Regulations of the 70th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 1 - 6 May 2024
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The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is an independent festival accredited by FIAPF, the International
Federation of Film Producers Associations, and organized according to FIAPF regulations and the regulations ofthe Festival. The Festival presents: Competitions (International, German, International Children’s and Youth Film,NRW), German MuVi Award (with separate regulations), as well as curated programmes. All submitted films will
be previewed for every appropriate festival programme. The deadline for submissions to the competitions is 1February 2024 (date of receipt). Submissions must be made via the Festival website. Receipt of the submission
will be automatically confirmed. Repeated submissions are not possible. Submissions cannot be withdrawn fromthe competition once the submitter has confirmed their participation in writing (see article 9). The submission of
the first five works by one submitter is free of charge. From the sixth submission onwards, a handling fee of 20
euros per film will be charged. This applies to all competitions.

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Organizer of the Festival is the non-profit company Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen gGmbH, which isowned by the City of Oberhausen. Main supporter of the Festival is the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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International Competition: The International Competition is meant to present artistic developments, in particular
new tendencies, in international short film production for discussion, regardless of national representation.
Admitted are works of all genres not exceeding a length of 35 minutes. In rare and exceptional cases, theselection committee reserves the right to admit films of longer duration. Only works are eligible that have notbeen shown at any German festival before Oberhausen. Productions entering the International Competition musthave been completed after 1 January 2023. Entries to the International Competition must be submitted via ourwebsite no later than 1 February 2024. Eligible entries can also be considered for the International Children’s andYouth Film Competition (no festival premiere required). In addition, the Festival reserves the right to select films
that have won prizes at other festivals for inclusion in the programme “Award Winners of Other Festivals”.
Eligible for selection for the International Competition are works whose country of production (seat of theproduction company) is not Germany. This includes co-productions with Germany. Co-productions with Germany
must be submitted for the International Competition, provided they comply with the regulations of theInternational Competition. They will then be considered for either the International Competition or the GermanCompetition, depending on the seat of the main production company. Admitted screening formats are 35 mm,16 mm, Super 8 and DCP. Details will be checked with the filmmakers after the competition entries have beenselected.

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German Competition: Eligible for the German Competition are works produced or co-produced in Germany (seatof the production company). Co-productions with Germany must be submitted for the International Competitionand will be considered for the German as well as for the International Competition, provided they comply withthe regulations of the International Competition. Admitted are works of all genres not exceeding a length of 45minutes. In rare and exceptional cases, the selection committee reserves the right to admit films of longerduration. Productions entering the German Competition must have been completed after 1 January 2023. Entries
to the German Competition must be submitted via our website no later than 1 February 2024. Eligible entries tothe German Competition can also be considered for the International Children’s and Youth Film Competition, theNRW Competition and the German MuVi Award. In addition, the Festival reserves the right to select films thathave won prizes at other festivals for inclusion in the programme “Award Winners of Other Festivals”. Admitted
screening formats are 35 mm, 16 mm, Super 8 and DCP. Details will be checked with the filmmakers after thecompetition entries have been selected. A German festival premiere is not necessary for participation in theGerman Competition.

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NRW Competition: Eligible are works produced in North Rhine-Westphalia (seat of the production company).
Otherwise, the regulations of the German Competition apply.

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International Children’s and Youth Film Competition: For works produced in Germany, see the requirements of
the German Competition. For international entries, the regulations of the International Competition apply, withone exception: the works do not have to be German festival premieres. In addition to the screenings on site, thefilms selected for the Children's and Youth Competition will be made available to educational institutions inprogrammes for viewing in dedicated password-protected online screening rooms. Permission for thispresentation will be obtained when the selection for the competition is announced.

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German MuVi Award: This competition will be organized with its own separate set of regulations.

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Selection: All submitters will be informed of the selection results in mid-March 2024. A selected work may not bewithdrawn from the competition once the submitter has confirmed their participation in writing. If theownership of a work is transferred to a successor in title after the selection has been made, the successor’spermission for the film to take part in the competition will have to be conveyed to the Festival. No license fees
will be paid for competition films.

