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Oberhausen


The two Ecumenical Juries in Oberhausen awarded their prizes to the Lebanese film "Odorless Blue Flowers Awake Prematurely" by Panos Aprahamian (International Competition) and to "37" by Meshy Koplevitch from Israel (International Online Competition) . The Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen went to "Weathering Heights" by Hannah Wiker Wikström (Sweden), the Online Grand Prize to "Ava mocoi, os gêmeos" by Luiza Calagian and Vinicius Toro (Cuba/Brazil) The Ecumenical Online Jury also awarded a Commendation to "Blink in the Desert" by Shinobu Soejima (Japan). The Ecumenical Jury's recommendation for a film in the Children and Youth Film Competition went to "Titan" by Valéry Carnoy (France). "Weathering Heights" also won the FIPRESCI Prize of the Jury of International Film Critics.

As in the previous year, the festival was held in two parts - an online section (29.4.-3.5.) and an on-site festival (4.5.-9.5.). Accordingly, there were two international competitions - the international online competition with 6 programmes and the international on-site competition with 8 programmes. Both competitions were observed and judged by an Ecumenical Jury of three members each.

Link: Festival website

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The 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen featured a compelling range of short films from around the world. The films in competition included human dramas, documentary portraits, dance films, a variety of experimental works and a most intriguing selection of animated films. Mina Radovic, member of the Ecumenical Jury, reports.
Joël Friso, member of the Ecumenical Jury in Oberhausen 2022 and Board Member of INTERFILM, writes about his experience at the festival.

Jury

INTERFILM and SIGNIS are represented in Oberhausen 2022 by two Ecumenical Juries with three members each, who will observe the International Competition (Jean-Jacques Cunnac, Joël Friso, Anna-Maria Kégl) and the International Online Competition (Innocent Iroaganachi, Mina Radović, Marta Romanova-Jekabsone) respectively. The prize in the International Competition is endowed with 1,500 €. The juries, each represented by one of their members, also award a recommendation for films in the Children's and Youth Film Competition.

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