International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
LocationOberhausen, Germany
Founded-1954 as Westdeutsche Kulturfilmtage
-1959 renamed as Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage
-1991 renamed as Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Film titlesShort films
Hosted byIKF gGmbH
City of Oberhausen
Festival dateHeld annually
Websitewww.kurzfilmtage.de
Festival cinema Lichtburg Oberhausen at the 2019 edition

The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world. Held in Oberhausen, it is one of the major international platforms for the short form. The festival holds an International Competition, a German Competition, an International Children's and Youth Film Competition, the MuVi Award for best German music video, and, since 2009, the NRW Competition for productions from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Oberhausen is known today for its extensive thematic programmes such as "Memories Can't-Wait. Film without Film" (2014), "The Language of Attraction. Trailers between Advertising and the Avant-garde" (2019), "Solidarity as Disruption" (2021/22) or "Synchronize. Pan-African Film Networks" (2022). The festival also offers visitors a well-equipped Video Library, operates a non-commercial short-film distribution service and owns an archive of short films from over 70 years of cinema history.


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