Competitions
Award Winners 2024
Awards of the International Jury
Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen
worth 8,000 euros
Chūn Èr shí sān
(Spring 23)
Wang Zhiyi
China 2023, 13‘13‘‘, colour
Statement:
For being able to be both humanistic and subtly political, for its precise cinematography and editing, for its mixture of tragedy and humour.
Principal Prize
worth 4,000 euros
The Many Interrupted Dreams of Mr. Hemmady
Amit Dutta
India 2024, 14‘36‘‘, colour
Statement:
A director who moves effortlessly from the spontaneous encounter with a very unusual private collection to his own brand of ghostly animated magic. For him cinema becomes a way of travelling through culture, music and beauty thanks to the playful truth of a singular mix of animation techniques.
Promotional Prize of the International Competition
worth 1,500 euros
Waliduki Ala’Larjah
(The Father, Probably)
Tayib Tolba, Sidi Mohamed Tolba
Mauretania 2024, 28‘17‘‘, colour
Statement:
The filmmakers’ austere palette and cinematography depict the severe reality surrounding a girl living in a male dominated society. The engaging performance by the actress, Fatimetou Abeyd, contributed to the depth of this tragic narrative. By delicate suggestion, the film managed to make us feel the daily oppression of a woman in this closed community.
European Film Awards Short Film Candidate
Boucan
(Clamor)
Salomé Da Souza
France 2023, 25‘, colour
Statement:
For its realistic and rough description of a family and a community, for its daring interrogation of sexuality and taboo, for the amazing performance of the actors, most of them none-professional.
Special Mentions
Ovozlar
(Voices)
Irina Savon
Uzbekistan 2023, 22‘46‘‘, colour
Statement:
An insight into multiple working-class communities where the men labour under extreme conditions to support their respective families. With its observational mode of representation, the film provides us with an intimate glimpse into the sacrifices these men and their families experience.
Bol
(Pain)
Ivan Faktor
Croatia 2024, 22‘14‘‘, colour
Statement:
We would like to pay our respect and tribute to Ivan Faktor for his extraordinary concluding project and also thank the filmmakers who resurrected and edited this footage and now made it available to the Oberhausen community.
The International Critics’ Prize
The International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize)
Chūn Èr shí sān
(Spring 23)
Wang Zhiyi
China 2023, 13‘13‘‘, colour
Statement:
For its sensitivity and irony in the process of mourning, with tight editing and an extraordinary visual talent.
Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
1st Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
worth 5,000 euros
On Hospitality – Layla al Attar and Hotel al Rasheed
Magnus Bärtås, Behzad Khosravi-Noori
Sweden 2023, 18‘, colour
Statement:
This film, which we chose first after much deliberation, builds a multi-layered architecture out of the possibilities and impossibilities of history. A voice from beyond and footsteps on the inlays of ideology take us into a narrative prism that allows us to understand the complexities of our present and the depths of power. The Hotel al Rashid with its 1001 rooms offers the filmmakers just enough space to show us how to think, explore and feel cinematically.
2nd Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
worth 3,000 euros
O Ma
(Before then)
Xue Mengzhu
Germany/China, 2023, 30‘07‘‘, colour/black and white
Statement:
Not everyone who has a language also has a voice. Our second vote therefore goes to a film that finds translations beyond writing and language and makes a poetic dialogue between the values of different generations possible that is immediately affectionate and unmediatedly close.
Special Mentions
Ba Gheyde Mahramanegi
(With Confidentiality)
Shervin Vahdat, Payam Azizi
Iran 2023, 17‘12‘‘, colour
Statement:
Ingeniously simple and touching, this film weaves a story of solidarity, ambition and ambivalence. Risking their lives, the women of an Iranian village turn to the authorities to accuse their husbands. The film is not just about, it is feminist empowerment.
Ba’ad Thalek La Yahdoth Shea’
(Nothing Happens After That)
Ibrahim Omar
Sudan 2023, 12‘, colour
Statement:
The film speaks of the end of possibilities, of loss and grief and the outside of society that is a reality for refugees in life and in death. Ba'ad Thalek La Yahdoth Shea' (Nothing Happens After That) has no choice but to preserve the catastrophe because it cannot be processed, and cools the pain down to an existential visual language.
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
worth 1,500 euros
O Ma
(Before then)
Xue Mengzhu
Germany/China, 2023, 30‘07‘‘, colour/black and white
Statement:
Language can be a barrier: We don't know the other person's language or can’t understand what they want to tell us. Language can also be liberating: finally expressing what is on my mind, revealing myself and to share my inner feelings. But can language be both a barrier and a liberation? Yes, this paradox is possible. Our winning film this year proves it.
By dissolving the traditional categories of speaker and listener, it is also possible to express what cannot be said. A letter in a foreign language becomes a possibility of communication that remains misunderstood, and at the same time the unspeakable is said and no longer hidden.
The film is about our relationship with the people we love, the people we don't want to let go, and the people we want open up to. But it also shows how the gap between different generations, social systems and places can prevent us from fully understanding each other. It shows us a creative way of dealing with the unspeakable and is a plea for an intense relationship between us and our neighbours.
Special Mention
Hitbasrut
(Decryption)
Maya Zack
Israel 2023, 12‘26‘‘, colour
Statement:
Memories fade – this experience is part of being human. We would give a lot to be able to go back in time for a moment and refresh our memories of people we care about. One film in this year's competition brings this to the screen in a unique, tactile way. Based on a personal story, the film uses intense scenes to explore a universal human theme. We read it as an opportunity to dive deeper into the existential questions about the other within the self, about the materiality and conditions of memory. Despite the healing power of multi-layered attempts to get closer: Memory resists its complete decryption.
