The short film and animation festival within the Black Nights Film Festival has unveiled the titles which will be a part of its six competitions. The 8th edition of PÖFF Shorts runs from 8 to 20 November in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia.
FULL LIST OF COMPETITION TITLES
SHORTS LIVE ACTION COMPETITION
A MOVE, dir. Elahe Esmaili (Iran, 2024)
CUCUMBER, dir. Harald Furuholmen (Norway, 2024)
DAYS BEFORE THE DEATH OF NICKY, dir. Denis Côté (Canada, 2024)
DREAM CAR WASH, dir. Edoardo Brighenti (UK, 2024)
DRIVING LESSONS, dir. Anastasiya Gruba (Ukraine, 2024)
FAVOURS, dir. Agnes Skonare (Sweden, 2024)
FRANCIS BACON, dir. Darcy Cagen (United States, 2024)
GAME RULES, dir. Christian Zetterberg (Sweden, 2024)
HARD; LIKE CLEANING BLOOD, dir. Amir Jalalzadeh (Iran, 2024)
IRIS, dir. Jillian Iscaro (United States, 2024)
IT IS WHAT IT IS, dir. Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland, 2023)
IYKYK, dir. Bonita Rajpurohit (India, 2024)
JACKPOT, dir. Vlad Popa, Vasile Todincă (Romania, 2024)
JUNGLE LAW, dir. Madli Lääne (Estonia, 2024)
LEFT HANDED PEN, dir. Adas Burksaitis (Lithuania, 2024)
LICHTBLICK, dir. Sophia Tamaro (Germany, 2023)
MADE OF SUGAR, dir. Clàudia (Spain, 2024)
O, dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland, 2024)
ON THE WAY, dir. Samir Karahoda (Kosovo, 2024)
PANADRILO, dir. Marcela Heilbron (Panama, 2023)
PUSH, dir. Elly Condon (UK, 2024)
SELAH, dir. Brett Michael Innes (South Africa, 2024)
SIDE A: A SUMMER DAY, dir. Kin Fai Wan (Taiwan, 2024)
STILLS MOVING, dir. Kevin Tsung-Hsuan Yeh (Taiwan, 2024)
SWEDISH DEATH, dir. Kristina Yee (Ireland, 2024)
THE ACTOR, dir. Damjan Kozole (Slovenia, 2024)
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US, dir. Léo Fontaine (France, 2024)
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT, dir. Nebojša Slijepčević (Slovenia, 2024)
THE MASTERPIECE, dir. Àlex Lora (Spain, 2024)
VICTORY, dir. Zulfikar Filandra (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024)
WHEN THEY BLOOM, dir. Gvozden Ilic (Serbia, 2024)
SHORTS NEW TALENTS: LIVE ACTION
A GOOD START, dir. Sarah Blok (UK, 2024)
APRIL TWENTY-SEVEN, dir. Rebeka Hathazi (Romania, 2024)
BABY BROTHER, dir. Berthold Wahjudi (Germany, 2024)
BETWEEN THE LINES, dir. Niklas Pollmann (Germany, 2024)
CONFESSIONS OF MY CHILDHOOD BODY, dir. Emīlija Karetņikova (Latvia, 2024)
CRAWLIES, dir. Ulysse de Maximy (Mexcio, 2024)
CURA SANA, dir. Lucía G. Romero (Spain, 2024)
GREEK APRICOTS, dir. Jan Krevatin (Croatia, 2024)
HUBBLE'S LAW, dir. Arnas Balčiūnas (LIthuania, 2024)
LITTLE GOD, dir. Zongjie Deng (China, 2024)
NOSTALGIA IN RED, dir. Carmen-Louise Suuroja (Estonia, 2024)
ROCKY MEETS LUCY, dir. Georges Rottier (Belgium, 2024)
TAKE ME TO HER, dir. Bartłomiej Błaszczyński (Poland, 2024)
THE BRIDE, dir. Hjördís Jóhannsdóttir (Iceland, 2024)
THE BULL, dir. Victor Nauwynck (UK, 2024)
THE SEA IN BETWEEN, dir. Lun Sevnik (Slovenia, 2024)
TOMORROW NEVER COMES, dir. Gaia (UK, 2024)
TRAINS PASSING BY , dir. Artemisia Stella Refle (Austria, 2024)
WE BEG TO DIFFER, dir. Ruairi Bradley (Ireland, 2024)
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT DILAN, dir. Umut Şilan Oğurlu (Turkey, 2024)
WHEN BIG PEOPLE LIE, dir. Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz (United States, 2024)
WHERE TIME STOOD STILL, dir. Nino Benashvili (Georgia, 2024)
WILD CHILD, dir. Sif Lina Lambæk (Denmark, 2024)
A VERY TWISTED TALE, dir. Catherine Buffat, Jean-Luc Greco (France , 2024)
BODY OF A SHADOW, dir. Andrea Muñoz (Colombia, 2023)
DULL SPOTS OF GREENISH COLOURS, dir. Sasha Svirsky (Germany, 2024)
ENTROPIC MEMORY, dir. Nicolas Brault (Canada, 2024)
FAMILES' ALBUMS, dir. Moïa Jobin-Paré (Canada, 2023)
