Black Nights Comedy

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

If you were to look for a unifying theme throughout this year’s comedy shorts, then it would probably ‘eclecticism’. Because comedy is very rarely all things to all people. Drama is universal. Comedy feels specific. But this year’s selection runs the gamut, ensuring that whether slapstick tickles your funny bone, dark humour makes you slightly smile or surrealism makes you LOL that there’ll be something here to fulfil all your comedic requirements.
So if you think we’re having a laugh, then – well – yes we are. And we’re sure you will too.

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening042201 / Black Nights Comedy
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Hall Electric Cinema, Tartu
Screening084102 / Black Nights Comedy
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Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening092102 / Black Nights Comedy
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Films

Baltic premiere

Pumpkin

Local title
Muska
Original title
Pupuce
Director
Chloé Larrère
Country
Belgium
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Since the release of a film of great success in which Valentine plays the lead role, she hasn't been working. It's during this period of low spirits that she has to audition for a big French film, in a duet with a dog, even though she doesn't really like dogs. Driven by her depression and existential angst as an actress, she sets off on an absurd canine quest around Brussels.

Director
Chloé Larrère
Runtime
Language
Japanese, French
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Country Dogs

Local title
Külakoerad
Original title
Country Dogs
Director
Ali Moniri, Philip Kaat, Bertan Can
Country
Estonia
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

This is a short comedy that treads the fine line between humor and absurdity, exploring themes of freedom, fate, and the unexpected mentors we find in the most unlikely places.

Director
Ali Moniri, Philip Kaat, Bertan Can
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

Your Dad

Local title
Sinu isa
Original title
Apád
Director
Anita Kühnel Szabó
Country
Hungary
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

The violinist Miklós's perpetual compulsion to conform turns into anxiety, and it seals his life. Following an accident, he finds himself in purgatory, where his father, who had died earlier, is waiting to accompany him to God. With a father of bad temper, the journey is a real torment. Along the way, Miklós discovers why he has become an anxious man who blames himself and constantly seeks answers to his fate. And for those answers, he must walk through purgatory.

Director
Anita Kühnel Szabó
Runtime
Language
Hungarian
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Wild Flowers

Local title
Põllulilled
Original title
Les fleurs sauvages
Director
Thierry Sirois, Rodolph Saint-Gelais
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

In a detailed voicemail, a man explains how to use the old lawn tractor to mow the grass on his land without unbalancing the garden.

Director
Thierry Sirois, Rodolph Saint-Gelais
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

The Head on Him

Local title
See tema pea
Original title
The Head on Him
Director
Seán Gallen
Country
Ireland
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A Coming-of-age Dramedy about a young, biracial boy who moves to Ireland in the '90s. He shaves off his Afro in order to fit in and it works...but then his Afro grows back, bigger and bigger, until it traps him in his room and he has to find a way out.

Director
Seán Gallen
Runtime
Language
English

World premiere

LOYAL

Local title
Lojaalne
Original title
LOYAL
Director
Sara Chia-Jewell, Antonis Papamichael
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Arlo gets coffee from the same cafe everyday. However, one day she gets a coffee from elsewhere and her regular barista catches her betrayal.

Director
Sara Chia-Jewell, Antonis Papamichael
Runtime
Language
English

Estonian premiere

Keep Frozen!

Local title
Hoida jääs!
Original title
Ne rompez pas la chaîne du froid !
Director
Jeanne Tiesse
Country
France
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Troubadour-sur-Yvette mall, it's 8 a.m. and employees are finishing preparing the store for the opening.
Just as the first customers are starting to shop, a man steps into the main aisle and removes all his clothes.

Director
Jeanne Tiesse
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Fish River Anthology

Local title
Mereelukad
Original title
Mereneläviä
Director
Veera Lamminpää
Country
Finland
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Panorama

The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.

Director
Veera Lamminpää
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
English
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