New management team for the international short film days Oberhausen!

New management team for the international short film days Oberhausen!

Oberhausen, Deutschland - From January 1, 2025, the curator and author Madeleine Bernstorff and the event clerk Susannah Pollheim take over the artistic and commercial management of the international short film festival Oberhausen. These changes take place after the resignation of Lars Henrik Gass, who led the festival for almost three decades and will now build a new house for film and media in Stuttgart. The recent announcement comes at the right time, because the Oberhausen short film days are considered the oldest short film festival in the world, founded in 1954, and are an important catalyst for the short film form, such as Culture reported.

Madeleine Bernstorff, who has been a member of the festival's selection commission since 2000, explained that she was looking forward to further developing the content and programs and strengthening the unique orientation of the festival. In addition to her experience, Susannah Pollheim, who was born in Oberhausen and has a long -term career in the cultural industry, also brings her expertise into the new role. Pollheim emphasized the importance of the festival for the city and its intention of promoting reputation beyond the borders of Upper House. The Oberhausen Mayor Daniel Schranz was convinced that the new leadership duo will continue and develop the successful traditions of the festival, as it will be Kurzfilmtage.de Published.

The festival, which set a milestone in German film history in 1962 with the famous "Oberhausen Manifest", is strategically reoriented with the handover to Bernstorff and Pollheim. Both managers have undertaken to expand the platform for cinematic experiments in a global context and further intensify the festival as an open international forum. While the new leaders are motivated to set fresh impulses, the continuity of the festival in Oberhausen remains secured in order to tackle the challenge of the present and future.