ZONTA Prize
ZONTA Prize
worth 1,000 euros
for a female filmmaker in the International or German Competition
DESIGN BIO TOILET
Mariola Brillowska
Germany 2024, 3‘58‘‘, colour
Statement:
This year's ZONTA Prize goes to a filmmaker who has long accompanied the festival with her works. Her films have an unmistakable signature, are garish, often loud, full of colour and always to the point. What looks spontaneous is always finely crafted. With this film she has amazed us once again; we are thrilled.
Awards of the German Jury
Prize of the German Competition
worth 5,000 euros
Vermessung der Tristesse
(Measuring Sadness)
Agnieszka Jurek
Germany 2024, 18', colour
Statement:
The moment is a way out, can be a salvation and let you sense infinity. A moment and then another moment, sensations that lie like islands in the course of time. Next to it, a child growing older, in a forest that always seems to remain the same. Breathe in, breathe out.
Promotional Prize of the German Competition
worth 1,500 euros
That’s All From Me
Eva Könnemann
Germany 2024, 23‘52‘‘, colour
Statement:
The sincerity and vulnerability with which the filmmaker's character embarks on a search for a way out of a social and personal dilemma does not lead to a solution, but to an opening process in which she lets us participate, full of self-irony and insight: That's All From Me – we wish that this is not all we will have heard and seen from this filmmaker.
3sat Emerging Talent Prize
worth 2,500 euros
In addition the award includes a buying option on the awarded work to be broadcast on 3sat.
Outside
Marian Mayland
Germany 2024, 29‘52‘‘, colour
Statement:
A story that was readily believed was exposed as a lie that disturbed relatives and those around her. The case of the artist who pretended to be a victim of the Nazi regime is now returning in a new version. We believe that the discourse triggered by this story should be given the opportunity to be continued in public television programmes.
Special Mention
LIKE HORSES STANDING IN THE RAIN
Nicolaas Schmidt
Germany 2024, 16‘, colour
Statement:
A tragicomic journey that leads nowhere, but yields an insight: In a montage of images from the very recent past, the film gradually creates a fragmentary cartography of a suicidal era whose problem is not that consumer capitalism offers the wrong fulfilment for our desires, but that these desires have never been our own.
Prizes of the NRW Jury
Prize of the NRW Competition
worth 1,000 euros
Bei Gino
(At Gino’s)
Christoph Otto
Germany 2024, 9‘31‘‘, colour
Statement:
An aimless night in a Cologne bar. New and old acquaintances, anecdotes and lots of wine accompany the protagonist on her quest for something undefined. The camera, too, is searching for its images, unfolding, with subtle humour, a social reference space in which partying, drinking and getting to know other people are a natural part of life.
Promotional Prize of the NRW Competition
worth 500 euros
swinging
Miri Klischat
Germany 2024, 6‘45‘‘, black and white
Statement:
Fleeting moments of upheaval. In brief snapshots of a summer day spent together which talk both of intimacy and attempts at getting closer, we observe a boy on the threshold between childhood and adolescence. Like the swing which moves in and out of the frame, he, too, floats between the times.
Special Mention
Alltagstalente
Lindi
German 2023, 3‘18‘‘, colour/black and white
Statement:
Even though the protagonists of this film come to the conclusion that their talent lies in doing nothing, the film displays a special and regrettably increasingly rare quality: an anarchic joy of filmmaking.
Prize of the WDR Westart Audience Jury
Prize of the WDR Westart Audience Jury
worth 750 euros, sponsored by WDR Westart
Members:
Alia Aswab, Larissa Braunöhler, Elke Hinrichs, Ilka Liesner, Zolniam Nomguunsuren, Werner Travis Ratajzak, Peter Ruhwedel-Kebbe, Cornelia Saalfeld, Joachim Saalfeld, Uwe Schmitt, Nina Stuttkwitz, Ingeborg Sungen, Karin Teichmann, Sabine Wegge
Heile Welt
(Lost Places)
Kerstin Gramberg
Germany 2023, 11'50’’, colour
Statement:
A film that shows the world between idyll and threat, between untouched nature and civilisation, between paradise and hell. Are we humans disturbing unspoilt nature or is nature disturbing human activity? An enchantingly animated setting, created from the simplest materials such as sugar, felt and paper. Accompanied by an impressively precise sound layer that draws the viewer emotionally into a poetic world of images. We from the Westart Audience Jury consider this combination of relevant content and unique style to be very special and therefore award the WDR Westart Prize 2024 to the short film Heile Welt by Kerstin Gramberg.
26. MuVi Award for the Best German Music Video
1st Prize
worth 2,000 euros
Schleim des Nichtwissens (Back To Comm)
Marc Richter
Germany 2024, 5‘36‘‘, colour
Statement:
Initially we didn’t have this winner on our shortlist. But the clip grows with every viewing. Opulent costumes, Hieronymus Bosch-like Tableaus and AI aesthetics come together in the richly detailed images. It’s not just the hands of the figures who appear apathetically in these tableaus that are deformed, but almost all of their body parts. Humanity is largely at an end here. What’s left are chemicals, mutations, fungi and exposed brains. A hybrid freak show in which destruction, anxiety and beauty intermingle. The impression of beauty is reinforced by the meditative calm of the music. The abnormal is celebrated and loses its horror. What’s more, this clip is the only one in which music and images were created by one artist – who has developed a truly new aesthetic in these images.
2nd Prize
worth 1,000 euros
Das Parlament der Dinge (F.S.K.)
Juno Melián Meinecke
Germany 2023, 3‘40‘‘, colour/black and white
Statement:
In the second prize-winner's video, the visual aesthetics, the tonality of the music and the lyrics are close together. There is no sound/image divide: We hear a word such as the word broom and see a drawing of a broom. The singer sings the word sofa and we see a sofa. The aesthetics of the images seem old – Super 8, VHS, samples from old films – but not antiquated. Both sound and image appear virtuoso and amateurish. We particularly liked how the children's drawings do not simply duplicate text and music, but add further layers to both. The things and children's drawings are fun, the clip is open in terms of meaning and characterised by a great joy in the society of commodities. In the end, however, everything has exploded and Hammer and Sickle applaud.
