Competitions

Competition Films

By countries

Argentina
Canción de Cumbre
(Summit Song), Federica Cafferata, 2024, 15' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
La última frontera (The last border), Camila Dron, 2025, 10' 14", International Competition
Nocturno (Nocturne), Sol Muñoz, Ana Apontes, 2025, 14' 28", International Competition

Austria
Gleichzeitig Nackt
(Simultaneously Naked), Ashley Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer, 2024, 3' 00", International Competition
Jelena, Friedl vom Gröller, 2024, 2' 50", International Competition
Some Memories, Lotte Schreiber, 2024, 10' 00", International Competition
Wohnjuwel (Living Jewel), Simon Spitzer, 2025, 16' 30", International Competition

Austria/ Germany
A Provenance
, Katharina Bayer, 2025, 13' 57", German Competition

Brazil
O amor não cabe na sala
(Not enough for the love inside), Marcelo Matos de Oliveira, Wallace Nogueira, 2024, 17' 36", International Competition
Ri, Bola (Laugh, Bola), Diego Bauer, 2024, 11' 49", International Competition

Cambodia
ក្រូច
(The Orange), Seakleng Song, 2024, 17' 13", International Competition

Canada
Texas Switch
, Darren Dominique Heroux, 2024, 9' 16", International Competition

China
SHANMAO
(Ghost Cat), Liu Shubo, 2025, 10' 09", International Competition
Shan Shen De Huang Yan (The lie of The Mountain God), Ma Myers, 2024, 15' 55", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Colombia
Preguntas Frecuentes
(Frequently asked questions), Sofía Salinas Barrera, 2024, 15' 43", International Competition

Croatia
Všmš
(Wshmch), Nela Gluhak, 2024, 1' 33", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Cuba/ Brazil
Será inmortal quien merezca serlo (Whoever deserves it, will be immortal), Nay Mendl, 2024, 19' 00", International Competition

Cuba/ Dominican Republic
RITO DE PASO
(RITE OF PASSAGE), José Luis Jiménez, 2024, 19' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Finland
Aavetuntohetki
(The Ghost Feel Hour), Eero Tammi, 2025, 10' 57", International Competition
Muistot liikkuvat kuin kaukaiset saaret (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), Saarlotta Virri, 2025, 28' 52", International Competition
Ocean Blvd, Jade Kallio, 2024, 17' 31", International Competition
The Will, Salla Tykkä, 2025, 27' 43", International Competition

France
Adieu Gropius
(So long Gropius), Bertille Rondard, 2024, 4' 09", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Généalogie de la violence (Genealogy of Violence), Mohamed Bourouissa, 2024, 15' 15", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
J'ai trouvé une boite (I found a box), Eric Montchaud, 2025, 10' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Les fenêtres (Windows), Elsa Pennacchio, Etienne De Villars, 2024, 13' 42", International Competition
Tonada de l’hirondelle (Swallow's Tonada), Daniela Godel, 2024, 4' 11", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Un tilleul parmi les platanes (Back to the Basswood), Mariam Farota, 2024, 4' 13", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

France/ Belgium
Autokar
, Sylwia Szkiladz, 2025, 17' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Germany
113 Bottles of Water in a Nightshop, Leo Rottmann, 2024, 10' 41", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
A Thousand Waves Away, Helena Wittmann, 2025, 10' 00", German Competition
Ansitzen (To Sit On Watch), Franca Pape, 2024, 5' 46", NRW Competition
BIEST, Stefan Panhans, 2025, 9' 27", MuVi Award
Capriccio, Christos Dassios, 2024, 6' 41", NRW Competition
Chrysanthemum, Jingyuan Luo, 2025, 9' 20", NRW Competition
Deutsch+ (German+), Margit Schild, 2024, 5' 25", NRW Competition
Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen (The impossibility of showing what should never have happened), Silke Schönfeld, 2025, 24' 56", German Competition
Dokhtar'am (My Daughter), Pedram Sadough, 2025, 16' 30", German Competition
Dream In Dream, Christine Gensheimer, 2024, 4' 14", MuVi Award
Eram, Lucien Liebecke, Ole Christian Dreihaupt, 2025, 12' 37", NRW Competition      
GERHARD, Ulu Braun, 2025, 10' 20", German Competition
Gesamtklärwerk Deutschland, Andreas Loff, 2025, 4' 18", MuVi Award
ghosting mother, Bernard Mescherowsky, 2025, 16' 58", NRW Competition    grathwohlbildhübschklang, Nikolaus Grathwohl, 2025, 7' 29", MuVi Award
Könnt ihr noch? (Can you still?), Timo Schierhorn, UWE, 2024, 3' 31", MuVi Award
Mkoum, Peter Ott, 2024, 4' 35", MuVi Award
Monument, Maksim Avdeev, 2024, 14' 45", German Competition
母の手紙 (Mother's Letter), Sylvia Schedelbauer, 2025, 24' 05", German Competition
One Hundred Years Later, Christoph Girardet, 2025, 7' 50", German Competition
OVERWORK, Céline Berger, 2025, 10' 10", NRW Competition         
Piccin Gemellone (lil big Twin), Tibor Koehne, 2024, 19' 24", German Competition
Schwanensee (Swan Lake), Stella Deborah Traub, 2024, 5' 32", German Competition
Shawano, Felix Bartke, 2024, 13' 24", NRW Competition
The internet will break my heart, Markus S Fiedler, 2024, 3' 18", MuVi Award
Vernacular Dreamscapes: Nocturnal Dream Disposal, Marc Richter, 2024, 8' 32", MuVi Award
Vom Ende her gedacht (Thinking From The End), Tom Briele, 2024, 18' 46", NRW Competition
You do not leave traces of your presence, just of your acts, Gernot Wieland, 2024, 16' 21", German Competition
Zu wenig (Too Little), Valeriia Butakova, 2024, 16' 01", NRW Competition     

