Shorts @ PÖFF

EFA Shorts on Tour 1

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

EFA Shorts, the European Film Academy’s short film tour, brings shorts to audiences across Europe and beyond. The programme, featuring the European Short Film Candidates for the European Film Awards, is a manifold panorama of young, contemporary European filmmaking.

The creation of the European Film Academy (EFA) was the initiative of a group of Europe’s finest filmmakers brought together on the occasion of the first European Film Awards Ceremony, held in November 1988. The EFA now unites more than 3,600 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting European film culture. Throughout the year, the EFA initiates and participates in a series of activities dealing with film politics as well as economic, artistic and training aspects. The programme includes conferences, seminars and workshops with the common goal of building a bridge between creativity and the industry. These activities culminate in the annual presentation of the European Film Awards.

PÖFF Shorts is one of the festivals that will present a short film candidate as a potential nominee for the European Film Awards, with the festival choosing a candidate for consideration for next EFA Awards from amongst its competition programmes.

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening111602 / Euroopa Filmiakadeemia nominendid 1
Screening duration
But ticket

Films

The Long Goodbye

Local title
Pikk hüvastijätt
Director
Aneil Karia
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2020
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Riz Ahmed delivers a standout performance in this overwhelming and explosive experience which places us in the frontline as witnesses to the extreme consequences of what hate speech and racism can ultimately lead to. A visually arresting, rhythmically powerful and thought-provoking slice of dystopia.

Director
Aneil Karia
Language
English

My Uncle Tudor

Local title
Minu onu Tudor
Original title
Nanu Tudor
Director
Olga Lucovnicova
Country
Belgium, Portugal, Hungary
Year
2020
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

After 20 years of silence, the filmmaker travels back to the house of her great-grandparents, where she passed through harmful events that left a deep imprint on her memory forever. The long-awaited family gathering runs counter to her attempts to overcome the past.

Director
Olga Lucovnicova
Language
Romanian, Russian

Bella

Local title
Bella
Director
Thelyia Petraki
Country
Greece
Year
2020
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Greece 1986-1987, a little before the fall of State Socialism and just at the end of the Cold War. In front of Anthi’s eyes the country is changing, the world is changing and with them Christos seems to be changing too.

Director
Thelyia Petraki
Language
Greek, English

Displaced

Local title
Kodutud
Original title
Pa Vend
Director
Samir Karahoda
Country
Kosovo
Year
2021
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables.

Director
Samir Karahoda
Language
Albanian

Dustin

Local title
Dustin
Director
Naïla Guiguet
Country
France
Year
2020
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.

Director
Naïla Guiguet
Language
French