Competitions

A black-and-white image with light, soft contrasts showing a woman in a sari sitting between rocks. She is sitting with her back to the viewer and looking out to sea. A long wave rolls in. To her right stands another woman in a sari, holding a bicycle and also looking out to sea. — tea powder @ Bhavya Karthikeyan

Competition Films

By countries

Armenia
The observation, Gurgen Aloian, 2025, 4' 07", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Austria
Letters from home, Maryam Zuhuri, 2025, 6' 58", International Competition
Das Höhenphänomen (Call of the Void), Angelika Reitzer, 2025, 25' 44", International Competition

Austria/ France/ Germany
Dressing Up Together, Elly Jarvis, Lilli Strakerjahn, Célia Caroubi, 2025, 39' 44", German Competition

Belgium
Ik Zou Je Graag Zien (I'd Love To See You), Sébastien Segers, Zaïde Bil, Petronella Van der Hallen, 2025, 11' 44", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Just Jools, Ezra Verbist, 2025, 16' 40", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Belgium/ France
Poisson Nuage (Cloud Fish), Noe Garcia, 2025, 5' 47", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Belgium/ Hungary/ Kazakhstan/ Portugal
Let Me Circle Around You, Aiya Akilzhanova, 2025, 11' 58", International Competition

Belgium/ Netherlands/ United Kingdom
20 Hz – 384,400 km, Graham Kelly, 2026, 10' 33", International Competition

Belgium/ Turkey
Dogs and Dust, Ece Era, 2025, 14' 49", International Competition

Brazil
Batata Frita na Chuva (French Fries in the Rain), Ninah Nogino, 2025, 09' 47", International Competition

Brazil/ China/ Germany
三只海豹 (Three Seals), Dou Dou, 2025, 8' 24", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Brazil/ France/ Germany
Em Busca de S (In Search of S.), Gustavo de Mattos Jahn, 2025, 17' 17", International Competition

Brazil/ Portugal
Memórias Encontradas Numa Banheira (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub), Leonardo Pirondi, 2025, 4' 19", International Competition

Bulgaria
Голишар (Nestling), Georgi Martev, 2026, 10' 56", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Canada
Custom Trailer Series: Austin Powers, Kelly Egan, 2025, 04' 34", International Competition
Prayer for All Simple Things, Diego Rojas, 2026, 14' 18", International Competition
Des Gens Vivent Ici (People Live Here), Gabrielle Côté, 2025, 12' 12", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Canada/ France
Autobiography of My Diabetes, Matthew Lancit, 2025, 30' 39", International Competition

Canada/ USA
Leaks in the Lines, Adebukola Bodunrin, 2025, 04' 32", International Competition

Cambodia/ China
Jiu Jiu (Chirp Chirp), Wenting Song, 2026, 7' 35", International Competition

China
啤酒的滋味 (A Taste of Beer), Xie Li, 2025, 5' 30", International Competition
黑洞洞 (Dark Channel), Yu Zhe, 2025, 11' 35", International Competition
西藏游客 (Tourist to Tibet), Wu Han, 2025, 8' 24", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
时代在召唤 (The Times Are Calling), Chutian Shu, 2026, 4' 21", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Colombia
Niña Chilapa (Chilapa Girl), Juana Lotero López, 2025, 17', Children’s and Youth Film Competition
El Mandado (The Favour), Ingrid Paola Bonilla Rodriguez, 2025, 19' 54", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
El Salto (The Fall), Jerónimo Rincón Diaz, 2025, 12' 02", International Competition

Croatia
Töst, Nela Gluhak, 2025, 2' 32", International Competition
Opera, Igor Zelić, 2026, 19' 31", International Competition

Finland
Laulu ei kuole (Song Will Not Die), Mox Mäkelä, 2026, 9' 25", International Competition
Maanalainen lintu (An Underground Bird), Eero Tammi, 2026, 10' 44", International Competition

France
Au gré de l'iode (To the rhythm of the Sea), Léa Deprez, Pierre-Luis Bordes, Elliot Desmarets, Jeanne Finet, 2025, 7' 40", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Hulum, Miguel Miceli, 2025, 22' 15", International Competition
Jésus Marie Joseph (Jésus Marie and Joseph), Patxi Meerman, 2025, 3' 27", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Kosmogonia, Karolina Chabiert, 2025, 15' 33", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
La Mort Du Poisson (The Death of the Fish), Eva Lusbaronian, 2025, 13' 50", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
LE JOUR OÙ J'AI LÉCHÉ UN CAILLOU (THE DAY I LICKED A PEBBLE), Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet, 2025, 6' 35", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Les femmes en feu (Women on fire), Alina Titorenko, 2025, 20' 17", International Competition
Precious Fantasy, Nino Bouhnik, 2025, 13' 16", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Qui a tué Narin G****? (Who Killed Narin G****?), Ayçe Kartal, 2025, 4' 42", International Competition

France/ Germany
Ku Yendza (Trajectories), Simon Rittmeier, 2026, 17', NRW Competition

France/ Germany/ South Africa
an open field, Teboho Edkins, 2025, 38' 06", International Competition