Germany/ Argentina
Chispa
(Spark), Vera Kayh, 2025, 11' 09", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Cómo ser Pehuén Pedre (How to be Pehuén Pedre), Federico Luis, 2024, 22' 11", German Competition
Nuestra Sombra (Our Own Shadow), Agustina Sánchez Gavier, 2024, 19' 30", NRW Competition           

Germany/ Bolivia
Hay un dolor (There's a pain), Froilan Urzagasti, 2024, 39' 51", German Competition

Germany/ Burkina Faso/ Argentina
Die ganze Nacht
(The whole night), Alejo Franzetti, 2025, 15' 22", German Competition

Germany/ Chile
Digo no con Esperanza
(I say no with hope), Francisca Villela, 2024, 2' 49", MuVi Award

Germany/ France
Quand le grenier aura pris feu
, Utku Önal, 2025, 6' 13", MuVi Award

Germany/ Iran
Mother is a Natural Sinner
, Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, 2024, 15' 00", German Competition

Germany/ Israel
Butterfly Kiss
, Zohar Dvir, 2024, 10' 30", German Competition

Germany/ Japan
looking @ ghosts
, Jeremias Heppeler, 2024, 5' 07", MuVi Award

Germany/ South Korea
K-BOB STAR
, Hansol Kim, 2024, 3' 01", MuVi Award

Germany/ Spain
In Wolken
(In Clouds), Dagie Brundert, 2024, 1' 21", German Competition

Germany/ Switzerland
Bereinigung II
(Decontamination II), Franz Wanner, 2024, 4' 40", German Competition

Germany/ Taiwan
Prayer for Taiwan
, Tobias Klich, 2024, 5' 50", German Competition

Germany/ USA
如你所愿
(Correct Me If I'm Wrong), Zhou Hao, 2025, 22' 59", International Competition

Greece
400 Cassettes
, Thelyia Petraki, 2024, 14' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Hungary
Levelek nagymamámnak, Bibi Ase-nak
(Letters to my grandmother, Bibi Ase), Amina Abdulrachimzai, 2025, 9' 11", International Competition
Wish You Were Ear, Balogh Mirjana, 2025, 10' 14", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

India
ദിനോസറിന്റെമുട്ട
(Dinosaur's egg), Sruthil Mathew, 2024, 18' 30", International Competition
Ruse, Rhea Shukla, 2025, 9' 32", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Iran
Baraftoo
(Within The Sun), Sepideh Jamshidi Nejad, 2025, 28' 15", International Competition
گوسفند (Sheep), Hadi Babaeifar, 2024, 13' 15", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Israel
Дворц∞вая
(The Palace Sq∞are), Mikhail Zheleznikov, 2024, 22' 00", International Competition

Italy/ Germany/ Nigeria
Machine Boys
, Karimah Ashadu, 2024, 8' 50", German Competition

Italy/ Mexico
Gravity
, Robotina, 2024, 8' 33", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Japan
(Eh), Kiyono Ayaka, 2024, 2' 02", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Light Fragments, Asakura Satomi, 2024, 6' 40", International Competition
Ms.Understoned, Buma Yuki, 2024, 11' 00", International Competition

Kyrgyztan
Жайлоого Карай Узак Жол
(Long Way To The Pasture), Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu, 2025, 23' 35", International Competition

Mexico
Gusarapos
(Crawlies), Ulysse de Maximy, 2024, 17' 55", International Competition

Myanmar
အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းတစ်ခု
(A Metamorphosis), Lin Htet Aung, 2024, 16' 36", International Competition

Netherlands
Ik Zeg Je Eerlijjk
(Honestly), Eva Nijsten, 2024, 24' 16", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Netherlands/ Germany
The Beginning of Identification, and its End
, Philipp Gufler, 2024, 19' 02", German Competition

Philippines
Nightbirds
, Maria Estela Paiso, Ashok Vish, 2024, 13' 48", International Competition

Poland
"tłum. it's okay to be quiet"
("transl. it's okay to be quiet"), Filip Jakubowski, 2025, 21' 53", International Competition
Drogi Leo Sokolosky (Dear Leo Sokolosky), Weronika Szyma, 2024, 8' 00", International Competition

Portugal
Conseguimos fazer um filme
(We Made a Film), Tota Alves, 2024, 14' 57", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Maria Henriqueta Esteve Aqui (Maria Henriqueta Was Here), Nuno Pimentel, 2024, 13' 44", International Competition

