackfilm

Filmform

CFMDC & Vtape

LIMA

Video Data Bank

Arsenal

Light Cone

Image Movement

Labs is the first platform for artists’s laboratories who use aesthetic and technical developments in analogue film to maintain its position against the dominance of digital media.

Labs 1

Labs 2

Labs 3

The Lectures provide artists and film-makers – this year Marisa Olson, Roee Rosen and Liam Young – with a platform to experiment with new other for presenting moving images.

Lecture Marisa Olson

Lecture Liam Young

Lecture Roee Rosen

Scholars, artists, curators and authors come together to discuss current issues relevant to the short form, whether aesthetic, economic, political or technological.

Podium 1

Podium 2

Podium 3

Podium 4

This year the festival presents four film-makers and artists who are consistently working with the short film format: Louise Botkay, Eva Könnemann, Salome Lamas and Mona Vătămanu/Florin Tudor.

Salomé Lamas 1

Salomé Lamas 2

Louise Botkay 1

Louise Botkay 2

M. Vătămanu/F. Tudor 1

M. Vătămanu/F. Tudor 2

Eva Könnemann 1

Eva Könnemann 2

The birth of the “Other Cinema” (“Anderes Kino”). An overview of the aesthetic and political upheaval at the end of the 60s, which impacts on artistic film to this day.

Introduction Theme

Theme 1

Theme 2

Theme 3

Theme 4

Theme 5

Theme 6

Theme 7

Theme 8

Dialogues 1

Dialogues 2

Dialogues 3

Zweiwandkino

Many film programs that are not part of specific sections can be found here, from films from Greenland via one-minute films to historic works from the Ruhr area.

Award Winners

The One Minutes' Special

Short Matters! 1

Short Matters! 2

Short Matters! 3

Filmgeflacker

Greenland Now!

Strangers on a Train

Open Screening 1

Open Screening 2

Kinemathek im Ruhrgebiet

Oberhausen Selection

A Different Perspective: curated by refugees

Festival Highlights

Of course, the opening and award ceremony and above all the evenings in the Festival Bar are part of the festival, too.

Opening

Festival Bar

Award Ceremony