Competitions

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

, 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

, 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

All members of the jury since 2009

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 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

All members of the jury since 2009

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

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

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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

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German 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

A selection of the jury members since 1999

Contact

Jessica Manstetten
muvi(at)kurzfilmtage.de