Portugal/ Germany
Amanhã não dão chuva
(It shouldn’t rain tomorrow), Maria Trigo Teixeira, 2024, 11' 30", German Competition

Romania
A fost odată un țânțar
(Once upon a mosquito), Stanca Radu, 2024, 9' 58", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Russia
Мякиш
(Crumb), Elena Kulesh, 2025, 28' 45", International Competition

Slovenia
Kismet
, Žiga Virc, 2025, 14' 56", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Slovenia/ United Kingdom
Common Pear
, Gregor Božič, 2025, 15' 00", International Competition

South Korea
A Small Garden by the Window
, Lee Jonghoon, 2024, 4' 35", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Being and Nothingness, Kim Jiwoo, 2024, 6' 34", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
테르 (Sim Par Terre), Lee Donghyuk, 2024, 20' 07", International Competition
SUPERNOVA, Lim Yerim, Joo Youngwoo, Lee Jiyoon, Kim Minkyung, 2024, 7' 25", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Spain
Retales
(Snippets), Juanjo Giménez, 2024, 19' 50", International Competition
ULÍA, Laura Moreno Bueno, 2024, 14' 10", International Competition

Sweden
I want to know what love is
, Hanna Järgenstedt, 2024, 6' 27", International Competition

Switzerland
Habitants
(Inhabitants), Charline Lefrançois, Florian Geisseler, 2024, 15' 00", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Taiwan
秘密森林少年
(Boy In The Secret Forest), Tseng Tzu Yen, 2024, 16' 07", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Taiwan/ Japan
Dancing in the rain
, Chao-chun Yeh, 2024, 6' 27", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Tanzania
SEEKING DREAMS
, Heidi Li, 2024, 15' 03", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Thailand
The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo
, Prapat Jiwarangsan, 2024, 6' 24", International Competition

United Kingdom
Happy Snaps
, Tyro Heath, 2024, 12' 03", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Sinkhole, Kate Liston, 2024, 15' 11", International Competition
The Last Garden, Eloise Jenninger, 2024, 7' 50", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
True Love, Jess Dadds, Sam Giles, 2024, 4' 19", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

USA
Allrecipes (Stuffed Manifesto)
, David de Rozas, 2024, 5' 17", International Competition
ESP, Laura Kraning, 2024, 2' 45", International Competition
Language Decay, Zazie Ray-Trapido, 2024, 2' 55", International Competition
Samantha, Nina Yuen, 2024, 8' 59", International Competition
She Crossed, Zhang Daisy Ziyan, 2024, 20’ 00", International Competition
YouTuber, Josh Weissbach, 2024, 0' 39", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

USA/ China
山的另一面
(The Other Side of the Mountain), He Shirley Yumeng, 2024, 19' 58", International Competition

Vietnam/ South Korea
Elysium vô bờ
(Elysium without Shores), Tran Arlette Quynh-Anh, 2024, 10' 08", International Competition

