Por Ivonne Sheen
El Programa II de la Competencia Internacional mostró películas que reflexionan sobre sociedades, colonialismo y transformaciones culturales en el tiempo. Este programa inició con la película china I Am the People I (2019), dirigida por el artista visual Li Xiaofei, que es parte de la serie Assembly Line, que representa y discute la mecánica y sistemas de producción.
By Vladimir Seput
The International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen celebrated its 65th edition this year in a week starting with Labour Day, 1st of May. Sixty-five years is a long time and its advanced age might show some signs of wear but the festival nevertheless seems to be in a rather good condition to continue for much longer. It again featured hundreds of new shorts, (re)discovered some old ones, brought plenty of filmmakers to Oberhausen (and some classics such as Alexander Sokurov), and dedicated time to invite curators and researchers to work on the new edition of its illustrious Theme.
By Vladimir Seput
To spend six spring days in Germany sounds like a good idea, particularly when you are visiting one of the main international film festivals in the world dedicated to short films in Oberhausen, known in German as Kurzfilmtage. I arrived there for the first time this year, as a part of the Seminar that was organized for the fifth time as a laboratory for filmmakers, curators and critics. This year’s Seminar led by the always inspiring artist, writer and filmmaker Roee Rosen, gathered a diverse and stimulating group which shared and discussed problems, ideas and issues of contemporary visual arts and filmmaking.
By Tara Judah
My third year at Oberhausen was my most confronting yet. Faced with a program that was both moving and frustrating, I am left with a question about what I expect from film, and the highly reputed gatekeeper events we call film festivals.
Director: Mónica Delgado Ch.
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