Shorts Live-Action Competition 1 (2022)

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2022
Programme
Shorts Live-Action Competition

Films

Baltic premiere

Dead Whistle Stop

Local title
Viimane soov
Original title
Dead Whistle Stop
Director
Sean McKenna
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Programme
Shorts Live-Action Competition

Daniel’s not going to the office today. A dying man asked him to deliver a letter, so he’s doing that instead. Though he’s not sure who the dying man was or where the person he’s delivering it to is. Or what, if anything, it has to do with his new neighbours, The Illuminated Brotherhood of the All Seeing Eye.

Director
Sean McKenna
Runtime
Trailer

Baltic premiere

Neighbour Abdi

Local title
Naabri-Abdi
Original title
Buurman Abdi
Director
Douwe Dijkstra
Country
Netherlands
Year
2022
Programme
Shorts Live-Action Competition

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi is furniture designer and support worker. He reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, Abdi and Douwe embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.

Director
Douwe Dijkstra
Runtime
Trailer

Baltic premiere

Amandine en vrai

Local title
Amandine isiklikult
Original title
Amandine en vrai
Director
Salomé Richard
Country
Belgium
Year
2022
Programme
Shorts Live-Action Competition

Salomé embarks Amandine and her team on the shooting of her film. Torn between her hidden ambitions and real contingencies, Salomé struggles with her story. She tries to bring out some truth, on the edge of fiction, on the border between her fantasies and ghosts.

Director
Salomé Richard
Runtime

Estonian premiere

Saboteur

Local title
Sabotöör
Original title
Le Saboteur
Director
Anssi Kasitonni
Country
Finland
Year
2022
Programme
Shorts Live-Action Competition

Former saboteur gets back on saddle. Every trick will be exposed.

Director
Anssi Kasitonni
Runtime
Trailer
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