By sections

Internationaler Wettbewerb / International Competition

"tłum. it's okay to be quiet" ("transl. it's okay to be quiet"), Filip Jakubowski, 2025, 21' 53", Poland
အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းတစ်ခု (A Metamorphosis), Lin Htet Aung, 2024, 16' 36", Myanmar
Aavetuntohetki (The Ghost Feel Hour), Eero Tammi, 2025, 10' 57", Finland
Allrecipes (Stuffed Manifesto), David de Rozas, 2024, 5' 17", USA
Baraftoo (Within The Sun), Sepideh Jamshidi Nejad, 2025, 28' 15", Iran
CommonPear, Gregor Božič, 2025, 15' 00", Slovenia, United Kingdom
如你所愿 (Correct Me If I'm Wrong), Zhou Hao, 2025, 22' 59", Germany, USA
Мякиш (Crumb), Elena Kulesh, 2025, 28' 45", Russia
Drogi Leo Sokolosky (Dear Leo Sokolosky), Weronika Szyma, 2024, 8' 00", Poland
ദിനോസറിന്റെമുട്ട (Dinosaur's egg), Sruthil Mathew, 2024, 18' 30", India
Elysium vô bờ (Elysium without Shores), Tran Arlette Quynh-Anh, 2024, 10' 08", Vietnam, South Korea
ESP, Laura Kraning, 2024, 2' 45", USA
Gleichzeitig Nackt (Simultaneously Naked), Ashley Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer, 2024, 3' 00", Austria
Gusarapos (Crawlies), Ulysse de Maximy, 2024, 17' 55", Mexico
I want to know what love is, Hanna Järgenstedt, 2024, 6' 27", Sweden
Jelena, Friedl vom Gröller, 2024, 2' 50", Austria
La última frontera (The last border), Camila Dron, 2025, 10' 14", Argentina
Language Decay, Zazie Ray-Trapido, 2024, 2' 55", USA
Les fenêtres (Windows), Elsa Pennacchio, Etienne De Villars, 2024, 13' 42", France
Levelek nagymamámnak, Bibi Ase-nak (Letters to my grandmother, Bibi Ase), Amina Abdulrachimzai, 2025, 9' 11", Hungary
Light Fragments, Asakura Satomi, 2024, 6' 40", Japan
Maria Henriqueta Esteve Aqui (Maria Henriqueta Was Here), Nuno Pimentel, 2024, 13' 44", Portugal
Ms.Understoned, Buma Yuki, 2024, 11' 00", Japan
Muistot liikkuvat kuin kaukaiset saaret (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), Saarlotta Virri, 2025, 28' 52", Finland
Nightbirds, Maria Estela Paiso, Ashok Vish, 2024, 13' 48", Philippines
Nocturno (Nocturne), Sol Muñoz, Ana Apontes, 2025, 14' 28", Argentina
O amor não cabe na sala (Not enough for the love inside), Marcelo Matos de Oliveira, Wallace Nogueira, 2024, 17' 36", Brazil
Ocean Blvd, Jade Kallio, 2024, 17' 31", Finland
Preguntas Frecuentes (Frequently asked questions), Sofía Salinas Barrera, 2024, 15' 43", Colombia
Retales (Snippets), Juanjo Giménez, 2024, 19' 50", Spain
Ri, Bola (Laugh, Bola), Diego Bauer, 2024, 11' 49", Brazil
Samantha, Nina Yuen, 2024, 8' 59", USA
Será inmortal quien merezca serlo (Whoever deserves it, will be immortal), Nay Mendl, 2024, 19' 00", Cuba, Brazil
SHANMAO (Ghost Cat), Liu Shubo, 2025, 10' 09", China
She Crossed, Zhang Daisy Ziyan, 2024, 20' 00", USA
테르 (Sim Par Terre), Lee Donghyuk, 2024, 20' 07", South Korea
Sinkhole, Kate Liston, 2024, 15' 11", United Kingdom
Some Memories , Lotte Schreiber, 2024, 10' 00", Austria
Texas Switch, Darren Dominique Heroux, 2024, 9' 16", Canada
Жайлоого Карай Узак Жол (Long Way To The Pasture), Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu, 2025, 23' 35", Kyrgyztan
ក្រូច (The Orange), Seakleng Song, 2024, 17' 13", Cambodia
山的另一面 (The Other Side of the Mountain), He Shirley Yumeng, 2024, 19' 58", USA, China
Дворц∞вая (The Palace Sq∞are), Mikhail Zheleznikov, 2024, 22' 00", Israel
The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo, Prapat Jiwarangsan, 2024, 6' 24", Thailand
The Will, Salla Tykkä, 2025, 27' 43", Finland
ULÍA, Laura Moreno Bueno, 2024, 14' 10", Spain
Wohnjuwel (Living Jewel), Simon Spitzer, 2025, 16' 30", Austria

Deutscher Wettbewerb / German Competition

A Provenance, Katharina Bayer, 2025, 13' 57", Austria, Germany
A Thousand Waves Away, Helena Wittmann, 2025, 10' 00", Germany
Amanhã não dão chuva (It shouldn’t rain tomorrow), Maria Trigo Teixeira, 2024, 11' 30", Portugal, Germany
Bereinigung II (Decontamination II), Franz Wanner, 2024, 4' 40", Germany, Switzerland
Butterfly Kiss, Zohar Dvir, 2024, 10' 30", Germany, Israel
Cómo ser Pehuén Pedre (How to be Pehuén Pedre), Federico Luis, 2024, 22' 11", Germany, Argentina
Die ganze Nacht (The whole night), Alejo Franzetti, 2025, 15' 22", Germany, Burkina Faso, Argentina
Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen (The impossibility of showing what should never have happened), Silke Schönfeld, 2025, 24' 56", Germany
Dokhtar'am (My Daughter), Pedram Sadough, 2025, 16' 30", German Competition
GERHARD, Ulu Braun, 2025, 10' 20", Germany
Hay un dolor (There's a pain), Froilan Urzagasti, 2024, 39' 51", Germany, Bolivia
In Wolken (In Clouds), Dagie Brundert, 2024, 1' 21", Germany, Spain
Machine Boys, Karimah Ashadu, 2024, 8' 50", Italy, Germany, Nigeria
Monument, Maksim Avdeev, 2024, 14' 45", Germany
Mother is a Natural Sinner, Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, 2024, 15' 00", Germany, Iran
母の手紙 (Mother's Letter), Sylvia Schedelbauer, 2025, 24' 05", Germany
One Hundred Years Later, Christoph Girardet, 2025, 7' 50", Germany
Piccin Gemellone (lil Twin), Tibor Koehne, 2024, 19' 24", Germany
Prayer for Taiwan, Tobias Klich, 2024, 5' 50", Germany, Taiwan
Schwanensee (Swan Lake), Stella Deborah Traub, 2024, 5' 32", Germany
The Beginning of Identification, and its End, Philipp Gufler, 2024, 19' 02", Netherlands, Germany
You do not leave traces of your presence, just of your acts, Gernot Wieland, 2024, 16' 21", Germany

