http://www.kurzfilmtage.de

[claudia westermann]

in 2004 the world's longest standing 
international short film competition 
received around 4,000 entries from more than 87 
countries - short films as well as videos, which 
have been admitted to the competition on an equal 
footing with films since 1993. Out of all 
contributions received, 68 entries from 35 
countries were selected for ten programs, 
including one German production.




Each year the Short Film Festival Oberhausen is 
able to present numerous world premieres and 
international first-runs in this context. Among 
the entries submitted during the course of the 
50-year history of this competition one finds 
names such as Eija-Lisa Ahtila, Doug Aitken, Igor 
& Gleb Aleinikov, Santiago Alvarez, Lindsay 
Anderson, Robert Breer, Robert Frank, Michel 
Gondry, James Herbert, Werner Herzog, Mike 
Hoolboom, Danièle Huillet, Takashi Ito, 
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Aki Kaurismäki, David 
Larcher, Spike Lee, Jan Lenica, George Lucas, 
David Lynch, Chris Marker, Don McKellar, Jonas 
Mekas, Idrissa Ouedraogo, François Ozon, Roman 
Polanski, Alain Resnais, Pipilotti Rist, Jacques 
Rivette, Glauber Rocha, Raul Ruiz, Zbigniew 
Rybczynski, Ousmane Sembène, Jean-Marie Straub, 
Jan Svankmajer, Cordelia Swann, István Szabó, 
Alain Tanner, Johan van der Keuken, Gus Van Sant, 
Agnes Varda, Gilian Wearing, Krzystof Zanussi, 
and Zelimir Zilnik.

An independent Program Committee is in charge of 
viewing and selecting the entries and compiling 
the programs. The Festival places a special 
emphasis on compiling its programs according to 
thematic considerations. This not only makes it 
easier for the audience to place each film in an 
accessible context, but also imparts the programs 
themselves the nature of a journey through the 
short film landscape that goes far beyond the 
isolated experience of each individual film. 
Another consideration important to the Festival 
is the invitation extended to all authors of the 
chosen entries to come to Oberhausen in order to 
present their works in person and discuss them 
with the audience. Cash awards totalling 24,000 
euros are bestowed by the International Festival 
Jury; the FIPRESCI; the Ecumenical Jury; the Jury 
of the North Rhine-Westphalia Government Ministry 
of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and 
Sport and a Cinema Jury as well as the Festival 
itself. Arte, the German-French cultural 
television channel, also presents a European 
promotional prize linked with a purchase option.

If you have any questions or require further 
information, please contact iw at kurzfilmtage.de


entry form
deadline jan. 15
http://www.kurzfilmtage.de/ikf/pages/festival/index.php?id=499&lang_id=2