Special Mention
Google Your New Name (Golden Diskó Ship)
Paula Reissig
Germany 2023, 3‘25‘‘, colour
Statement:
Our emphatically and wholeheartedly given Special Mention goes to a clip that depicts private spaces that have become precarious. It sounds a little abstract at first, but immediately jumps out at you when you see it: A living room is flooded by a mercury-like liquid, doppelgangers appear, and the supposedly protected space of privacy becomes more and more poisoned. Director Paula Reissig is a computer game designer, among other things, and has created a scenario of the uncanny that harmonises wonderfully with the music of Golden Diskó Ship. And this despite the fact that it, the music, moves forward while the images set the scene for a state of mental emergency.
MuVi Online Audience Award
chosen by online vote on www.muvipreis.de and worth 500 euros
Das Parlament der Dinge (F.S.K.)
Juno Melián Meinecke
Germany 2023, 3‘40‘‘, colour/black and white
The MuVi Partners 2024:
3sat
Byte.FM
kaput – Magazin für Insolvenz & Pop
kultur.west
netpoint media
The Awards of the International Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Prize of the Children’s Jury
worth 1,000 euros, sponsored by Wirtschaftsbetriebe Oberhausen (WBO)
Frite sans maillot
(Noodles au Naturel)
Matteo Salanave Piazza
France 2023, 4'15‘‘, Farbe
Statement:
Our winning film totally hit our sense of humour. The film is about Anthony having forgotten his swimming trunks, right when swimming lessons are about to start. He quickly has to come up with a solution. The scene where we saw the boy's bottom against the window pane, for example, was funny. Everyone laughed. The funniest and most encouraging part was when the boy shouts out loud: “I've forgotten my swimming trunks. I've only got my briefs on!”
Promotional Prize of the Children’s Jury
worth 1,000 euros, sponsored by Energieversorgung Oberhausen AG (evo)
MY SCHOOL
Keitaro Oshima
Japan 2023, 9'37‘‘, colour
Statement:
What we really like about our winning film is that other children have worked on it, because the film is the result of an art project. The beautifully drawn animations are mixed with real images. They are scenes from everyday school life. The music and images harmonised particularly well. And what impressed us particularly were the bright colours of the images.
Special Mention
Brouillarta
Ingvild Søderlind
Norway 2023, 14'10‘‘, colour
Statement:
Our Special Mention goes to a film that is scary, exciting and also mysterious. It was easy for us to put ourselves in the shoes of the boy who is a little scared. We also like the different camera angles in this feature film. At first we thought Brouillarta was a ghost. If you want to know who or what Brouillarta is, you have to see the film.
Prize of the Youth Jury
worth 1,000 euros, sponsored by the Rotary Club Oberhausen
Beyond Farewell
Jackie Shijie Xing
USA 2024, 4'34‘‘, colour
Statement:
The music video was very touching and shows the immense importance that one person can have for another. The film makes it clear that every separation is hard and never the same. Two worlds collide – AI and ours – and there is no “typical” goodbye here. The production countries USA and China were represented and we were impressed by how the film illustrates this. The title of the film shows that everyone deserves the best. We felt very well entertained by the film and it appealed to us because it is about love.
Special Mention
Boat People
Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma
Canada 2023, 9'59‘‘, colour
Statement:
Our Special Mention goes to a film that we think has a very relevant and important message. The film shows the danger and tense situation experienced from the perspective of a child fleeing from its country. We are shown a hope that never really ends, along with a chaos of emotions. The film was very informative, which is very good for people who may not know much about war and flight.
Prize of the ECFA Jury
ECFA Short Film Award
(The award consists of a nomination for the ECFA Short Film Award 2025)
Iris
Jon Vatne
Norway 2024, 14‘01‘‘, colour
Statement:
In its highly imaginative and unpredictable plot, the film delves into a child's view on everyday life experiences and ultimately legitimizes this particular perspective on the world. It sensitively portrays an eye-to-eye relationship between a girl and a toddler who support each other as they embark on an adventure: A surreal, yet familiar and relatable journey of discovery through a world beyond the adult mindset that empowers children in a non-conformist way.
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury of the Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury of the Children’s and Youth Film Competition
worth 1,500 euros
The Old Young Crow
Liam LoPinto
Japan/USA 2023, 12‘, colour
Statement:
An elderly man reminisces about a childhood experience of solitude in a new location while reading his old sketchbook. His drawings transport him back to a significant moment in a quiet graveyard, where he found solace and encountered an older woman grieving her son's loss. This film employs innovative animation techniques alongside live action, weaving a heartfelt narrative about a spiritually sensitive boy adapting to new religious customs. Through connecting with the deceased and reconciling his own losses, he discovers a sense of belonging in his unfamiliar surroundings.