France/ Switzerland
Piccolo Piccolo, Marta Gennari, 2025, 8' 30", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Germany
All Glock No Cock, Olga Ringleb, Paula Kiermaier, 2025, 3' 23", MuVi Award
Audry Lornacle or 14 Days in DJ's House, Dagie Brundert, 2025, 8' 16", German Competition
Beneath the Night, Maximilian Karakatsanis, 2026, 13' 33", NRW Competition
Berlin, Europacity, Leonard Geisler, 2025, 13' 39", German Competition
Borderland, Gavois Klöfkorn, 2025, 11' 02", NRW Competition
Catacombs, Shehab Fatoum, 2026, 29', German Competition
Cold Call, Stefanie Schroeder, 2025, 16', German Competition
Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne (A Daughter and Ten Sons), Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt, 2026, 20' 30", NRW Competition
Ein Meter Neunzig (One Meter Ninety), Gregor Bartsch, 2026, 30', German Competition
Ein neues Wort (A New Word), Cana Bilir-Meier, 2025, 24' 56", German Competition
Erst zahlen, dann malen!, DJ Babyoil, 2026, 4' 04", MuVi Award
Everybody (A 21 Years Later Video Edit), Stefan Lampadius, 2026, 6' 14", MuVi Award
Floating, Nikolas Müller, 2025, 5' 12", MuVi Award
Forming en Route, James Edmonds, Petra Graf, 2026, 35', German Competition
Garden of Edie, Miri Klischat, 2026, 20', NRW Competition
Holz! (The Story of Wood), Rainer Knepperges, 2025, 2' 44", German Competition
Hope Road, Susann Maria Hempel, 2025, 12' 30", NRW Competition
How Do You Spell This Word?, Yulia Lokshina, 2026, 26' 10", German Competition
IDLU, Lars Zimmermann, Paulina Wetzel, 2026, 3' 19", MuVi Award
Je croyais que la vie était un poème (I Thought Life Was a Poem), Felix Herrmann, 2026, 11' 35", German Competition
Kamogawa, Rainer Komers, 2025, 16' 47", NRW Competition
Kenger, Irfan Akcadag, 2026, 14' 59", NRW Competition
Knockout Dreams, Andreas Birkenheier, 2026, 26' 59", German Competition
KOMMUNIST KAR KOMMANDOS, Markus Mischkowski, Christos Dassios, 2026, 3' 30", NRW Competition
Liquor, Yi-Chen Huang, 2025, 4' 37", German Competition
No Lube So Rude, Matt Lambert, 2026, 5' 02", MuVi Award
No More Roses, Graw Böckler, 2025, 3' 53", MuVi Award
Only Making Out, Marlon Weber, 2025, 15' 45", German Competition
POLLY POCKET, Mariola Brillowska, 2026, 4' 40", German Competition
Rentrer à la maison (Returning Home), Timo Schierhorn, Uwe, 2026, 3' 35", MuVi Award
Rote Süden, Max Hilsamer, 2026, 3' 25", MuVi Award
Sailing Away, Christina Romano, 2026, 2' 07", MuVi Award
The Way Through The Woods, Toby Cornish, 2025, 2' 30", MuVi Award
Until It's Hard To Tell, Ceren Oykut, 2025, 5' 03", German Competition

Germany/ Colombia
El Paraíso de Ainara (Ainara's Paradise), Esther Niemeier, Laura Espinel, 2025, 14' 05", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Germany/ India
மாப்பிள்ளை (The Groom), Padakathai Illaka Collective, 2026, 16' 50", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Germany/ Ukraine
Movchat' Ptakhy (The Birds Are Silent), Leo Dzhyshyashvili, 2025, 7' 47", German Competition

Germany/ USA
Slow Dissolve, Library Stack, Andreas Bunte, 2026, 27' 15", International Competition

Hong Kong
記憶座標 (Map of Traces), Chan Hau Chun, 2025, 29' 27", International Competition

India
ചായപ്പൊടി (tea powder), Bhavya Karthikeyan, 2026, 23' 56", International Competition

Iran/ United Kingdom
The Walnut of Knowledge, Niyaz Saghari, 2025, 27', International Competition

Ireland/ Ukraine
Я не зникаю (Self-Preserving Nudity), Nelly Shylova, 2025, 7' 03", International Competition

Ireland/ USA
Daylight, Anna Heisterkamp, 2025, 21' 53", International Competition

Israel
Escape Will Get You Tonight, Noa Simhayof Shahaf, 2025, 14' 46", International Competition
הצל שלי ואנ (My Shadow and Me), Yali Herbet, 2025, 3' 52", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Japan
dipolar bipolar, Quankai Li, 2025, 8' 50", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Tristesse, Yuri Muraoka, 2026, 11' 14", Japan
TOKERUBON (Floating lanterns), Shiori Watanabe, 2025, 2' 04", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Kosovo
Prej 6-ve në 5 (From 6 to 5), Erlisë Beqiri, 2026, 9' 47", International Competition

Latvia
žļurga (Slush), Aivars Šaicāns, Jēkabs Okonovs, 2026, 19' 59", International Competition

Lithuania
Parkas. Po pamokų (After Classes), Simona Jurkuvėnaitė, 2025, 14' 16", International Competition

Malaysia
鳥，飛行中 (In the Valley), Han Loong Lim, 2025, 21' 13", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Mexico
Ilhuícatl Nextli (Heavenly Dream), José Ángel Tomasis Briseño, 2025, 7' 45", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Mexico/ Uruguay
5-6-7-8, Emilio Bianchic, 2025, 9' 07", International Competition

Morocco
تُرَى (You are seen), Zakaria Dinia, 2025, 9' 44", International Competition

Myanmar
အတိုးဆုံးလေညှင်း (A Gentle Breeze), Lin Htet Aung, 2026, 23' 54", International Competition

