Call for
Entries

Festival

Call for Entries
We invite submissions for the five competitions.

Vou can now submit your films and music videos to our next edition. The deadline for submissions is 18 January 2027; for music videos, it is 22 February 2027. We look forward to seeing many new and surprising cinematic approaches from all over the world!

You can find our conditions, regulations and the submission forms here.

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Festival

Looking back at the 72nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

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Distribution

Oberhausen on Tour! For the fourteenth time we will be sending films around the globe.

Cinemas, museums and galleries, festivals or Goethe-Institutes around the world show the films. Current dates can be found on our distribution page.

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Distribution

Our distribution is based on one of the oldest and most important short film collections worldwide.

You can borrow individual titles, programmes prepared by us or programmes you have put together yourself. Every year we purchases new works from the current festival programme.

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This Is Short

Competition programmes on THIS IS SHORT

Our competition programmes can also be found on the THIS IS SHORT streaming platform. In December, THIS IS SHORT has introduced a new subscription model, as fantastic films deserve a life beyond their festival run.
For only €0.99/month (or €9.99/year) you can support short film culture and enjoy curated gems from some of your favourite festivals.

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