©Competition Films
By countries
Argentina
El mal menor (The lesser evil), Marcos Montes de Oca, 2023, 18’58’’, International Competition
Austria
abstechen (sticking pigs), Angelika Reitzer, 2023, 15’22’’, International Competition
Avec la 4e Division Marocaine de Montagne (With the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division), Stefania Smolkina, 2024, 25’56’’, International Competition
Lacrimosa, Josef Dabernig, 2024, 11’, International Competition
Surface Séance, Michael Heindl, 2024, 4’45’’, International Competition
Belgium
Arbor, Cremium, Frutex, Herba, Quentin Nicolaï, 2023, 7’, International Competition
Entre les autres (Between the Others), Marie Falys, 2023, 23’22’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Girl'z in the Hood, Karim Akalay, 2023, 19’, International Competition
Brazil
Lulina e a lua (Lulina and the Moon), Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos, Alois Di Leo, 2023, 14’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Canada
Abaznoda (Abaznoda (Basket)), Charlotte Gauthier-Nolett, 2023, 10’26’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Boat People, Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma, 2023, 9’59’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
China
转文字不小心删掉了，能再发一次吗? (Another Day), Wang Danyang, Chen Yiquan, 2023, 5’22’’, International Competition
唯幻 (Being is negative), Sun Xun, 2023, 4’30’’, International Competition
He Tong (And I Talk like a River), Qian Ning, 2023, 12’37’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
捉迷藏 (Hide and Seek), Qian Li, 2023, 7’03’’, China, Children’s and Youth Film Competiton
春二十三 (Spring 23), Wang Zhiyi, 2023, 13’13’’, International Competition
绝地天通 (The Separation of Heaven and Earth), Zhong Su, 2024, 9’36’’, International Competition
Croatia
Bol (Pain), Ivan Faktor, 2024, 22’14’’, International Competition
Cuba/Spain
Futuro (Future), Amanda Cots Martínez, Ángel Suárez Ávila, 2024, 15’04’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Finland
Replacement Track, Eero Tammi, 2024, 18’18’’, International Competition
France
Au 8ème jour (On the 8th Day), Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois, 2023, 8’12’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Boucan (Clamor), Salomé Da Souza, 2023, 25’, International Competition
Frite sans maillot (Noodles au Naturel), Matteo Salanave Piazza, 2023, 4’15’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Météores (Meteors), Agnès Patron, Morgane Le Péchon, 2023, 4’30’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Silhouette, Alexis Lafuente, Marc Forest, Antoni Nicolai, Elliot Dreuille, Baptiste Gueusquin, Chloé Stritcher, 2023, 5’02’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Germany
[dramatic music continues], Bjørn Melhus, 2023, 5’10’’, German Competition
A Quickie In The Bouncy House, Frederic Pierce Warnecke, Matthew Biederman, 2023, 4’10’’, German MuVi Award
A War I've Never Seen, Fariba Buchheim, 2023, 29’27’’, German Competition
Alltagstalente (Everydaytalents), Lukas Lindberg, 2023, 3’18’’, NRW Competition
Arschschießen, Laurenz Otto, 2024, 15’, NRW Competition
Bei Gino (At Gino's), Christoph Otto, 2024, 9’45’’, NRW Competition
Cuando llegue la neblina (When the fog comes), Laurentia Genske, 2023,23’23’’, German Competition
Das Parlament der Dinge, Juno Melián Meinecke, 2023, 3’40’’, German MuVi Award
DEMO, Dora Cohnen, 2023, 13’15’’, NRW Competition
DESIGN BIO TOILET, Mariola Brillowska, 2024, 3’59’’, German Competition
Everythingness, Julia Jesionek, 2024, 7’14’’, NRW Competition
Gezielt Mittelalterliche Überlegungen (The Bear Within), Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt, 2024, 25’, German Competition
Google Your New Name, Paula Reissig, 2023, 3’25’’, German MuVi Award
Grunewald Is Burning, Markus S Fiedler, 2023, 3’06’’, German MuVi Award
HBD, Stephan Dybus, 2023, 3’29’’, German MuVi Award
Heile Welt (Lost Places), Kerstin Gramberg, 2023, 11’50’’, NRW Competition
HOT LAVA NIGHT, Keren Cytter, 2023, 10’08’’, German Competition
Ich gehe in den Tag (I go into the day), Mariola Brillowska, 2024, 3’55’’, German MuVi Award
Katalinen Kanthoria (Katalin’s Ballad), Nahia Garcia de Andoin, 2024, 14’09’’, German Competition
les microbes (microbes), Matze Görig, 2023, 17’42’’, German Competition
Leylet Europa, Léo Beaudoin, Ronida Alsino, 2023, 14’50’’, NRW Competition
LIKE HORSES STANDING IN THE RAIN, Nicolaas Schmidt, 2024, 16’, German Competition
Manitulation, Astrid Busch, 2023, 5’23’’, German MuVi Award
Melodies Of Barking Dogs, Daniel Huss, 2023, 8’36’’, German Competition
Merkur, Johannes Lehnen, 2024, 32’25’’, German Competition
Mû, Malin Neumann, 2023, 6’25’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Muharrem, der Freund (Muharrem, the Friend), Orkan Bayram, 2024, 22’30’’, NRW Competition
Outside, Marian Mayland, 2024, 29’52’’, German Competition