FLATASTIC, dir. Alice Saey (France, Netherlands, 2024)
FLOWER SHOW, dir. Elli Vuorinen (Finland, 2024)
FREERIDE IN C, dir. Edmunds Jansons (Latvia, 2024)
GLASS HOUSE, dir. Boris Labbé (France, 2024)
I DIED IN IRPIN, dir. Anastasiia Falileieva (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, 2024)
IT SHOULDN’T RAIN TOMORROW, dir. Maria Trigo Teixeira (Portugal, Germany, 2024)
JOKO, dir. Izabela Plucińska (Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, 2024)
KAFKA. IN LOVE, dir. Zane Oborenko (Latvia, Czech Republic, 2024)
LA VOIX DES SIRÈNES, dir. Gianluigi Toccafondo (France, Italy, 2023)
LUNA ROSSA, dir. Olga Pärn, Priit Pärn (Estonia, France, 2024)
MAYBE ELEPHANTS, dir. Torill Kove (Canada, Norway, 2024)
MISERABLE MIRACLE (ENGLISH DUBBING), dir. Ryo Orikasa (France, Japan, Canada, 2024)
MR. MR. WELCOMES YOU HOME, dir. Exyl (US, 2024)
O/S, dir. Max Hattler (Germany, Hong Kong, 2023)
PERCEBES, dir. Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves (Portugal, France, 2024)
PROGRESS MINING, dir. Gabriel Böhmer (United Kingdom, 2024)
REBORN WITH YOU, dir. Inju Park (South Korea, 2023)
STAMPFER DREAMS, dir. Thomas Renoldner (Austria, 2024)
TAKO TSUBO, dir. Eva Pedroza, Fanny Sorgo (Germany, Austria, 2024)
TENNIS, ORANGES, dir. Sean Pecknold (US, 2024)
THE BLEACHER , dir. Nicole Daddona, Adam Wilder (US, 2024)
THE CAR THAT CAME BACK FROM THE SEA, dir. Jadwiga Kowalska (Switzerland, 2024)
THE GREAT ANNUAL PARTY OF THE CREATURES OF THE MOON, dir. Francis Desharnais (Canada, 2024)
THE MEATSELLER, dir. Margherita Giusti (Italy, 2023)
VOICELESS, dir. Samuel Patthey (Switzerland, 2024)
CAPYBARAS, dir. Alfredo Soderguit (France, Chile, Uruguay, 2024)
HARU-TSUGE FISH AND FU-RAI BOY, dir. Takeshi Yashiro (Japan, 2024)
HELLO SUMMER, dir. Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová (Slovakia, Czech republic, France, 2024)
HOOFS ON SKATES, dir. Ignas Meilūnas (Lithuania, 2024)
LOLA AND THE SOUND PIANO, dir. Augusto Zanovello (France, Poland, Switzerland, 2024)
MÛ, dir. Malin Neumann (Germany, 2024)
POTATOES, dir. Marcin Podolec (Poland, 2024)
RARE STONE, dir. Jiahang Li (China, 2024)
STEPS TO FLY, dir. Nicolás Conte, Rosario Carlino (Argentina, France, 2024)
THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES, dir. André Carrilho (Portugal, 2024)
THE NIGHT BOOTS, dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon (France, 2024)
VIVARIUM, dir. Daan Lucas (The Netherlands, 2024)
YUCK!, dir. Loïc Espuche (France, 2024)
ADIÓS, dir. José Prats (United Kingdom, 2024)
BRAIDED, dir. Chenxi Zhang (US, China, 2024)
BUNNYHOOD, dir. Mansi Maheshwari (United Kingdom, 2024)
CARROTICA, dir. Daniel Sterlin-Altman (Germany, 2024)
CHERRY, PASSION FRUIT, dir. Renato José Duque (Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Brazil, 2024)
CHILDREN OF THE BIRD, dir. Júlia Tudisco (Hungary, 2024)
CHIMERA, dir. Gael Jara, Martín André (Chile, 2024)
CROW, STARFISH AND UNICORN, dir. Xiaoxuan Han (China, 2024)
I AM A FLOWER, dir. Arthanto Ariel Victor (Germany, 2024)
I AM HERE, dir. Cheyenne Goudswaard (The Netherlands, 2024)
IN LOVING MEMORIES, dir. John Eaton (United Kingdom, 2024)
MINUS PLUS MULTIPLY, dir. Chu-Chieh Lee (United Kingdom, 2024)
MOVING MOUNTAINS, dir. Jessica Poon (Germany, 2024)
SEARCHING FOR THE 5TH DIRECTION, dir. Matthias Schüpbach (Switzerland, 2024)
SPHERE SUPREME, dir. Hasan Pastaci (Belgium, Turkey, 2024)
STALE SMOKE, dir. Arthur Jamain (France, 2024)
THE ANNOUNCED TRAGEDY, dir. Rujitanont Thanut (Finland, Belgium, Portugal, Australia, Thailand, 2024)
Full schedule will be available on October 31st.
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