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Oberhausen
The awards presented by the INTERFILM Jury in Oberhausen in 1997 went to ‘Pensão Globo’ by Matthias Müller, ‘Letters From Home’ by Mike Hoolbrook and ‘L'Ours et la petite mariée’ by Jean-Claude Taki.
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Oberhausen
‘Mikres Meres’ by Kostas Macheras won the INTERFILM Jury Prize, whilst ‘Eastern Elegy’ by Aleksandr Sokurov won the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen at the 42nd West German Short Film Festival in 1996. Inge Kirsner and Heike Kühn report on the festival. At the church reception, director Matthias Müller spoke on ‘The Cinema of Difference – On the Situation of the Experimental Short Film’.
Awards
Current issues
Mythical figures and images from the worlds of culture, sport and politics formed the subject matter of some of the films screened at DocFest Sheffield 2026. Peter Paul Huth explores them.
The extent to which the documentary film has evolved was once again evident this year at DocFest Sheffield (10–15 June 2026). The classic ideal of Direct Cinema or Cinéma Vérité has given way to a wide variety of cinematic possibilities. Report by Peter Paul Huth.