Pirouette, Ann Oren, 2024, 14’, German Competition
Pura Vida Ibiza, Jens Schillmöller, 2024, 14’45’’, NRW Competition
Quoi Que Tu Dis (Whatever You Say), Klaus Erika Dietl, Stephanie Müller, 2024, 4’41’’ German MuVi Award
Sans histoire, Maya Schweizer, 2023, 28’28’’, German Competition
Schleim des Nichtwissens, Marc Richter, 2024, 5’36’’, German MuVi Award
swinging, Miri Klischat, 2024, 6’45’’, NRW Competition
That’s All From Me, Eva Könnemann, 2024, 23’52’’, German Competition
The Garden of Alalá, David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach - Jansen, 2023, 12’15’’, NRW Competition
Vermessung der Tristesse (Measuring Sadness), Agnieszka Jurek, 2024, 18’, German Competition
Wheels, Lucie Friederike Mueller, Benjamin Butter, 2023, 3’39’’, German MuVi Award
Germany/China
哦玛 (Before then), Xue Mengzhu, 2023, 30’, International Competition
Greece
Ονειρευτήκαμε σε μέρη που δεν υπάρχουν πια (We dreamed in places that no longer exist), Giorgos Efthimiou, 2023, 5’29’’ International Competition
Hungary
Meditáció alkonyatkor (Meditation at Dusk), Judit Erdélyi, 2023, 7’27’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
India
The Many Interrupted Dreams of Mr. Hemmady, Amit Dutta, 2024, 14’36’’, International Competition
Iran
Ba Gheyde Mahramanegi (With Confidentiality), Shervin Vahdat, Payam Azizi, 2023, 17’12’’, International Competition
Iran / France
Kodam Khane, Kodam Doust (There is No Friend's House), Abbas Taheri, 2023, 19’10’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Iran / USA
Rizoo, Azadeh Navai, 2023, 15’54’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Israel
התבשרות (Decryption), Maya Zack, 2023, 12’26’’, International Competition
Italy
Steklishko (Glass Piece), Anya Ru, 2023, 2’10’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Japan
DOCOOK, Solami Habu, 2023, 4’04’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Door, Fuka Katayama, 2023, 3’05’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Jizai, Maiko Endo, 2024, 14’54’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
MY SCHOOL, Keitaro Oshima, 2023, 9’37’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
それはとにかくまぶしい (Radiance), Hatano Shuhei, 2023, 17’55’’, International Competition
Rice Ball Rice (Rice Ball Rice (Onigiri)), Ikuo Kato, 2023, 2’13’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
The One for Me, Akane Nakamoto, 2023, 2’41’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Japan/USA
The Old Young Crow, Liam LoPinto, 2023, 12’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Lebanon
I Come from the Sea, Feyrouz Serhal, 2023, 21’49’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Lithuania / France
The One Who Knows, Eglė Davidavičė, 2023, 12’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Luxembourg
Meadows Wait, Mist Diffuses, Dzhovani Gospodinov, 2023, 7’10’’, International Competition
Mauritania
والدك.. على الأرجح (The Father, Probably), Tayib Tolba, Sidi Mohamed Tolba, 2024, 28’17’’, International Competition
Mexico
Los cautiverios (The Captivities), Silvia Jiménez, 2023, 6’36’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
O, Diana Vázquez, 2024, 20’03’’, International Competition
Tzintzuntzan, Nicolas Echevarria, 2023, 25’25’’, International Competition
Netherlands
No horses on Mars, Bea de Visser, 2024, 14’27’’, International Competition
Norway
Brouillarta, Ingvild Søderlind, 2023, 14’10’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Flow, Anne Haugsgjerd, 2024, 17'59'', International Competition
Iris, Jon Vatne, 2024, 14’01’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Smerteterskel (Warrior Heart), Marianne Ulrichsen, 2024, 17’12’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Paraguay
Historias de Sudamérica (Stories from South America), Federico Adorno, 2024, 15’, International Competition
Poland
Garstka ziemi (Handful of dirt), Izabela Zubrycka, 2023, 13’05’’, International Competition
Pazur (The Claw), Marta Nowak, 2023, 16’49’’, International Competition
Poland/USA
Wolna (Coral), Sonia Oleniak, 2023, 18’11’’, International Competition
Portugal
Exotic Words Drifted, Sandro Aguilar, 2023, 15’17’’, International Competition
Singapore
Spirited City, Ang Siew Ching, 2023, 10’22’, International Competition
Spain
Exergo, Jorge Moneo Quintana, 2023, 18’07’’, International Competition
Sudan
Ba'ad Thalek La Yahdoth Shea' (Nothing Happens After That), Ibrahim Omar, 2023, 12’, International Competition
Sweden
Ögonblick (Moments), Jakob Arevärn, 2024, 3’30’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
On Hospitality – Layla al Attar and Hotel al Rasheed, Magnus Bärtås, Behzad Khosravi-Noori, 2023, 18’, International Competition
Split Seconds, Nicole Khadivi, 2023, 13’16’’, International Competition
Turkey
Morî, Yakup Tekintangaç, 2024, 19’08’’, International Competition
Projection, Gevorg Galstian, 2023, 4’55’’, International Competition
