The Ecumenical Jury awarded their prize to a film about migration, "Britanya" by Marjoleine Boonstra from the Netherlands, and Commendations to "WASP" by Andrea Arnold (Great Britain) and "Les Tartines" by Anthony Vouardoux and Tanja Zambrano-Ovalle ( Switzerland). "WASP" also won a Grand Prize of the International Jury and the Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Urban Planning and Sports, Culture and Family of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Grand Prix of the City of Oberhausen went to "Od - El camino" by Martín Meijía (Colombia) and "La Tresse de ma mère" by Iris Sara Schiller (France).
In 2004, the festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. In an anniversary program, among others church winners of past festivals were shown. The churches have been represented since 2000 with a joint ecumenical jury at the festival. The Catholic Film Commission for Germany and the Protestant International Church Film Organization INTERFILM cooperate in the ecumenical jury. Even before this collaboration, the Catholic Church (since 1963) and the Protestant Church (since 1964) appointed juries at the festival in Oberhausen.