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Oberhausen 2025: Nature, demons, and us
REPORT: From mystical birds to salt mines, Oberhausen’s films question human-nonhuman boundaries and challenge cinematic conventions
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The Mountain Won’t Move
NATURE: The poetic rhythms of shepherding life in North Macedonia amidst breathtaking mountain landscapes and modern encroachments.
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Real bodies, fake bodies: the dichotomy of female objectification
GENDER EQUALITY: From Kurdish villages to college campuses, gender-based abuse knows no boundaries.
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Dead humans are also humans
DEATH: When the Mediterranean rejects the nameless, who restores their dignity?
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On the murderer’s side
ABUSE: Three survivors of domestic violence who have murdered their abusers are given a chance to tell their stories.
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Recolonising Ecuador
NEO-COLONISALISM: Ecuadorian indigenous resistance against their homeland's resource exploitation at the hands of China.
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The world of tomorrow
CONTROL: A dystopic visual essay reflecting on the filmmaker’s children’s future in a technological world.
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The bodies made for war
CONFLICT: As Germany switches its military apparatus more akin to the USA, it is those without opportunity and means frequently finding themselves on the frontlines.
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Left in the mud
CORRUPTION: Political turmoil and ecological catastrophe come together in Venezuela's existential fight for survival.