United Kingdom
All is Not Lost, Daniel Greaves, Ruth Beni, 2023, 10’44’’, Children’s and Youth Film
Competition
Crab Day, Ross Stringer, 2023, 11’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Cuppa Chai, Amit Kaur, 2023, 10’19’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Dog Days, Carlotta Beck Peccoz, 2023, 8’50’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
fishing, Josie Charles, 2023, 8’32’’, International Competition
The Gathering, Laura Cooper, 2023, 23’22’’, International Competition
USA
Beyond Farewell, Shijie Xing, 2024, 4’34’’, Children’s and Youth Film Competition
I WAS THERE, part II, Chi Jang Yin, 2023, 9’51’’, International Competition
Lacuna, Shirley He, Carlo Nasisse, 2023, 12’37’’, International Competition
Lizzy, Susanna Wallin, 2023, 15’, International Competition
USA/South Korea
No Re, Cho Seoungho, 2024, 7’14’’, International Competition
Uzbekistan
Ovozlar (Voices), Irina Savon, 2023, 22’46’’, International Competition
By sections
Internationaler Wettbewerb / International Competition
abstechen (sticking pigs), Angelika Reitzer, 2023, 15’22’’, Austria
转文字不小心删掉了，能再发一次吗？ (Another Day), Wang Danyang, Chen Yiquan, 2023, 5’22’’, China
Arbor, Cremium, Frutex, Herba, Quentin Nicolaï, 2023, 7’, Belgium
Avec la 4e Division Marocaine de Montagne (With the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division), Stefania Smolkina, 2024, 25’56’’, Austria
Ba Gheyde Mahramanegi (With Confidentiality), Shervin Vahdat, Payam Azizi, 2023, 17’12’’, Iran
Ba'ad Thalek La Yahdoth Shea' (Nothing Happens After That), Ibrahim Omar, 2023, 12’, Sudan,
哦玛 (Before then), Xue Mengzhu, 2023, 30’, Germany/China
唯幻 (Being is negative), Sun Xun, 2023, 4’30’’, China
Bol (Pain), Ivan Faktor, 2024, 22’14’’, Croatia
Boucan (Clamor), Salomé Da Souza, 2023, 25’, France
תבשרותה (Decryption), Maya Zack, 2023, 12’26’’, Israel
El mal menor (The lesser evil), Marcos Montes de Oca, 2023, 18’58’’, Argentina
Exergo, Jorge Moneo Quintana, 2023, 18’07’’, Spain
Exotic Words Drifted, Sandro Aguilar, 2023, 15’17’’, Portugal
fishing, Josie Charles, 2023, 8’23’’, United Kingdom
Flow, Anne Haugsgjerd, 2024, 17'59'', Norway
Garstka ziemi (Handful of dirt), Izabela Zubrycka, 2023, 13’05’’, Poland
Girl'z in the Hood, Karim Akalay, 2023, 19’, Belgium
Historias de Sudamérica (Stories from South America), Federico Adorno, 2024, 15’, Paraguay
I WAS THERE, part II, Chi Jang Yin, 2023, 9’51’’, USA
Lacrimosa, Josef Dabernig, 2024, 11’, Austria
Lacuna, Shirley He, Carlo Nasisse, 2023, 12’37’’, USA
Lizzy, Susanna Wallin, 2023, 15’, USA
Meadows Wait, Mist Diffuses, Dzhovani Gospodinov, 2023, 17’10’’, Luxembourg
Morî, Yakup Tekintangaç, 2024, 19’08’’, Turkey
No horses on Mars, Bea de Visser, 2024, 14’27’’, Netherlands
No Re, Cho Seoungho, 2024, 7’17’’, USA/South Korea
O, Diana Vázquez, 2024, 20’03’’, Mexico
On Hospitality – Layla al Attar and Hotel al Rasheed, Magnus Bärtås, Behzad Khosravi-Noori, 2023,18’, Sweden
Ovozlar (Voices), Irina Savon, 2023, 22’46’’, Uzbekistan
Pazur (The Claw), Marta Nowak, 2023, 16’49’’, Poland
Projection, Gevorg Galstian, 2023, 4’55’’, Turkey
それはとにかくまぶしい (Radiance), Hatano Shuhei, 2023, 17’55’’, Japan
Replacement Track, Eero Tammi, 2024, 18’18’’, Finland
Spirited City, Ang Siew Ching, 2023, 10’22’’, Singapore
Split Seconds, Nicole Khadivi, 2023, 13’16’’, Sweden
春二十三 (Spring 23), Wang Zhiyi, 2023, 13’13’’, China
Surface Séance, Michael Heindl, 2024, 4’45’’, Austria
والدك.. على الأرجح (The Father, Probably) Tayib Tolba, Sidi Mohamed Tolba, 2024, 28’17’’, Mauritania
The Gathering, Laura Cooper, 2023, 23’22’’, United Kingdom
The Many Interrupted Dreams of Mr. Hemmady, Amit Dutta, 2024, 14’36’’, India
绝地天通 (The Separation of Heaven and Earth), Zhong Su, 2024, 9’36’’, China
Tzintzuntzan, Nicolas Echevarria, 2023, 25’25’’, Mexico
Wolna (Coral), Sonia Oleniak, 2023, 18’11’’, Poland/ USA
Ονειρευτήκαμε σε μέρη που δεν υπάρχουν πια (We dreamed in places that no longer exist), Giorgos Efthimiou, 2023, 5’29’’, Greece
Deutscher Wettbewerb / German Competition
[dramatic music continues], Bjørn Melhus, 2023, 5’10’’, Germany
A War I've Never Seen, Fariba Buchheim, 2023, 29’27’’, Germany
Cuando llegue la neblina (When the fog comes), Laurentia Genske, 2023, 23’23’’, Germany
DESIGN BIO TOILET, Mariola Brillowska, 2024, 3’59’’, Germany
Gezielt Mittelalterliche Überlegungen (The Bear Within), Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt, 2024, 25’, Germany
HOT LAVA NIGHT, Keren Cytter, 2023, 10’08’’, Germany
Katalinen Kanthoria (Katalin’s Ballad), Nahia Garcia de Andoin, 2024, 14’09’’, Germany
les microbes (microbes), Matze Görig, 2023, 17’42’’, Germany
LIKE HORSES STANDING IN THE RAIN, Nicolaas Schmidt, 2024, 16’, Germany
Melodies Of Barking Dogs, Daniel Huss, 2023, 8’36’’, Germany
Merkur, Johannes Lehnen, 2024, 32’25’’, Germany
Outside, Marian Mayland, 2024, 29’52’’, Germany
Pirouette, Ann Oren, 2024, 14’, Germany