Nepal
Taste of Water, Aayan Pariyar, 2025, 12' 48", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Pakistan
Attock, Awais Gohar, 2025, 15' 47", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Peru
América, Javier Arias-Stella, 2025, 15' 33", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Poland
wolno, szybko, wolno (slow, fast, slow), Jagoda Czarnek, 2025, 1' 02", International Competition

Rwanda
TEÊMBA! (FLOW!), Kagoma Ya Twahirwa, 2025, 22' 15", International Competition

Sierra leone
We will be who we are, Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, 2025, 16', Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Spain
La Pegaso, María Martos, 2025, 18' 39", International Competition
Secretos a voces (Open Secrets), Gorka Carcedo Labayen, 2026, 4' 25", International Competition

Sri Lanka
A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth, Rajee Samarasinghe, 2025, 7' 39", International Competition

Sweden
Green Noise, Ewa Einhorn, Jeuno Kim, 2026, 8' 30", International Competition
August och kriget (August and the War), Leandro Netzell Cerón, Samori Tovatt, 2026, 14' 24", International Competition
Liminal Beings, Sonja Nilsson, 2026, 18' 49", International Competition

Switzerland
Astral, Judith Ordonneau, 2025, 3' 42", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

Taiwan
我在去找你的路上 (I'm on the Way to You), Yung Shiuan Yang, 2026, 10' 27", International Competition

Thailand
แสม (Habitare), Tanatat Khuttapan, 2025, 29' 55", International Competition

Ukraine
Відкритий світ (Homecoming), Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, 2026, 19' 08", International Competition

United Kingdom
Our Kingdom, Chris Ross, 2025, 8' 38", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Under The Wave off Little Dragon, Luo Jian, 2025, 14' 25", Children’s and Youth Film Competition

USA
BEI KUN ZHU DE GOU (A Trapped Dog), Xinying Lao, 2025, 12' 12", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
daylight, Andrea Walter, 2025, 14' 49", Children’s and Youth Film Competition
The Day's Mother, the Night's End, Anna Zalevskaya, 2025, 5' 52", International Competition

By sections

Internationaler Wettbewerb / International Competition

20 Hz – 384,400 km, Graham Kelly, 2026, 10' 33", Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands
5-6-7-8, Emilio Bianchic, 2025, 9' 07", Uruguay, Mexico
A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth, Rajee Samarasinghe, 2025, 7' 39", Sri Lanka
an open field, Teboho Edkins, 2025, 38' 06", South Africa, France, Germany
August och kriget (August and the War), Leandro Netzell Cerón, Samori Tovatt, 2026, 14' 24", Sweden
Autobiography of My Diabetes, Matthew Lancit, 2025, 30' 39", France, Canada
Batata Frita na Chuva (French Fries in the Rain), Ninah Nogino, 2025, 09' 47", Brazil
Custom Trailer Series: Austin Powers, Kelly Egan, 2025, 04' 34", Canada
Das Höhenphänomen (Call of the Void), Angelika Reitzer, 2025, 25' 44", Austria
Daylight, Anna Heisterkamp, 2025, 21' 53", Ireland, USA
Dogs and Dust, Ece Era, 2025, 14' 49", Belgium, Turkey
El Salto (The Fall), Jerónimo Rincón Diaz, 2025, 12' 02", Colombia
Em Busca de S (In Search of S.), Gustavo de Mattos Jahn, 2025, 17' 17", Brazil, Germany, France
Escape Will Get You Tonight, Noa Simhayof Shahaf, 2025, 14' 46", Israel
Green Noise, Ewa Einhorn, Jeuno Kim, 2026, 8' 30", Sweden
Hulum, Miguel Miceli, 2025, 22' 15", France
Jiu Jiu (Chirp Chirp), Wenting Song, 2026, 7' 35", China, Cambodia
La Pegaso, María Martos, 2025, 18' 39", Spain
Laulu ei kuole (Song Will Not Die), Mox Mäkelä, 2026, 9' 25", Finland
Leaks in the Lines, Adebukola Bodunrin, 2025, 04' 32", Canada, USA
Les femmes en feu (Women on fire), Alina Titorenko, 2025, 20' 17", France
Let Me Circle Around You, Aiya Akilzhanova, 2025, 11' 58", Belgium, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Hungary
Letters from home, Maryam Zuhuri, 2025, 6' 58", Austria
Liminal Beings, Sonja Nilsson, 2026, 18' 49", Sweden
Maanalainen lintu (An Underground Bird), Eero Tammi, 2026, 10' 44", Finland
Memórias Encontradas Numa Banheira (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub), Leonardo Pirondi, 2025, 4' 19", Brazil, Portugal
Opera, Igor Zelić, 2026, 19' 31", Croatia
Parkas. Po pamokų (After Classes), Simona Jurkuvėnaitė, 2025, 14' 16", Lithuania
Prayer for All Simple Things, Diego Rojas, 2026, 14' 18", Canada
Prej 6-ve në 5 (From 6 to 5), Erlisë Beqiri, 2026, 9' 47", Kosovo
Qui a tué Narin G****? (Who Killed Narin G****?), Ayçe Kartal, 2025, 4' 42", France
Secretos a voces (Open Secrets), Gorka Carcedo Labayen, 2026, 4' 25", Spain
Slow Dissolve, Library Stack, Andreas Bunte, 2026, 27' 15", Germany, USA
TEÊMBA! (FLOW!), Kagoma Ya Twahirwa, 2025, 22' 15", Rwanda
The Day's Mother, the Night's End, Anna Zalevskaya, 2025, 5' 52", USA
The Walnut of Knowledge, Niyaz Saghari, 2025, 27', Iran, United Kingdom
Töst, Nela Gluhak, 2025, 2' 32", Croatia
Tristesse, Yuri Muraoka, 2026, 11' 14", Japan
wolno, szybko, wolno (slow, fast, slow), Jagoda Czarnek, 2025, 1' 02", Poland
žļurga (Slush), Aivars Šaicāns, Jēkabs Okonovs, 2026, 19' 59", Latvia
Відкритий світ (Homecoming), Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, 2026, 19' 08", Ukraine
Я не зникаю (Self-Preserving Nudity), Nelly Shylova, 2025, 7' 03", Ukraine, Ireland
تُرَى (You are seen), Zakaria Dinia, 2025, 9' 44", Morocco
ചായപ്പൊടി (tea powder), Bhavya Karthikeyan, 2026, 23' 56", India
แสม (Habitare), Tanatat Khuttapan, 2025, 29' 55", Thailand
အတိုးဆုံးလေညှင်း (A Gentle Breeze), Lin Htet Aung, 2026, 23' 54", Myanmar
啤酒的滋味 (A Taste of Beer), Xie Li, 2025, 5' 30", China
我在去找你的路上 (I'm on the Way to You), Yung Shiuan Yang, 2026, 10' 27", Taiwan
記憶座標 (Map of Traces), Chan Hau Chun, 2025, 29' 27", Hong Kong
黑洞洞 (Dark Channel), Yu Zhe, 2025, 11' 35", China

