Vitamins

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives

Love Is The Drug’ sang Roxy Music. Now love Is lots of drugs (well, vitamins) as this year’s Vitamin Pills all revolve around love and – on occasion – loneliness. They show a world where relationships are hard and isolation can prove crippling. But they also show how togetherness works, and how – just once a while – we can better people.
And don’t fear because the Vitamin doses will still provide you with plenty of silliness, quirkiness and general insanity that many have got used to from this selection and it will be a trip to talk about. Just maybe this time you can find someone’s hand to hold at the same time.

Screenings

Hall 1 Kino Artis
Screening102102 / Vitamiinilaks
Q&A duration
Screening duration

Films

World premiere

Third Wheel

Local title
Kolmas ratas
Original title
Kolmas ratas
Director
Rauno Laikjõe
Country
Estonia
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives, Night Cinema

Jaagup is on a date. Everything’s going quite smoothly and it’s about time to gear up.
But how exactly?
The rain and wind are picking up and making the date companion shiver. Now, it looks to be the time to advance some moves, but before Jaagup gets to it, a loud and blue car pulls over beside them. It’s their mutual friend, but more like an enemy for Jaagup, who has to man up, to secure a spot in the girl's heart.

Director
Rauno Laikjõe
Runtime
Language
Estonian, Esperanto
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Green Light

Local title
Roheline tuli
Original title
Green Light
Director
Bérenger Barry
Country
France
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Night Cinema, Shorts Alternatives

Hazel & Ben have been pals forever. But today is not forever.

Director
Bérenger Barry
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Nervous Ellie

Local title
Ärev Ellie
Director
David Yorke
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives, Night Cinema

Ellie, new to dating and painfully shy, struggles to control her nerves during a date with Danni, resulting in some unexpecting and shocking results.

Director
David Yorke
Runtime
Language
English

International premiere

Crab Claw

Local title
Vähisõrg
Original title
Crab Claw
Director
Steve Sanders
Country
USA
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Night Cinema, Shorts Alternatives

In "Crab Claw", Dale and Cathy's relationship hits rock bottom, leading them to therapy. But as they navigate their issues, it becomes clear that Cathy's recent "hand" problem isn't just a physical ailment—it's a shell of a situation that leaves everyone clawing for solutions. Can they claw their way back to marital bliss, or will their crustacean calamity keep them in a pinch?

Director
Steve Sanders
Runtime
Language
English

World premiere

I'm Expecting

Local title
Ma olen rase
Original title
I'm Expecting
Director
Kadri Koop
Country
Estonia
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives, Night Cinema

A woman living in anticipation of her dream coming true.

Director
Kadri Koop
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

PleasureDora

Local title
Mõnu-Dora
Original title
PleasureDora
Director
Mark Prebble
Country
New Zealand
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives, Night Cinema

A glitchy AI love companion from the 'semi-mature' range and her lonely final customer confront mortality, second chances, and life on the scrap heap.

Director
Mark Prebble
Runtime
Language
English

World premiere

Min's Day Off

Local title
Mini vaba päev
Original title
Min's Day Off
Director
João Londres
Country
Brazil
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Night Cinema, Shorts Alternatives

After an embarrassing night of karaoke, Min decides to take a day off.

Director
João Londres
Runtime
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Kumar Kumar

Local title
Kumar Kumar
Original title
Kumar Kumar
Director
Kiran Koshy
Country
USA
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts Alternatives, Night Cinema

Kumar Kumar is all alone on his birthday. His social media feed is dead. Maybe he should be too? But then, the computer dings.

Director
Kiran Koshy
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

Sorry I'm late (But I Brought a Choir)

Local title
Vabandust, et ma hiljaks jäin (aga ma võtsin koori kaasa)
Original title
Dette er ikke en fest (det er en vinkveld)
Director
Håkon Anton Olavsen
Country
Norway
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Night Cinema, Shorts Alternatives

The night is still young as a drunken choir awaits in a hallway, eagerly in need of an answer: Will Nina let them into her party or not? And is it even a party?

Director
Håkon Anton Olavsen
Runtime
Subtitles
English
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