Late Night Love

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026

Some films in this collection are not suitable for viewers under 18 years of age.

It is amazing (and still very understandable) that the question of love functions like a mirror to all our cultural categories and our conceived notions. Gender, nation, working environment, recreation and sport. All of the above feature in our Late Night Love programme as the pin on which all these relationships hang. A virtual reality game tests the limits of our being together in an avatar mode, whereas a paid sex encounter reveals more intimate things about third people absent from the encounter. Non-heteronormative relationships remind us that affection between consenting adults is here to stay. Sometimes toxicity is masked as animated love, and other times love needs a big audience to bloom. Raunchy, cleverly funny, honest, and revealing our perennial worries and aspirations about connecting with each other, here's to love.

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Films

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Local title
...oh
Director
Justin Geldzahler
Country
Year
2026

Frustrated while sexting at the office, Sadie throws caution to the wind and sneaks away to the handicap restroom where she... wait, did anyone hear that??

Director
Justin Geldzahler
Screenwriter
Justin Geldzahler
Producer
Hayley Theisen, Justin Geldzahler
Co-producer
Gloria Bangiola, Ted Lord
Cast
Jamie Linn Watson, John Henry Hirozawa, Gloria Bangiola, Alexander Leiss, Michelle Chan Bennett, Jason A. Coombs, Travis Gentile
Cinematographer
Riede Dervay, Riede Dervay
Editing
Audrey Weiner
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Sound
Al Zaleski
Runtime
Language

Four Percent

Local title
Neli protsenti
Original title
FOUR PERCENT
Director
Monika Elżbieta Masłoń
Year
2025

The film explores the experience of meeting in virtual spaces and the shifting boundaries of connection in virtual reality (VR). Through intimate portrayals of digital interactions, the film reflects on the feeling of presence in a world where bodies are absent yet connections feel real. It examines the concept of imagined touch, how gestures and digital avatars attempt to bridge the gap left by the lack of physical contact. Filmed entirely within VR, Four Percent captures the tension between distance and closeness, inviting viewers to reflect on the evolving nature of presence, intimacy, and human connection in an increasingly virtual world.

Director
Monika Elżbieta Masłoń
Screenwriter
Monika Masłoń
Producer
Monika Masłoń
Co-producer
Pablo Quarta, Peter Zorn
Cast
Pablo Quarta, Monika Elżbieta Masłoń
Cinematographer
Monika Masłoń, Pablo Quarta
Editing
Monika Masłoń
Sound
Alejandro Weyler
Sound
Alejandro Weyler
Runtime
Language

Back to Tadou

Local title
Tagasi Tadou'sse
Original title
Retour à Tadou
Director
Jean-Nicolas Bertouille Blais
Country
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
Subject

It is a bittersweet comedy about the ways we try to rewrite our past in order to make peace with ourselves. Blending humor and fantasy, we follow Maude as she seeks closure by revisiting a traumatic summer memory: a beach encounter in Tadoussac with Justin, ten years ago. It is a story about promises, repair, and unfulfilled desires. By inventing wounds and trying to heal them, the characters reveal their deep humanity and the universal need to find meaning, even within an illusion.

Director
Jean-Nicolas Bertouille Blais
Screenwriter
Pierre Berlioux, Jean-Nicolas Bertouille Blais
Producer
Serge Desrosiers
Cast
Ellicyan Paradis, Zoé Ntumba, Joakim Robillard
Cinematographer
John Cumberland
Editing
Michel Robichaud
Production Design
Jeanne Derigny
Composer
Emmanuel Brie
Sales agent
Jeanne Morissette
Sound
Jérôme Boiteau
Runtime
Language
Subtitles

Pinchu is Like That

Local title
Selline see Pinchu on
Original title
Pinchu es así
Director
Carmen Córdoba González
Country
Year
2025
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
Subject

Pinchu is pervy, and everyone laughs at his antics—including his girlfriend Jimena, who’s turning 30 this weekend and throwing an epic party. Only Bea sees him for what he really is, though this traumatic experience may make her question whether she’s been excusing the behavior of someone she loves in the same way.

Director
Carmen Córdoba González
Screenwriter
María Zaragoza
Cast
Alba Flores, Helena Lanza, María Zaragoza, Nüll García, Eduardo Rosa
Editing
Carmen Córdoba González
Production Design
María Herreros
Composer
Fryluka Musical
Sound
Rolando Alonso Martínez
Runtime
Language
Subtitles

Birthmark

Local title
Sünnimärk
Original title
Birthmark
Director
George Peter Barbari
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
Subject

A woman makes her way to a sex worker to discover something about her world, about herself. Behind those walls, another war is being fought – one of truth, one of being.

Director
George Peter Barbari
Screenwriter
Christelle Younes, George Peter Barbari
Producer
Christelle Younes, Nicolas Leprêtre
Co-producer
Vanja Vascarac
Cast
Christelle Younes, George Peter Barbari
Cinematographer
Karim Ghorayeb
Editing
George Peter Barbari, Christelle Younes
Editing
George Peter Barbari, Christelle Younes
Production Design
Moe Rida
Composer
Cedric Kayem
Sound
Tihomir Vrbanec, Chadi Roukouz
Runtime
Language
Subtitles

Geronto

Local title
Geronto
Director
Mark Pluck
Year
2026

Based on true events, the film is a short LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama about longing, connection, and self-discovery.

Set over the course of one night in the late 2000s, the story follows Younger, a man in his 20s, who meets Older, a man in his 60s, at a discreet London pub.

What begins as a tender and intimate connection soon fractures under the weight of a painful misunderstanding in a nearby hotel room, forcing both men to confront their deepest fears.

The film sheds a light on the often-taboo subject of gerontophilia, and challenges societal boundaries around age and desire. Delicate yet daring, the film offers a quietly radical portrait of queer intimacy across generations.

Director
Mark Pluck
Screenwriter
Christopher Sherwood
Producer
Tom Taplin
Cast
Jason Watkins, Noah Valentine
Cinematographer
Rob Wilton
Production Design
Anna Riot
Composer
Sister Bliss
Runtime
Language
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2:LOVE

Local title
2:LOVE
Director
Ronni Shalev
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
Subject

When two ball girls lock eyes on the court of a prestigious tennis tournament, their initial rivalry slowly transforms into a magnetic passion.

Director
Ronni Shalev
Screenwriter
Ronni Shalev
Producer
Jérémie Mazurek, Christophe Beaujean, Yael Ozsinay, Étienne Jaxel-Truer, Eminé Seker
Cinematographer
Ronni Shalev, Gal Michalevicz
Editing
Ewin Ruckaert, Ronni Shalev
Sound
Benjamin Vandenbroucke, Frédéric FURNELLE
Runtime
Language
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