Deutscher Wettbewerb / German Competition

Audry Lornacle or 14 Days in DJ's House, Dagie Brundert, 2025, 8' 16", Germany
Berlin, Europacity, Leonard Geisler, 2025, 13' 39", Germany
Catacombs, Shehab Fatoum, 2026, 29', Germany
Cold Call, Stefanie Schroeder, 2025, 16', Germany
Dressing Up Together, Elly Jarvis, Lilli Strakerjahn, Célia Caroubi, 2025, 39' 44", Austria, France, Germany
Ein Meter Neunzig (One Meter Ninety), Gregor Bartsch, 2026, 30', Germany
Ein neues Wort (A New Word), Cana Bilir-Meier, 2025, 24' 56", Germany
Forming en Route, James Edmonds, Petra Graf, 2026, 35', Germany
Holz! (The Story of Wood), Rainer Knepperges, 2025, 2' 44", Germany
How Do You Spell This Word?, Yulia Lokshina, 2026, 26' 10", Germany
Je croyais que la vie était un poème (I Thought Life Was a Poem), Felix Herrmann, 2026, 11' 35", Germany
Knockout Dreams, Andreas Birkenheier, 2026, 26' 59", Germany
Liquor, Yi-Chen Huang, 2025, 4' 37", Germany
Movchat' Ptakhy (The Birds Are Silent), Leo Dzhyshyashvili, 2025, 7' 47", Ukraine, Germany
Only Making Out, Marlon Weber, 2025, 15' 45", Germany
POLLY POCKET, Mariola Brillowska, 2026, 4' 40", Germany
Until It's Hard To Tell, Ceren Oykut, 2025, 5' 03", Germany

NRW-Wettbewerb / NRW Competition

Beneath the Night, Maximilian Karakatsanis, 2026, 13' 33", Germany
Borderland, Gavois Klöfkorn, 2025, 11' 02", Germany
Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne (A Daughter and Ten Sons), Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt, 2026, 20' 30", Germany
Garden of Edie, Miri Klischat, 2026, 20', Germany
Hope Road, Susann Maria Hempel, 2025, 12' 30", Germany
Kamogawa, Rainer Komers, 2025, 16' 47", Germany
Kenger, Irfan Akcadag, 2026, 14' 59", Germany
KOMMUNIST KAR KOMMANDOS, Markus Mischkowski, Christos Dassios, 2026, 3' 30", Germany
Ku Yendza (Trajectories), Simon Rittmeier, 2026, 17', France, Germany

