Oldenburg 2025 - The Film Verdict

Oldenburg 2025: The Awards

Sep 15, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025

Ondrej Provaznik’s ‘Broken Voices’ takes the top prize, while debut directors flourish at Oldenburg 2025.

Oldenburg Film Festival 2025: The Verdict

Sep 15, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025

The indie film event par excellence, Oldenburg Film Festival, returned over an inspiring five days filled with bold and creative filmmaking from brutal dystopian pregnancy dramas to charming mental health love stories.

Re-Creation

Sep 14, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025

The gripping, formally inventive jury-room drama ‘Re-Creation’ is part speculative fiction and part true crime exposé built around strong performances.

Oldenburg pays tribute to Don Keith Opper

Sep 13, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Spotlight

Most famous for his role in the Critters franchise, Oldenburg celebrates Don Keith Opper’s contributions as a screenwriter.

The Sleeping Beauty

Sep 13, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025, Verdict Shorts

Mattie Do’s The Sleeping Beauty is a beguiling fairy tale of accursed love that blends fantasy and horror, born of traditional Laotian folklore.

The Girl in the Snow

Sep 13, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025

Louise Hemon’s feature fiction debut, The Girl in the Snow, takes real life stories and conjures with them an enthralling period chamber piece with folk horror inflections.

The Innocents

Sep 12, 2025 | Festivals, Oldenburg 2025

German Tejada updates Oswaldo Reynoso into contemporary Lima in The Innocents, a grungy coming-of-age drama that explores burgeoning sexuality and youthful alienation.