NRW-Wettbewerb / NRW Competition

Ansitzen (To Sit On Watch), Franca Pape, 2024, 5' 46", Germany
Capriccio, Christos Dassios, 2024, 6' 41", Germany
Chrysanthemum, Jingyuan Luo, 2025, 9' 20", Germany
Deutsch+ (German+), Margit Schild, 2024, 5' 25", Germany
Eram, Lucien Liebecke, Ole Christian Dreihaupt, 2025, 12' 37", Germany
ghosting mother, Bernard Mescherowsky, 2025, 16' 58", Germany
Nuestra Sombra (Our Own Shadow), Agustina Sánchez Gavier, 2024, 19' 30", Germany, Argentina
OVERWORK, Céline Berger, 2025, 10' 10", Germany
Shawano, Felix Bartke, 2024, 13' 24", Germany
Vom Ende her gedacht (Thinking From The End), Tom Briele, 2024, 18' 46", Germany
Zu wenig (Too Little), Valeriia Butakova, 2024, 16' 01", Germany

Kinder- und Jugendwettbewerb / Children’s and Youth Film Competition

113 Bottles of Water in a Nightshop, Leo Rottmann, 2024, 10' 41", Germany
400 Cassettes, Thelyia Petraki, 2024, 14' 00", Greece
A fost odată un țânțar (Once upon a mosquito), Stanca Radu, 2024, 9' 58", Romania
A Small Garden by the Window, Lee Jonghoon, 2024, 4' 35", South Korea
Adieu Gropius (So long Gropius), Bertille Rondard, 2024, 4' 09", France
Autokar, Sylwia Szkiladz, 2025, 17' 00", France, Belgium
Being and Nothingness, Kim Jiwoo, 2024, 6' 34", South Korea
秘密森林少年 (Boy In The Secret Forest), Tseng Tzu Yen, 2024, 16' 07", Taiwan
Canción de Cumbre, (Summit Song), Federica Cafferata, 2024, 15' 00", Argentina
Chispa (Spark), Vera Kayh, 2025, 11' 09", Germany/ Argentina
Conseguimos fazer um filme (We Made a Film), Tota Alves, 2024, 14' 57", Portugal
Dancing in the rain, Yeh Chao-chun, 2024, 6' 27", Taiwan, Japan
(Eh), Kiyono Ayaka, 2024, 2' 02", Japan
Généalogie de la violence (Genealogy of Violence), Mohamed Bourouissa, 2024, 15' 15",France
Gravity, Robotina, 2024, 8' 33", Italy, Mexico
Habitants (Inhabitants), Charline Lefrançois, Florian Geisseler, 2024, 15' 00", Switzerland
Happy Snaps, Tyro Heath, 2024, 12' 03", United Kingdom
Ik Zeg Je Eerlijjk (Honestly), Eva Nijsten, 2024, 24' 16", Netherlands
J'ai trouvé une boite (I found a box), Eric Montchaud, 2025, 10' 00", France
Kismet, Žiga Virc, 2025, 14' 56", Slovenia
RITO DE PASO (RITE OF PASSAGE), José Luis Jiménez, 2024, 19' 00", Cuba, Dominican Republic
Ruse, Rhea Shukla, 2025, 9' 32", India
SEEKING DREAMS, Heidi Li, 2024, 15' 03", Tanzania
Shan Shen De Huang Yan (The lie of The Mountain God), Ma Myers, 2024, 15' 55", China
گوسفند (Sheep), Hadi Babaeifar, 2024, 13' 15", Iran
SUPERNOVA, Lim Yerim, Joo Youngwoo, Lee Jiyoon, Kim Minkyung, 2024, 7' 25", South Korea
The Last Garden, Eloise Jenninger, 2024, 7' 50", United Kingdom
Tonada de l’hirondelle (Swallow's Tonada), Daniela Godel, 2024, 4' 11", France
True Love, Jess Dadds, Sam Giles, 2024, 4' 19", United Kingdom
Un tilleul parmi les platanes (Back to the Basswood), Mariam Farota, 2024, 4' 13", France
Všmš (Wshmch), Nela Gluhak, 2024, 1' 33", Croatia
Wish You Were Ear, Balogh Mirjana, 2025, 10' 14", Hungary
YouTuber, Josh Weissbach, 2024, 0' 39", USA

MuVi-Preis / MuVi Award

BIEST, Stefan Panhans, 2025, 9' 27", Germany
Digo no con esperanza, (I say no with hope), Francisca Villela, 2024, 2' 49", Germany, Chile
Dream In Dream, Christine Gensheimer, 2024, 4' 14", Germany
Gesamtklärwerk Deutschland, Andreas Loff, 2025, 4' 18", Germany
grathwohlbildhübschklang, Nikolaus Grathwohl, 2025, 7' 29", Germany
K-BOB STAR, Hansol Kim, 2024, 3' 01", Germany, South Korea
Könnt ihr noch? (Can you still?), Timo Schierhorn, UWE, 2024, 3' 31", Germany
looking @ ghosts, Jeremias Heppeler, 2024, 5' 07", Germany, Japan
Mkoum, Peter Ott, 2024, 4' 35", Germany
Quand le grenier aura pris feu, Utku Önal, 2025, 6' 13", Germany, France
The internet will break my heart, Markus S Fiedler, 2024, 3' 18", Germany
Vernacular Dreamscapes: Nocturnal Dream Disposal, Marc Richter, 2024, 8' 32", 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

