Oberhausen Short Film Festival: “Anti-Semitism, i.e. ideology, cannot be rehabilitated through education”

Oberhausen Short Film Festival: “Anti-Semitism, i.e. ideology, cannot be rehabilitated through education”

Lars Henrik Gass directed the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for almost 27 years. After a call for solidarity with Israel, activists initiated a boycott. Now Gass is leaving. In an interview, he explains how campaigns controlled by anti-democratic groups work in the cultural world today. Most recently, the director of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, … Read more

Oberhausen Short Film Festival: “There are, especially in the university sector, activism entrepreneurs”

Oberhausen Short Film Festival: “There are, especially in the university sector, activism entrepreneurs”

Lars Henrik Gass directed the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for almost 27 years. After a call for solidarity with Israel, activists initiated a boycott. Now Gass is leaving. In an interview, he explains how campaigns controlled by anti-democratic groups work in the cultural world today. Most recently, the director of the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, … Read more