Careers
“I smoked my first cigarette here. For years, I saw every single film at the Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage, looking forward to those days in Oberhausen every year. These events were important for me, for my decision to become a filmmaker.” Wim Wenders, filmmaker, Germany
“Short film is a great first step for a budding filmmaker. That’s how I made my beginnings, and Oberhausen was an important step on my path to become a director.” Roman Polanski, filmmaker, Poland/France
During the long history of the Oberhausen festival, many careers got off to a successful start. A few of the filmmakers and artists who showed their early works in Oberhausen: : Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Doug Aitken, Kenneth Anger, Andrea Arnold, Jürgen Böttcher, Stan Brakhage, Vera Chytilová, Valie Export, Milos Forman, Werner Herzog, Christoph Hochhäusler, Hermine Huntgeburth, Joris Ivens, Isaac Julien, Miranda July, Romuald Karmakar, Jochen Kuhn, Jan Lenica, Chris Marker, Bjørn Melhus, Dore O., Roman Polanski, Pipilotti Rist, Christoph Schlingensief, Martin Scorsese, István Szabó, Agnès Varda, Adolf Winkelmann.
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“So much of the trouble is because I am a woman. To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a woman. There is one crown which perhaps is worth it all—a great love, a quiet home, and children. We all know that is all that is worthwhile, and yet we must peg away, showing off our wares on the market if we have money, or manufacturing careers for ourselves if we haven’t.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)