Madeleine Bernstorff
Katharina Schröder
Carsten Aschmann
Masayo Kajimura
Simon Petri-Lukács
Michel Wagenschütz
Fiona Berg

Competition films 2025

"tłum. it's okay to be quiet" ("transl. it's okay to be quiet"), Filip Jakubowski, 2025, 21' 53", Poland
အသွင်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းတစ်ခု (A Metamorphosis), Lin Htet Aung, 2024, 16' 36", Myanmar
Aavetuntohetki (The Ghost Feel Hour), Eero Tammi, 2025, 10' 57", Finland
Allrecipes (Stuffed Manifesto), David de Rozas, 2024, 5' 17", USA
Baraftoo (Within The Sun), Sepideh Jamshidi Nejad, 2025, 28' 15", Iran
CommonPear, Gregor Božič, 2025, 15' 00", Slovenia, United Kingdom
如你所愿 (Correct Me If I'm Wrong), Zhou Hao, 2025, 22' 59", Germany, USA
Мякиш (Crumb), Elena Kulesh, 2025, 28' 45", Russia
Drogi Leo Sokolosky (Dear Leo Sokolosky), Weronika Szyma, 2024, 8' 00", Poland
ദിനോസറിന്റെമുട്ട (Dinosaur's egg), Sruthil Mathew, 2024, 18' 30", India
Elysium vô bờ (Elysium without Shores), Tran Arlette Quynh-Anh, 2024, 10' 08", Vietnam, South Korea
ESP, Laura Kraning, 2024, 2' 45", USA
Gleichzeitig Nackt (Simultaneously Naked), Ashley Hans Scheirl, Ursula Pürrer, 2024, 3' 00", Austria
Gusarapos (Crawlies), Ulysse de Maximy, 2024, 17' 55", Mexico
I want to know what love is, Hanna Järgenstedt, 2024, 6' 27", Sweden
Jelena, Friedl vom Gröller, 2024, 2' 50", Austria
La última frontera (The last border), Camila Dron, 2025, 10' 14", Argentina
Language Decay, Zazie Ray-Trapido, 2024, 2' 55", USA
Les fenêtres (Windows), Elsa Pennacchio, Etienne De Villars, 2024, 13' 42", France
Levelek nagymamámnak, Bibi Ase-nak (Letters to my grandmother, Bibi Ase), Amina Abdulrachimzai, 2025, 9' 11", Hungary
Light Fragments, Asakura Satomi, 2024, 6' 40", Japan
Maria Henriqueta Esteve Aqui (Maria Henriqueta Was Here), Nuno Pimentel, 2024, 13' 44", Portugal
Ms.Understoned, Buma Yuki, 2024, 11' 00", Japan
Muistot liikkuvat kuin kaukaiset saaret (Memories Move Like Distant Islands), Saarlotta Virri, 2025, 28' 52", Finland
Nightbirds, Maria Estela Paiso, Ashok Vish, 2024, 13' 48", Philippines
Nocturno (Nocturne), Sol Muñoz, Ana Apontes, 2025, 14' 28", Argentina
O amor não cabe na sala (Not enough for the love inside), Marcelo Matos de Oliveira, Wallace Nogueira, 2024, 17' 36", Brazil
Ocean Blvd, Jade Kallio, 2024, 17' 31", Finland
Preguntas Frecuentes (Frequently asked questions), Sofía Salinas Barrera, 2024, 15' 43", Colombia
Retales (Snippets), Juanjo Giménez, 2024, 19' 50", Spain
Ri, Bola (Laugh, Bola), Diego Bauer, 2024, 11' 49", Brazil
Samantha, Nina Yuen, 2024, 8' 59", USA
Será inmortal quien merezca serlo (Whoever deserves it, will be immortal), Nay Mendl, 2024, 19' 00", Cuba, Brazil
SHANMAO (Ghost Cat), Liu Shubo, 2025, 10' 09", China
She Crossed, Zhang Daisy Ziyan, 2024, 20' 00", USA
테르 (Sim Par Terre), Lee Donghyuk, 2024, 20' 07", South Korea
Sinkhole, Kate Liston, 2024, 15' 11", United Kingdom
Some Memories , Lotte Schreiber, 2024, 10' 00", Austria
Texas Switch, Darren Dominique Heroux, 2024, 9' 16", Canada
Жайлоого Карай Узак Жол (Long Way To The Pasture), Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu, 2025, 23' 35", Kyrgyztan
ក្រូច (The Orange), Seakleng Song, 2024, 17' 13", Cambodia
山的另一面 (The Other Side of the Mountain), He Shirley Yumeng, 2024, 19' 58", USA, China
Дворц∞вая (The Palace Sq∞are), Mikhail Zheleznikov, 2024, 22' 00", Israel
The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo, Prapat Jiwarangsan, 2024, 6' 24", Thailand
The Will, Salla Tykkä, 2025, 27' 43", Finland
ULÍA, Laura Moreno Bueno, 2024, 14' 10", Spain
Wohnjuwel (Living Jewel), Simon Spitzer, 2025, 16' 30", Austria

The Jury of the International Competition 2025

Elisabeth Streit

Antti Alanen

Susanna Wallin

Bea de Visser

Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo

All members of the jury since 2009

The Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Bernd Brehmer

Stephan Brüggenthies

Ruth Schiffer

Silke Schönfeld

Ulrike Sprenger

The International Critics' Jury (FIPRESCI)

Giuseppe Di Salvatore

Nini Shvelidze

Kathrin Häger

The Ecumenical Jury of the International Competition

Valeriia Shakhunova

Michael Müller

Mina Radovic

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. 

