International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

Types: CASHPRIZE, EXHIBITION, OTHER

**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 2026. **The Jury of the Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia will award the following prizes:** ── first prize (5,000 €) ── second prize (3,000 €) The Jury of the FIPRESCI will award a prize. The Ecumenical Jury will award a prize (2,000 €). The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will award the ZONTA Prize to a female filmmaker in the International 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:** ── the Prize of the NRW Competition (1,000 €) ── the Promotional Prize of the NRW Competition (500 €) An audience jury will award the following prize: Prize of the WDR Westart Audience Jury (750 €). Two children’s and youth juries from Oberhausen will award one prize each in the International Children’s and Youth Film Competition (1,000 € each). The Children’s Jury will also award a Promotional Prize (1,000 €). The Youth Jury will also award the SURPRISE. Prize for the most surprising film (1,000 €). The award comes with the option of making the award-winning work available to secondary schools in NRW for teaching purposes for 12 months. 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’s and Youth Film Competition for the ECFA Short Film Award, which will be conferred at the general assembly during the 2027 Berlinale.