The world's oldest short film competition is a forum for experiments, unusual content and formats, and the place for cinematic discoveries, regardless of genre and production country. Every year, filmmakers from over 40 countries present themselves here. Only international festival premieres are admitted to this competition. The professional audience researches new films here, and a premiere shown in this competition is often a springboard for selection at other festivals - not least for the Oscar. Filmmakers from all over the world are invited to present their work in person. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen appoints its own selection committee and juries for this competition, in which the traditional Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen is awarded.

This year, the Oberhausen ISFF will be held from 30, April to 9, May.
50 films from all over the world have been qualified for the International Competition of the Festival, including the only Polish film THE DEVIL, written and directed by Jan Bujnowski!

Details: kurzfilmtage.de/en

THE DEVIL, written and directed by Jan Bujnowski, cinematography Kasper Lorek
According to researches made throughout 1990s by the Institute for Public Opinion Research (OBOP) approximately 95% of Poles identified themselves as believers. At the same time unemployment rates reached record values. In times of crisis, when people sought spirituality, seemingly impossible events were possible...

artistic supervision: Grzegorz Jaroszuk, Jolanta Dylewska

Congratulations, Janek! Fingers crossed!