Author Steffanie Ling

In last year’s festival report of Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen I lamented a number of programs that were postponed, including the theme program, Solidarity as Disruption. This year, a selection of tha...

Last January, I was seeking a joyful film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. When I asked around, one recommended a film about a woman who attempts to flee an asylum. Others asked if I meant a comedy...

The 66th Edition of the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen went online too, and we all know why. A moment to note and speculate on some personally anticipated and logistically reasonable absences. re-sel...

The Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen is like a restaurant that everyone keeps going to even though the quality of the food is consistently unpredictable. The festival has fashioned itself as an idiosyncra...