Oberhausen Manifesto was a declaration by a group of 26 young German filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , North Rhine-Westphalia on 28 February 1962 . The manifesto was a call to arms to establish a " new German feature film " . It was initiated by Haro Senft and among the signatories were the directors Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz . The manifesto was associated with the motto '' " Papas Kino ist tot " '' ( Papa 's cinema is dead ) , although this phrase does not appear in the manifesto itself
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen Manifesto