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Online presentation: All films selected for the competitions will be presented for 24 hours during the Festival in
the Festival Window on THIS IS SHORT, the partner platform of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
The films will be made available there online, worldwide and password-protected. Permission for thispresentation will be obtained when the selection for the respective competition is announced. Consent to thisonline presentation is not a condition of participation in the competition.

10. Dispatch of selected contributions: All screening copies and files of films invited to the competitions must arrivein Oberhausen no later than 4 April 2024. It is recommended that contributors have the documents ofreimportation (required for the customs authorities) issued before the films are shipped. Shipments from non-EU
member states must be clearly labelled “For temporary, cultural purposes only. No commercial value.” Those
dispatches must also be accompanied by a pro forma invoice amounting to a maximum of 20 € (under nocircumstances should the amount of the actual production costs be given, even if they were higher). Costs arisingfrom wrong declarations will be charged to the sender.
11. Address for dispatch: Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen gGmbH, Grillostr. 34, 46045 Oberhausen,
Germany, shipping@kurzfilmtage.de, phone +49(0)208 825-2463. Forwarding expenses to Oberhausen are to bepaid by the sender.
12. Return: Any changes in the return address can only be considered until 20 April 2024. Return shipping costs ofthe screening copies are paid by the Festival.
13. Insurance: The Festival insurance covering all entered copies takes effect at the moment the shipments arehanded over to the Festival organizer by the transport company and ends with the handing over to the respective
carrier after the Festival. The transport itself is at the risk of the sender. The corresponding laws of the Federal
Republic of Germany apply.
14. Prizes and Awards:
The International Jury will award the following prizes:
── the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen (8,000 €)── the Principal Prize (4,000 €)── the Promotional Prize of the International Competition (1,500 €)── The Jury will also nominate a short film candidate for the European Film Awards 2024.
The Jury of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia will award the followingprizes:── first prize (5,000€)── second prize (3,000 €)The Jury of the FIPRESCI will award a prize.
The Ecumenical Jury will award a prize (1,500 €).
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will award the ZONTA Prize to a female filmmaker in theInternational or German Competition (1,000 €).
The Jury of the German Competition will award the following prizes:
── the Prize of the German Competition (5,000 €)── the Promotional Prize of the German Competition (1,500 €)── the 3sat Emerging Talent Prize (2,500 €). This award includes an offer by 3sat to purchase the winning title
and present it on 3sat.
The Jury of the NRW Competition will award the following prizes:
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An audience jury will award the following prize:
Prize of the WDR Westart Audience Jury (750 €). This award includes an option for WDR to purchase the winning
title and present it on WDR.
Two children’s and youth juries from Oberhausen will award one prize each in the International Children’s andYouth Film Competition (1,000 € each).
The Children’s Jury will also award a Promotional Prize (1,000 €).
The Ecumenical Jury of the Children’s and Youth Film Competition will award a prize (1,500 €).
The Jury of the European Children's Film Association (ECFA) will nominate a film in the International Children’sand Youth Film Competition for the ECFA Short Film Award, which will be conferred at the general assembly
during the 2025 Berlinale.
The awards and premiums will be given to the filmmakers.
15. Video Library: All submitted viewing links, basic information and contact emails for the films are automaticallypart of the Video Library. The viewing links are available to accredited persons for individual viewing, unless theFestival receives written instructions to the contrary by 30 March 2024 (date of receipt). The Video Library ispassword-protected; only accredited persons have access on site during the Festival. Access is free for accredited
persons. An online market catalogue will be published containinga brief description of the contributions and thepassword-protected contact addresses. Participation in the Video Library is free of charge. After the Festival,
competition entries will be made available online to accredited professionals, password protected, for individual
viewing purposes in the online Video Library until 6 June 2024. In accordance with FIAPF regulations, the Festival
undertakes to obtain consent from rights holders for any additional use of their film.
16. By submitting your film/s to the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen you are authorizing us to process
the data entered by you for the purpose of organizing the activities of the International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen (festival, distribution, archive). This authorization provides the legal base for processing your data
(art. 6 sect.1a, European General Data Protection Regulation). Your data will be stored for no longer than isnecessary for the purposes referred to above and will not be passed on to third parties. You will find moredetailed information about data protection and your rights according to the GDPR on www.kurzfilmtage.de at“Data Protection”.
17. These regulations are available in German and English. In case of doubt the German version applies.