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

América, Javier Arias-Stella, 2025, 15' 33", Peru
Astral, Judith Ordonneau, 2025, 3' 42", Switzerland
Attock, Awais Gohar, 2025, 15' 47", Pakistan
Au gré de l'iode (To the rhythm of the Sea), Léa Deprez, Pierre-Luis Bordes, Elliot Desmarets, Jeanne Finet, 2025, 7' 40", France
BEI KUN ZHU DE GOU (A Trapped Dog), Xinying Lao, 2025, 12' 12", USA
daylight, Andrea Walter, 2025, 14' 49", USA
Des Gens Vivent Ici (People Live Here), Gabrielle Côté, 2025, 12' 12", Canada
dipolar bipolar, Quankai Li, 2025, 8' 50", Japan
El Mandado (The Favour), Ingrid Paola Bonilla Rodriguez, 2025, 19' 54", Colombia
El Paraíso de Ainara (Ainara's Paradise), Esther Niemeier, Laura Espinel, 2025, 14' 05", Colombia, Germany
Ik Zou Je Graag Zien (I'd Love To See You), Sébastien Segers, Zaïde Bil, Petronella Van der Hallen, 2025, 11' 44", Belgium
Ilhuícatl Nextli (Heavenly Dream), José Ángel Tomasis Briseño, 2025, 7' 45", Mexico
Jésus Marie Joseph (Jésus Marie and Joseph), Patxi Meerman, 2025, 3' 27", France
Just Jools, Ezra Verbist, 2025, 16' 40", Belgium
Kosmogonia, Karolina Chabiert, 2025, 15' 33", France
La Mort Du Poisson (The Death of the Fish), Eva Lusbaronian, 2025, 13' 50", France
LE JOUR OÙ J'AI LÉCHÉ UN CAILLOU (THE DAY I LICKED A PEBBLE), Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet, 2025, 6' 35", France
Niña Chilapa (Chilapa Girl), Juana Lotero López, 2025, 17', Colombia
Our Kingdom, Chris Ross, 2025, 8' 38", United Kingdom
Piccolo Piccolo, Marta Gennari, 2025, 8' 30", France, Switzerland
Poisson Nuage (Cloud Fish), Noe Garcia, 2025, 5' 47", France, Belgium
Precious Fantasy, Nino Bouhnik, 2025, 13' 16", France
Taste of Water, Aayan Pariyar, 2025, 12' 48", Nepal
The observation, Gurgen Aloian, 2025, 4' 07", Armenia
TOKERUBON (Floating lanterns), Shiori Watanabe, 2025, 2' 04", Japan
Under The Wave off Little Dragon, Luo Jian, 2025, 14' 25", United Kingdom
We will be who we are, Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, 2025, 16', Sierra Leone
Голишар (Nestling), Georgi Martev, 2026, 10' 56", Bulgaria
הצל שלי ואנ (My Shadow and Me), Yali Herbet, 2025, 3' 52", Israel
மாப்பிள்ளை (The Groom), Padakathai Illaka Collective, 2026, 16' 50", Germany, India
三只海豹 (Three Seals), Dou Dou, 2025, 8' 24", Brazil, China, Germany
时代在召唤 (The Times Are Calling), Chutian Shu, 2026, 4' 21", China
西藏游客 (Tourist to Tibet), Wu Han, 2025, 8' 24", China
鳥，飛行中 (In the Valley), Han Loong Lim, 2025, 21' 13", Malaysia

MuVi-Preis / MuVi Award

All Glock No Cock, Olga Ringleb, Paula Kiermaier, 2025, 3' 23", Germany
Erst zahlen, dann malen!, DJ Babyoil, 2026, 4' 04", Germany
Everybody (A 21 Years Later Video Edit), Stefan Lampadius, 2026, 6' 14", Germany
Floating, Nikolas Müller, 2025, 5' 12", Germany
IDLU, Lars Zimmermann, Paulina Wetzel, 2026, 3' 19", Germany
No Lube So Rude, Matt Lambert, 2026, 5' 02", Germany
No More Roses, Graw Böckler, 2025, 3' 53", Germany
Rentrer à la maison (Returning Home), Timo Schierhorn, Uwe, 2026, 3' 35", Germany
Rote Süden, Max Hilsamer, 2026, 3' 25", Germany
Sailing Away, Christina Romano, 2026, 2' 07", Germany
The Way Through The Woods, Toby Cornish, 2025, 2' 30", Germany

A woman wearing a turquoise shirt and black shorts is seen from the side, from behind. She is sitting on a chair in front of a long wooden table on which a life-size female figure is lying. Old-fashioned furniture and a window can be seen in the background. The scene is lit by daylight, which illuminates the slightly transparent figure. There is a quiet, concentrated atmosphere. — Liminal Beings @ Sonja Nilsson

International Competition

Fifty films from 36 countries were selected for the International Competition, the largest and oldest section in Oberhausen, 28 of which will be shown as world premieres. They range from abstract experimental to classic feature films. A theme that runs through many of the films is migration and exile – from the decade-long struggle of an immigrant family to obtain US citizenship to the virtual return of a young refugee from Ukraine to his home.

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)