Sans histoire, Maya Schweizer, 2023, 28’28’’, Germany
That’s All From Me, Eva Könnemann, 2024, 23’52’’, Germany
Vermessung der Tristesse (Measuring Sadness), Agnieszka Jurek, 2024, 18’, Germany
NRW-Wettbewerb / NRW Competition
Alltagstalente (Everydaytalents), Lukas Lindberg, 2023, 3’18’’, Germany
Arschschießen, Laurenz Otto, 2024, 15’, Germany
Bei Gino (At Gino's), Christoph Otto, 2024, 9’45’’, Germany
DEMO, Dora Cohnen, 2023, 13’15’’, Germany
Everythingness, Julia Jesionek, 2024, 7’14’’, Germany
Heile Welt (Lost Places), Kerstin Gramberg, 2023, 11’50’’, Germany
Leylet Europa, Léo Beaudoin, Ronida Alsino, 2023, 14’50’’, Germany
Muharrem, der Freund (Muharrem, the Friend), Orkan Bayram, 2024, 22’30’’, Germany
Pura Vida Ibiza, Jens Schillmöller, 2024, 14’45’’, Germany
swinging, Miri Klischat, 2024, 6’45’’, Germany
The Garden of Alalá, David Jansen, Sophie Biesenbach-Jansen, 2023, 12’15’’, Germany
Kinder- und Jugendwettbewerb / Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Abaznoda (Abaznoda (Basket)), Charlotte Gauthier-Nolett, 2023, 10’26’’, Canada
All is Not Lost, Daniel Greaves, Ruth Beni, 2023, 10’44’’, United Kingdom
Au 8ème jour (On the 8th Day), Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois, 2023, 8’12’’, France
Beyond Farewell, Shijie Xing, 2024, 4’34’’, USA
Boat People, Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma, 2023, 9’59’’, Canada
Brouillarta, Ingvild Søderlind, 2023, 14’10’’, Norway
Crab Day, Ross Stringer, 2023, 11’, United Kingdom
Cuppa Chai, Amit Kaur, 2023, 10’19’’, United Kingdom
DOCOOK, Solami Habu, 2023, 4’04’’, Japan
Dog Days, Carlotta Beck Peccoz, 2023, 8’50’’, United Kingdom
Door, Fuka Katayama, 2023, 3’05’’, Japan
Entre les autres (Between the Others), Marie Falys, 2023, 23’22’’, Belgium
Frite sans maillot (Noodles au Naturel), Matteo Salanave Piazza, 2023, 4’15’’, France
Futuro (Future), Amanda Cots Martínez, Ángel Suárez Ávila, 2024, 15’04’’, Cuba/Spain
He Tong (And I Talk like a River), Qian Ning, 2023, 12’37’’, China
捉迷藏 (Hide and Seek), Qian Li, 2023, 7’03’’, China
I Come from the Sea, Feyrouz Serhal, 2023, 21’49’’, Lebanon
Iris, Jon Vatne, 2024, 14’01’’, Norway
Jizai, Maiko Endo, 2024, 14’54’’, Japan
Kodam Khane, Kodam Doust (There is No Friend's House), Abbas Taheri, 2023, 19’10’’, Iran/France
Los cautiverios (The Captivities), Silvia Jiménez, 2023, 6’36’’, Mexico
Lulina e a lua (Lulina and the Moon), Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos, Alois Di Leo, 2023, 14’, Brazil
Meditáció alkonyatkor (Meditation at Dusk), Judit Erdélyi, 2023, 7’27’’, Hungary
Météores (Meteors), Agnès Patron, Morgane Le Péchon, 2023, 4’30’’ France
Mû, Malin Neumann, 2023, 6’25’’, Germany
MY SCHOOL, Keitaro Oshima, 2023, 9’37’’, Japan
Ögonblick (Moments), Jakob Arevärn, 2024, 3’30’’, Sweden
Rice Ball Rice (Rice Ball Rice (Onigiri)), Ikuo Kato, 2023, 2’13’’, Japan
Rizoo, Azadeh Navai, 2023, 15’54’’, Iran/USA
Silhouette, Alexis Lafuente, Marc Forest, Antoni Nicolai, Elliot Dreuille, Baptiste Gueusquin, Chloé Stritcher, 2023, 5’02’’, France
Smerteterskel (Warrior Heart), Marianne Ulrichsen, 2024, 17’12’’, Norway
Steklishko (Glass Piece), Anya Ru, 2023, 2’10’’, Italy
The Old Young Crow, Liam LoPinto, 2023, 12’, Japan/USA
The One for Me, Akane Nakamoto, 2023, 2’41’’, Japan
The One Who Knows, Eglė Davidavičė, 2023, 12’, Lithuania/France
MuVi-Preis / German MuVi Award
A Quickie In The Bouncy House, Frederic Pierce Warnecke, Matthew Biederman, 2023, 4’10’’´, Germany
Das Parlament der Dinge, Juno Melián Meinecke, 2023, 3’40’’, Germany
Google Your New Name, Paula Reissig, 2023, 3’25’’, Germany
Grunewald is burning, Markus S Fiedler, 2023, 3’06’’, Germany
HBD, Stephan Dybus, 2023, 3’29’’, Germany
Ich gehe in den Tag (I go into the day), Mariola Brillowska, 2024, 3’55’’, Germany
Manitulation, Astrid Busch, 2023, 5’23’’, Germany
Quoi Que Tu Dis (Whatever You Say), Klaus Erika Dietl, Stephanie Müller, 2024, 4’41’’, Germany
Schleim des Nichtwissens, Marc Richter, 2024, 5’36’’, Germany
Wheels, Lucie Friederike Mueller, Benjamin Butter, 2023, 3’39’’, Germany
©International Competition
The world's oldest short film competition is a forum for experiments, unusual content and formats, and the place for cinematic discoveries, regardless of genre and production country. Every year, filmmakers from over 40 countries present themselves here. Only international festival premieres are admitted to this competition. The professional audience researches new films here, and a premiere shown in this competition is often a springboard for selection at other festivals - not least for the Oscar.
Filmmakers from all over the world are invited to present their work in person. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen appoints its own selection committee and juries for this competition, in which the traditional Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen is awarded.
