Anna Grebe
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen had to take place entirely online also in 2021. A total of 400 films were shown in the festival's programme, which had been expanded to include three new competition sections - the International and German Online Competition as well as the International MuVi Award for International Music Videos. The opening took place online on 1 May. In addition to the films, which were available to the public online for a limited time and after purchasing a festival pass, the festival also offered a large number of other events and clips.
INTERFILM and SIGNIS took the new competition sections into account. In addition to the Ecumenical Jury for the International Competition, they appointed a second jury to observe the International Online Competition. As in previous years, INTERFILM and SIGNIS also observed the Children's and Youth Film Competition, from which the juries awarded two films with a recommendation.
Link: Homepage of the festival