Competition films 2026

20 Hz – 384,400 km, Graham Kelly, 2026, 10' 33", Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands
5-6-7-8, Emilio Bianchic, 2025, 9' 07", Uruguay, Mexico
A Flower Falling Back Into the Earth, Rajee Samarasinghe, 2025, 7' 39", Sri Lanka
an open field, Teboho Edkins, 2025, 38' 06", South Africa, France, Germany
August och kriget (August and the War), Leandro Netzell Cerón, Samori Tovatt, 2026, 14' 24", Sweden
Autobiography of My Diabetes, Matthew Lancit, 2025, 30' 39", France, Canada
Batata Frita na Chuva (French Fries in the Rain), Ninah Nogino, 2025, 09' 47", Brazil
Custom Trailer Series: Austin Powers, Kelly Egan, 2025, 04' 34", Canada
Das Höhenphänomen (Call of the Void), Angelika Reitzer, 2025, 25' 44", Austria
Daylight, Anna Heisterkamp, 2025, 21' 53", Ireland, USA
Dogs and Dust, Ece Era, 2025, 14' 49", Belgium, Turkey
El Salto (The Fall), Jerónimo Rincón Diaz, 2025, 12' 02", Colombia
Em Busca de S (In Search of S.), Gustavo de Mattos Jahn, 2025, 17' 17", Brazil, Germany, France
Escape Will Get You Tonight, Noa Simhayof Shahaf, 2025, 14' 46", Israel
Green Noise, Ewa Einhorn, Jeuno Kim, 2026, 8' 30", Sweden
Hulum, Miguel Miceli, 2025, 22' 15", France
Jiu Jiu (Chirp Chirp), Wenting Song, 2026, 7' 35", China, Cambodia
La Pegaso, María Martos, 2025, 18' 39", Spain
Laulu ei kuole (Song Will Not Die), Mox Mäkelä, 2026, 9' 25", Finland
Leaks in the Lines, Adebukola Bodunrin, 2025, 04' 32", Canada, USA
Les femmes en feu (Women on fire), Alina Titorenko, 2025, 20' 17", France
Let Me Circle Around You, Aiya Akilzhanova, 2025, 11' 58", Belgium, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Hungary
Letters from home, Maryam Zuhuri, 2025, 6' 58", Austria
Liminal Beings, Sonja Nilsson, 2026, 18' 49", Sweden
Maanalainen lintu (An Underground Bird), Eero Tammi, 2026, 10' 44", Finland
Memórias Encontradas Numa Banheira (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub), Leonardo Pirondi, 2025, 4' 19", Brazil, Portugal
Opera, Igor Zelić, 2026, 19' 31", Croatia
Parkas. Po pamokų (After Classes), Simona Jurkuvėnaitė, 2025, 14' 16", Lithuania
Prayer for All Simple Things, Diego Rojas, 2026, 14' 18", Canada
Prej 6-ve në 5 (From 6 to 5), Erlisë Beqiri, 2026, 9' 47", Kosovo
Qui a tué Narin G****? (Who Killed Narin G****?), Ayçe Kartal, 2025, 4' 42", France
Secretos a voces (Open Secrets), Gorka Carcedo Labayen, 2026, 4' 25", Spain
Slow Dissolve, Library Stack, Andreas Bunte, 2026, 27' 15", Germany, USA
TEÊMBA! (FLOW!), Kagoma Ya Twahirwa, 2025, 22' 15", Rwanda
The Day's Mother, the Night's End, Anna Zalevskaya, 2025, 5' 52", USA
The Walnut of Knowledge, Niyaz Saghari, 2025, 27', Iran, United Kingdom
Töst, Nela Gluhak, 2025, 2' 32", Croatia
Tristesse, Yuri Muraoka, 2026, 11' 14", Japan
wolno, szybko, wolno (slow, fast, slow), Jagoda Czarnek, 2025, 1' 02", Poland
žļurga (Slush), Aivars Šaicāns, Jēkabs Okonovs, 2026, 19' 59", Latvia
Відкритий світ (Homecoming), Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk, 2026, 19' 08", Ukraine
Я не зникаю (Self-Preserving Nudity), Nelly Shylova, 2025, 7' 03", Ukraine, Ireland
تُرَى (You are seen), Zakaria Dinia, 2025, 9' 44", Morocco
ചായപ്പൊടി (tea powder), Bhavya Karthikeyan, 2026, 23' 56", India
แสม (Habitare), Tanatat Khuttapan, 2025, 29' 55", Thailand
အတိုးဆုံးလေညှင်း (A Gentle Breeze), Lin Htet Aung, 2026, 23' 54", Myanmar
啤酒的滋味 (A Taste of Beer), Xie Li, 2025, 5' 30", China
我在去找你的路上 (I'm on the Way to You), Yung Shiuan Yang, 2026, 10' 27", Taiwan
記憶座標 (Map of Traces), Chan Hau Chun, 2025, 29' 27", Hong Kong
黑洞洞 (Dark Channel), Yu Zhe, 2025, 11' 35", China

The selection committee

Carsten Aschmann
Madeleine Bernstorff
Masayo Kajimura
Simon Petri-Lukács
Michel Wagenschütz
Felix Mende
Alex Gerbaulet

The Jury of the International Competition 2026

Angela Summereder, Austria
Mario Kozina, Croatia
Mariángela Martínez Restrepo, Argentina
Deimantas Narkevičius, Lithuania
Weronika Szyma-Chahed, Poland

All members of the jury since 2009

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

Faris Alrjoob
Angelika Lepper
Danila Lipatov
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Sprenger

The International Critics' Jury (FIPRESCI)

Fabian Tietke

Meena Madhukar Karnik

Amirata Joolaee

The Ecumenical Jury of the International Competition

Rinke Dellebeke van Hell
Daniel Hercenberger
Iva Folajtárová

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

The scene shows two people sitting in front of a lowered blind. A cone of light emanates from a large lampshade lamp standing on a side table in the centre of the picture. Next to the lamp is a portable CD player. To the left of the table sits a younger woman with blue hair, wearing a striking red dress and high red shoes. She has her legs crossed and her gaze lowered, as if she is thinking or waiting. To the right of the table, sitting slightly diagonally, is a white-haired gentleman wearing a dark red top and with bare legs. He also has his legs crossed and is looking straight ahead. The whole situation seems to be one of waiting. — Dressing Up Together @ Elly Jarvis/Lilli Strakerjahn/Célia Caroubi

German Competition

Seventeen films were selected for the German Competition, twelve of which will be screened as world premieres. Around 1,200 submissions were previewed. Here, migration is not only the subject of many productions; more than half of the filmmakers in this competition come from international background and look at the life of migrants in Germany today from very different perspectives