Further Links
Submission
Reglement (Download-PDF)
Members of the jury (since 2009)
The selection committee
Lars Henrik Gass
Carsten Aschmann
Madeleine Bernstorff
Sophia Groening
Simon Petri-Lukács
Sylvia Schedelbauer
Katharina Schröder
Michel Wagenschütz
The Jury of the International Competition 2024
Keiko Okamura, curator, Tokyo
Keren Cytter, artist, Münster
Ariel Schweitzer, film critic, Paris
Abraham Ravett, filmmaker, Boston
Marco Müller, film educator and festival director, Shanghai
Ilya Tomashevich, filmmaker, Paris
The Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
Ulrike Sprenger, Konstanz
Bernd Brehmer, München
Paul Feigelfeld, Wien
Angelika Lepper, München
Ruth Schiffer, Düsseldorf
The International Critics' Jury (FIPRESCI)
Leonard Geisler, film critic, Berlin
Davide Magnisi, film critic, Bari
Yun-hua Chen, film scholar, Berlin
The Ecumenical Jury of the International Competition
Phil Rieger, Germany
Attila Csabai, Hungary
Dr. Alexandra Palkowitsch, Bonn
Former contributions
Among the international contributions were works by: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Santiago Álvarez, Lindsay Anderson, Roy Andersson, Kenneth Anger, Andrea Arnold, Yael Bartana, Neil Beloufa, Jürgen Böttcher, Walerian Borowczyk, Stan Brakhage, Vera Chytilová, Jem Cohen, Terence Davies, Khavn De La Cruz, Valie Export, Milos Forman, Robert Frank, Karpo Godina, James Herbert, Takashi Ito, Joris Ivens, Ken Jacobs, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Isaac Julien, Miranda July, William Kentridge, Jan Lenica, George Lucas, Dusan Makavejev, Jonas Mekas, Mike Mills, Kornel Mundruczo, Robert Nelson, Yoko Ono, Adina Pintilie, Roman Polanski, Laure Prouvost, Alain Resnais, Pipilotti Rist, Martin Scorsese, Cate Shortland, John Smith, Michael Snow, Alexander Sokurov, Jan Svankmajer, Eva Stefani, István Szabó, Matsumoto Toshio, François Truffaut, Gus Van Sant, Agnès Varda, Bill Viola, Apitchatpong Weerasethakul, Jia Zhang-Ke, Zelimir Zilinik
Contact
Katharina Schröder
schroeder(at)kurzfilmtage.de
©German Competition
With surprising diversity, topicality and a critical eye, Germany's oldest short film competition impresses its audience anew every year. Innovative short films by established filmmakers and newly discovered talents, produced in Germany but with themes from all over the world, compete here. The German Competition gathers independent artistic positions of all genres and is appreciated especially by international audiences as a showcase of German short film. A premiere shown here is noticed attentively and is often a door opener for other festivals. In addition, some of the entries submitted here also take part in the International Competition.
Further Links
Submission
Regulations (Download-PDF)
All members of the jury since 2009
The selection committee
Lars Henrik Gass
Carsten Spicher
Sarah Adam
Susanne Heinrich
Helena Wittmann
The jury of the German Competition 2024
Max Linz, author and film maker, Berlin
Kathrin Resetarits, author and film maker, Vienna
Boris Schafgans,author and film maker, Berlin
Former contributions
Unter den deutschen Beiträgen waren Arbeiten von: Jürgen Böttcher, Detlev Buck, Phil Collins, Hellmuth Costard, Doris Dörrie, Andreas Dresen, Valie Export, Harun Farocki, Jeanne Faust, Werner Herzog, Romuald Karmakar, Alexander Kluge, Volker Koepp, Korpys/Löffler, Jan Krüger, Matthias Müller, Bjørn Melhus, Werner Nekes, Peter Schamoni, Ulrich Schamoni, Angela Schanelec, Christoph Schlingensief, Rudolf Thome, Adolf Winkelmann und Sönke Wortmann
Contact
Carsten Spicher
spicher(at)kurzfilmtage.de
©NRW Competition
In the youngest competition at Oberhausen, the filmmakers of the region meet their audience. The varied programme presents independent productions as well as the most interesting student films of the current year. Here, regulars of the Festival meet new talents still to be discovered - a mixture highly appreciated by both regional and professional audiences.
North Rhine-Westphalia is not only home to the Oberhausen Festival but also one of the most important and creative film production locations in Germany. And the NRW competition, as diverse in scope as North Rhine-Westphalia as a film location, is open to all genres, styles and themes.
The short films submitted here have a threefold chance of being shown at the Festival because, in addition to the NRW Competition, they can also qualify for the German or International Competition. The films are selected by an independent committee.
Further Links
Submission
Regulations (Download PDF)
All members of the jury since 2009
The jury of the NRW Competition 2024
Neriman Bayram, Kuratorin, Freiburg in Breisgau
Oliver Flothkötter, Kurator, Essen
Lili Hartwig, Kuratorin, Hamburg
All members of the jury since 2009
Contact
Carsten Spicher
spicher(at)kurzfilmtage.de
©Children's and Youth Film Competition
The Children's and Youth Film Competition was established in 1978 and is one of the most popular sections of our Festival. It not only opens up unusual perspectives on the world to young viewers. Whether animation or documentary, experimental or feature film, there are no limits to the variety of cinematic forms.
Every year, an independent commission selects around 45 films and videos from more than 25 countries from the submissions for the German and International Competition and programmes them for the various age groups, starting from the age of three. The filmmakers* are invited to Oberhausen to present their films in person and to discuss them with the audience - an event that regularly meets with much applause on both sides.
The prizes are awarded by juries of children and young people. In addition, a jury of experts nominates a film for the ECFA Short Film Award which was initiated by Oberhausen. The children's and youth film competition is accompanied by a series of film education projects for children, young people and educators.
Further Links
Submission
Regulations (Download-PDF)
Film education
All members of the jury since 2017
The selection committee
Einar Fehrholz
Franziska Ferdinand
Samina Gul
Barbara Kamp
Stefanie Schlüter
Die Ökumenische Jury
Johan H. Roeland, Niederlande
Orsolya Ekési, Ungarn
Theresia Merz, Linz
Contact
Samina Gul
kiju(at)kurzfilmtage.de
©MuVi Award
With the MuVi Award for the best German music video, Oberhausen launched the world's first festival prize for music videos in 1999. Over the years, the MuVi Award has become a meeting place and forum for filmmakers, the trade press and the short film scene - a place to make discoveries and be discovered. Above all, it has developed into a real audience favourite. Here the Festival pleads for the extraordinary visual form as well. Only current music videos whose director or production is based in Germany are nominated.
An independent commission will select ten to twelve candidates from the submissions, who will be invited and screened at the festival. An international MuVi jury will award the prize winners. In addition, an audience award will be presented, which will be determined by voting on the Internet.
Further Links
Submission
Regulation MuVi
MuVi 14+
after youtube
A selection of the jury members since 1999
Die Auwahlkommission
Lars Henrik Gass
Hans-Christian Grimm
Jessica Manstetten
The jury of the German MuVi Award 2024
Anne Haffmans
Shahrzad Eden Osterer
Benjamin Moldenhauer
Contact
Jessica Manstetten
muvi(at)kurzfilmtage.de