Jade Kallio’s film Ocean Blvd is selected to compete at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from April 29 to May 5, 2025 in Oberhausen, Germany. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, founded in 1954, is considered the oldest short film festival in the world and is one of the largest international platforms for the short form.

In reference to a Lana Del Rey song, Ocean Blvd (2024) poetically explores the politics of architecture, safe spaces, and visibility from a trans person’s perspective. The work blends fictional and non-fictional narratives to outline the boundaries of reality; sometimes our dreams or imagined worlds are more real than the world around us.

Jade Kallio is working with a variety of media including experimental cinema, performance and installation art. Their personal and collaborative works mix speculative fiction with everyday life. Kallio’s works have been presented at festivals and institutions such as Europian Media Art Festival (2019, 2017), Beursschouwburg Art Center Brussels (2019), Kunsthalle Osnabrueck (2019), International Film Festival Rotterdam (2019, 2017), CCA derry (2016), HAM gallery (2017), Turku Art Museum (2017), Gallery Sinne (2017).

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
April 24-May 5, 2025
Oberhausen, Germany

More information: International Short Film Festival Oberhausen – International Competition 1