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

Competition films 2026

Audry Lornacle or 14 Days in DJ's House, Dagie Brundert, 2025, 8' 16", Germany
Berlin, Europacity, Leonard Geisler, 2025, 13' 39", Germany
Catacombs, Shehab Fatoum, 2026, 29', Germany
Cold Call, Stefanie Schroeder, 2025, 16', Germany
Dressing Up Together, Elly Jarvis, Lilli Strakerjahn, Célia Caroubi, 2025, 39' 44", Austria, France, Germany
Ein Meter Neunzig (One Meter Ninety), Gregor Bartsch, 2026, 30', Germany
Ein neues Wort (A New Word), Cana Bilir-Meier, 2025, 24' 56", Germany
Forming en Route, James Edmonds, Petra Graf, 2026, 35', Germany
Holz! (The Story of Wood), Rainer Knepperges, 2025, 2' 44", Germany
How Do You Spell This Word?, Yulia Lokshina, 2026, 26' 10", Germany
Je croyais que la vie était un poème (I Thought Life Was a Poem), Felix Herrmann, 2026, 11' 35", Germany
Knockout Dreams, Andreas Birkenheier, 2026, 26' 59", Germany
Liquor, Yi-Chen Huang, 2025, 4' 37", Germany
Movchat' Ptakhy (The Birds Are Silent), Leo Dzhyshyashvili, 2025, 7' 47", Ukraine, Germany
Only Making Out, Marlon Weber, 2025, 15' 45", Germany
POLLY POCKET, Mariola Brillowska, 2026, 4' 40", Germany
Until It's Hard To Tell, Ceren Oykut, 2025, 5' 03", Germany

The selection committee

Madeleine Bernstorff
Carsten Spicher
Jonathan Guggenberger
Hilde Hoffmann
Michel Wagenschütz
Neriman Bayram

The jury of the German Competition 2026

Mikosch Horn, Curator, Nuremberg
Ebba Jahn, Filmmaker, Berlin
Eva Könnemann, Filmmaker, Berlin

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

Carsten Spicher
spicher(at)kurzfilmtage.de

A girl swings back to hit a black boxing ball. She is wearing a striped shirt, is slightly overweight and looks rather Mediterranean with dark hair. She is standing outdoors, behind her is a small square with a covered seating area. The background is blurred and looks more like a campsite. The girl is a teenager and is looking intently at the ball. — Eine Tochter und Zehn Söhne@ Paula Milena Weise/Finn Ole Weigt

NRW Competition

More than 260 productions from North Rhine-Westphalia were submitted for this competition, nine films were selected. With films from Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Wuppertal or Mülheim/Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia as a whole is making its mark as a major film production hub. Three of the works come from the Cologne Academy of Media Arts. Some films are set in North Rhine-Westphalia, but most take you to other countries, covering a wide range of themes.

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 2026

Beneath the Night, Maximilian Karakatsanis, 2026, 13' 33", Germany
Borderland, Gavois Klöfkorn, 2025, 11' 02", Germany
Eine Tochter und zehn Söhne (A Daughter and Ten Sons), Paula Milena Weise, Finn Ole Weigt, 2026, 20' 30", Germany
Garden of Edie, Miri Klischat, 2026, 20', Germany
Hope Road, Susann Maria Hempel, 2025, 12' 30", Germany
Kamogawa, Rainer Komers, 2025, 16' 47", Germany
Kenger, Irfan Akcadag, 2026, 14' 59", Germany
KOMMUNIST KAR KOMMANDOS, Markus Mischkowski, Christos Dassios, 2026, 3' 30", Germany
Ku Yendza (Trajectories), Simon Rittmeier, 2026, 17', France, Germany

The selection committee

Madeleine Bernstorff
Carsten Spicher
Jonathan Guggenberger
Hilde Hoffmann
Michel Wagenschütz
Neriman Bayram

The jury of the NRW Competition 2026

Oliver Flothkötter, curator, Essen
Lili Hartwig, curator, Hamburg
Brigitte Strubel-Mattes, Kuratorin, Wiesbaden

All members of the jury since 2009

Contact

Carsten Spicher
spicher(at)kurzfilmtage.de

A drawing in Japanese anime style shows a small boat sailing through dark water from above. A small lantern is attached to the boat, illuminating the figure in the boat and the water nearby in a delicate circle of light. The figure is not clearly recognisable; only a purple area of colour representing the body is visible, along with some skin colour at head height and something dark in the position of hair. The boat is small in the centre of the image, with fluffy-looking clouds floating above it in several layers around the boat, as if in a vortex. — Kosmogonia @ Karolina Chabier

Children's and Youth Film Competition

In this section, Oberhausen will present 34 films from 21 countries this year, screened by age groups starting with three and selected from around 800 international submissions. Productions from Latin America are particularly well-represented this year. The films cover a spectrum from fantastic animations for very young audiences to images of children’s lives in Colombia, Nepal or Peru, to breaking out of traditional structures or a teenage pregnancy in the programme for kids age 16 and over.