Further Links
Submission
Regulations (Download-PDF)
All members of the jury since 2009

The selection committee

Madeleine Bernstorff
Carsten Spicher
Jonathan Guggenberger
Hilde Hoffmann
Michel Wagenschütz

Competition films 2025

A Provenance, Katharina Bayer, 2025, 13' 57", Austria, Germany
A Thousand Waves Away, Helena Wittmann, 2025, 10' 00", Germany
Amanhã não dão chuva (It shouldn’t rain tomorrow), Maria Trigo Teixeira, 2024, 11' 30", Portugal, Germany
Bereinigung II (Decontamination II), Franz Wanner, 2024, 4' 40", Germany, Switzerland
Butterfly Kiss, Zohar Dvir, 2024, 10' 30", Germany, Israel
Cómo ser Pehuén Pedre (How to be Pehuén Pedre), Federico Luis, 2024, 22' 11", Germany, Argentina
Die ganze Nacht (The whole night), Alejo Franzetti, 2025, 15' 22", Germany, Burkina Faso, Argentina
Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen (The impossibility of showing what should never have happened), Silke Schönfeld, 2025, 24' 56", Germany
Dokhtar'am (My Daughter), Pedram Sadough, 2025, 16' 30", Germany
GERHARD, Ulu Braun, 2025, 10' 20", Germany
Hay un dolor (There's a pain), Froilan Urzagasti, 2024, 39' 51", Germany, Bolivia
In Wolken (In Clouds), Dagie Brundert, 2024, 1' 21", Germany, Spain
Machine Boys, Karimah Ashadu, 2024, 8' 50", Italy, Germany, Nigeria
Monument, Maksim Avdeev, 2024, 14' 45", Germany
Mother is a Natural Sinner, Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija, 2024, 15' 00", Germany, Iran
母の手紙 (Mother's Letter), Sylvia Schedelbauer, 2025, 24' 05", Germany
One Hundred Years Later, Christoph Girardet, 2025, 7' 50", Germany
Piccin Gemellone (lil Twin), Tibor Koehne, 2024, 19' 24", Germany
Prayer for Taiwan, Tobias Klich, 2024, 5' 50", Germany, Taiwan
Schwanensee (Swan Lake), Stella Deborah Traub, 2024, 5' 32", Germany
The Beginning of Identification, and its End, Philipp Gufler, 2024, 19' 02", Netherlands, Germany
You do not leave traces of your presence, just of your acts, Gernot Wieland, 2024, 16' 21", Germany

The jury of the German Competition 2025

Adrian Figueroa, film maker, Berlin
Amos Ponger, dramaturge, Berlin
Giovanna Thiery, curator, Stuttgart

All members of the jury since 2009

Former contributions

Among the German contributions were works by: 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

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

Competition films 2025

Ansitzen (To Sit On Watch), Franca Pape, 2024, 5' 46", Germany
Capriccio, Christos Dassios, 2024, 6' 41", Germany
Chrysanthemum, Jingyuan Luo, 2025, 9' 20", Germany
Deutsch+ (German+), Margit Schild, 2024, 5' 25", Germany
Eram, Lucien Liebecke, Ole Christian Dreihaupt, 2025, 12' 37", Germany
ghosting mother, Bernard Mescherowsky, 2025, 16' 58", Germany
Nuestra Sombra (Our Own Shadow), Agustina Sánchez Gavier, 2024, 19' 30", Germany, Argentina
OVERWORK, Céline Berger, 2025, 10' 10", Germany
Shawano, Felix Bartke, 2024, 13' 24", Germany
Vom Ende her gedacht (Thinking From The End), Tom Briele, 2024, 18' 46", Germany
Zu wenig (Too Little), Valeriia Butakova, 2024, 16' 01", Germany

The jury of the NRW Competition 2025

Neriman Bayram, curator, Freiburg im Breisgau
Oliver Flothkötter, curator, Essen
Lili Hartwig, curator, Hamburg

All members of the jury since 2009

Contact

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

Franziska Ferdinand
Einar Fehrholz
Stefanie Schlüter
Jens Schneiderheinze
Konrad Neiße