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

Competition films 2026

América, Javier Arias-Stella, 2025, 15' 33", Peru
Astral, Judith Ordonneau, 2025, 3' 42", Switzerland
Attock, Awais Gohar, 2025, 15' 47", Pakistan
Au gré de l'iode (To the rhythm of the Sea), Léa Deprez, Pierre-Luis Bordes, Elliot Desmarets, Jeanne Finet, 2025, 7' 40", France
BEI KUN ZHU DE GOU (A Trapped Dog), Xinying Lao, 2025, 12' 12", USA
daylight, Andrea Walter, 2025, 14' 49", USA
Des Gens Vivent Ici (People Live Here), Gabrielle Côté, 2025, 12' 12", Canada
dipolar bipolar, Quankai Li, 2025, 8' 50", Japan
El Mandado (The Favour), Ingrid Paola Bonilla Rodriguez, 2025, 19' 54", Colombia
El Paraíso de Ainara (Ainara's Paradise), Esther Niemeier, Laura Espinel, 2025, 14' 05", Colombia, Germany
Ik Zou Je Graag Zien (I'd Love To See You), Sébastien Segers, Zaïde Bil, Petronella Van der Hallen, 2025, 11' 44", Belgium
Ilhuícatl Nextli (Heavenly Dream), José Ángel Tomasis Briseño, 2025, 7' 45", Mexico
Jésus Marie Joseph (Jésus Marie and Joseph), Patxi Meerman, 2025, 3' 27", France
Just Jools, Ezra Verbist, 2025, 16' 40", Belgium
Kosmogonia, Karolina Chabiert, 2025, 15' 33", France
La Mort Du Poisson (The Death of the Fish), Eva Lusbaronian, 2025, 13' 50", France
LE JOUR OÙ J'AI LÉCHÉ UN CAILLOU (THE DAY I LICKED A PEBBLE), Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet, 2025, 6' 35", France
Niña Chilapa (Chilapa Girl), Juana Lotero López, 2025, 17', Colombia
Our Kingdom, Chris Ross, 2025, 8' 38", United Kingdom
Piccolo Piccolo, Marta Gennari, 2025, 8' 30", France, Switzerland
Poisson Nuage (Cloud Fish), Noe Garcia, 2025, 5' 47", France, Belgium
Precious Fantasy, Nino Bouhnik, 2025, 13' 16", France
Taste of Water, Aayan Pariyar, 2025, 12' 48", Nepal
The observation, Gurgen Aloian, 2025, 4' 07", Armenia
TOKERUBON (Floating lanterns), Shiori Watanabe, 2025, 2' 04", Japan
Under The Wave off Little Dragon, Luo Jian, 2025, 14' 25", United Kingdom
We will be who we are, Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, 2025, 16', Sierra Leone
Голишар (Nestling), Georgi Martev, 2026, 10' 56", Bulgaria
הצל שלי ואנ (My Shadow and Me), Yali Herbet, 2025, 3' 52", Israel
மாப்பிள்ளை (The Groom), Padakathai Illaka Collective, 2026, 16' 50", Germany, India
三只海豹 (Three Seals), Dou Dou, 2025, 8' 24", Brazil, China, Germany
时代在召唤 (The Times Are Calling), Chutian Shu, 2026, 4' 21", China
西藏游客 (Tourist to Tibet), Wu Han, 2025, 8' 24", China
鳥，飛行中 (In the Valley), Han Loong Lim, 2025, 21' 13", Malaysia

The selection committee

Franziska Ferdinand
Einar Fehrholz
Stefanie Schlüter
Jens Schneiderheinze
Konrad Neiße

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

Adam Breitkopf
Tina Soso Khalaf
Katharina Abdullah
Jodie Alkassab
Nour Yahya

All members if the jury since 2017

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

Willi Hüsken
Marc Loginow
Linus Bellinghausen
Eriselda Gjerga
Jenina Sothilingam

All members of the jury since 2017

The ECFA jury

Marija Georgiev, Kroatien
Daniel Lundquist, Schweden
Julia Fleißig, Deutschland

All members of the jury since 2018

The Ecumenical Jury

Balázs Szövényi-Lux, Hungary
Irina Grassmann, Germany
Lars Karmak Obel, Denmark

Contact

Konrad Neiße
kiju@kurzfilmtage.de

Screenplay (Aitis Band)@ Jennifer Reeder

MuVi Award

This year, Oberhausen has selected eleven music videos as candidates for the MuVi Award from over 200 submissions. Documentary music videos are unusually well-represented with three music videos.
All nominated clips will be available for online viewing and to vote for the MuVi Audience Award from 2 April on www.muvipreis.de. The MuVi Award is supported by 3sat, Byte FM, kultur.west, Kaput – Magazin für Insolvenz & Pop, netpointmedia.

With the MuVi Award for the best German music video, Oberhausen launched the world's first film 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
Regulations
MuVi 14+
after youtube
A selection of the jury members since 1999

Competition films 2026

All Glock No Cock, Olga Ringleb, Paula Kiermaier, 2025, 3' 23", Germany
Erst zahlen, dann malen!, DJ Babyoil, 2026, 4' 04", Germany
Everybody (A 21 Years Later Video Edit), Stefan Lampadius, 2026, 6' 14", Germany
Floating, Nikolas Müller, 2025, 5' 12", Germany
IDLU, Lars Zimmermann, Paulina Wetzel, 2026, 3' 19", Germany
No Lube So Rude, Matt Lambert, 2026, 5' 02", Germany
No More Roses, Graw Böckler, 2025, 3' 53", Germany
Rentrer à la maison (Returning Home), Timo Schierhorn, Uwe, 2026, 3' 35", Germany
Rote Süden, Max Hilsamer, 2026, 3' 25", Germany
Sailing Away, Christina Romano, 2026, 2' 07", Germany
The Way Through The Woods, Toby Cornish, 2025, 2' 30", Germany

The selection commitee

Hans-Christian Grimm
Einar Fehrholz
Jessica Manstetten

The jury of the MuVi Award 2026

Jim Avignon, Berlin
Nela Gluhak, Zagreb
Tintin Patrone, Hamburg

A selection of the jury members since 1999

Contact

Jessica Manstetten
muvi(at)kurzfilmtage.de