Competition films 2025

113 Bottles of Water in a Nightshop, Leo Rottmann, 2024, 10' 41", Germany
400 Cassettes, Thelyia Petraki, 2024, 14' 00", Greece
A fost odată un țânțar (Once upon a mosquito), Stanca Radu, 2024, 9' 58", Romania
A Small Garden by the Window, Lee Jonghoon, 2024, 4' 35", South Korea
Adieu Gropius (So long Gropius), Bertille Rondard, 2024, 4' 09", France
Autokar, Sylwia Szkiladz, 2025, 17' 00", France, Belgium
Being and Nothingness, Kim Jiwoo, 2024, 6' 34", South Korea
秘密森林少年 (Boy In The Secret Forest), Tseng Tzu Yen, 2024, 16' 07", Taiwan
Canción de Cumbre, (Summit Song), Federica Cafferata, 2024, 15' 00", Argentina
Chispa (Spark), Vera Kayh, 2025, 11' 09", Germany/ Argentina
Conseguimos fazer um filme (We Made a Film), Tota Alves, 2024, 14' 57", Portugal
Dancing in the rain, Yeh Chao-chun, 2024, 6' 27", Taiwan, Japan
(Eh), Kiyono Ayaka, 2024, 2' 02", Japan
Généalogie de la violence (Genealogy of Violence), Mohamed Bourouissa, 2024, 15' 15",France
Gravity, Robotina, 2024, 8' 33", Italy, Mexico
Habitants (Inhabitants), Charline Lefrançois, Florian Geisseler, 2024, 15' 00", Switzerland
Happy Snaps, Tyro Heath, 2024, 12' 03", United Kingdom
Ik Zeg Je Eerlijjk (Honestly), Eva Nijsten, 2024, 24' 16", Netherlands
J'ai trouvé une boite (I found a box), Eric Montchaud, 2025, 10' 00", France
Kismet, Žiga Virc, 2025, 14' 56", Slovenia
RITO DE PASO (RITE OF PASSAGE), José Luis Jiménez, 2024, 19' 00", Cuba, Dominican Republic
Ruse, Rhea Shukla, 2025, 9' 32", India
SEEKING DREAMS, Heidi Li, 2024, 15' 03", Tanzania
Shan Shen De Huang Yan (The lie of The Mountain God), Ma Myers, 2024, 15' 55", China
گوسفند (Sheep), Hadi Babaeifar, 2024, 13' 15", Iran
SUPERNOVA, Lim Yerim, Joo Youngwoo, Lee Jiyoon, Kim Minkyung, 2024, 7' 25", South Korea
The Last Garden, Eloise Jenninger, 2024, 7' 50", United Kingdom
Tonada de l’hirondelle (Swallow's Tonada), Daniela Godel, 2024, 4' 11", France
True Love, Jess Dadds, Sam Giles, 2024, 4' 19", United Kingdom
Un tilleul parmi les platanes (Back to the Basswood), Mariam Farota, 2024, 4' 13", France
Všmš (Wshmch), Nela Gluhak, 2024, 1' 33", Croatia
Wish You Were Ear, Balogh Mirjana, 2025, 10' 14", Hungary
YouTuber, Josh Weissbach, 2024, 0' 39", USA

The Children's jury of the Children's and Youth Film Competition

Carla van Benthem

Adam Dadirkh

Carla Hentschel

Lara Seidel

Finja Telge

All members if the jury since 2017

The Youth jury of the Children's and Youth Film Competition

Dersem Hasan

Phil Laskowski

Danilo Lopez da Silva

Nazanin Semo

Linda Tenge

All members of the jury since 2017

The Ecumenical Jury

Andreas Greif
Jochen Mündlein
Boglárka Paksa

Contact

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. The MuVi Award is supported by 3satByte FMkultur.westKaput – Magazin für Insolvenz & Popnetpointmedia

Further Links
Submission
Regulation MuVi
MuVi 14+
after youtube
A selection of the jury members since 1999

Competition films 2025

BIEST, Stefan Panhans, 2025, 9' 27", Germany
Digo no con esperanza, (I say no with hope), Francisca Villela, 2024, 2' 49", Germany, Chile
Dream In Dream, Christine Gensheimer, 2024, 4' 14", Germany
Gesamtklärwerk Deutschland, Andreas Loff, 2025, 4' 18", Germany
grathwohlbildhübschklang, Nikolaus Grathwohl, 2025, 7' 29", Germany
K-BOB STAR, Hansol Kim, 2024, 3' 01", Germany, South Korea
Könnt ihr noch? (Can you still?), Timo Schierhorn, UWE, 2024, 3' 31", Germany
looking @ ghosts, Jeremias Heppeler, 2024, 5' 07", Germany, Japan
Mkoum, Peter Ott, 2024, 4' 35", Germany
Quand le grenier aura pris feu, Utku Önal, 2025, 6' 13", Germany, France
The internet will break my heart, Markus S Fiedler, 2024, 3' 18", Germany
Vernacular Dreamscapes: Nocturnal Dream Disposal, Marc Richter, 2024, 8' 32", Germany

The selection commitee

Hans-Christian Grimm
Einar Fehrholz
Jessica Manstetten

The jury of the MuVi Award 2025

Xenia Lesniewski, Vienna
Lin Htet Aung, Myanmar
Jo Zimmermann, Cologne

A selection of the jury members since 1999

Contact

Jessica Manstetten
muvi(at)kurzfilmtage.de