Shorts Animation Competition 2

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

From realism to surrealism and abstraction, all animated shorts of the competition programme manifest both depth and style.

In the variety of 2D, 3D and stop-motion animation, the films' characters assume the form of animals to express what humans cannot. They focus their gaze on the nature of relationships, which can wither away. They explore femininity and motherhood and dare to examine social malaise as well. Their design ranges from the lush to the minimal, and their directors can bridge our new, online brave world with our old unexplored natural world. We can relate to nuns in love, gay male desires, anxious artists and overworked athletes all with one intake of air. The films are alternatively brave and witty, all revealing the need for connection – whether being one of the Greek gods or your familiar and lovable cow. It's all in the eye of the animation beholder.

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening062201 / Shorts anima võistlusprogramm 2
Q&A duration
Screening duration
Trailer

Films

Armat

Local title
Juured
Original title
Արմատ
Director
Elodie Dermange
Country
Switzerland
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

Elodie tries to find out more about her family’s Armenian origins. She interviews her father, her uncle, her great aunt, and discovers a harsh history where violence and the inability to express love are passed down from generation to generation.

Director
Elodie Dermange
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Estonian premiere

I Am a Horse

Local title
Ma olen hobune
Original title
나는 말이다 (Naneun Mallida)
Director
Chaerin Im
Country
South Korea, Denmark
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

Where are the girls? Unable to find girls in the diverse artwork of the Korean artist Lee Jung-seob, Chaerin Im unravels an imaginative tale of women born with half of their bodies being a horse and a tiger. These roaming women are too fierce and free to match their given role as a daughter, wife, and mother in the patriarchal society. The tale is inspired by the Korean birth dreams (Tae-mong) of her mom when she was pregnant with her twin sister and herself.

Director
Chaerin Im
Runtime
Trailer

Baltic premiere

In Perpetuum

Local title
In perpetuum
Director
Sodeikaite Birute
Country
Canada
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

A young woman is going through metamorphosis of turning into a mother.

Director
Sodeikaite Birute
Runtime
Language
English

Estonian premiere

The Miracle

Local title
Ime
Original title
The Miracle
Director
Nienke Deutz
Country
France, Belgium
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

40-year old Irma goes on a vacation to an all-inclusive resort. Soon after her arrival she realizes the place is meant for young families. Irma has to find her own place in this holiday paradise.

Director
Nienke Deutz
Runtime
Language
English, Dutch
Subtitles
English

A Kind of Testament

Local title
Omamoodi testament
Original title
Un genre de testament
Director
Stephen Vuillemin
Country
France
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

A young woman comes across animations on the Internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”

Director
Stephen Vuillemin
Runtime
Language
English

Estonian premiere

Nun or Never!

Local title
Nunn või asi!
Original title
Nun or Never!
Director
Heta Jäälinoja
Country
France, Finland
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts Animation Competition

The nuns live in the monastery in contentment and harmony, fused together. One of the nuns finds a man underground while digging potatoes. The nun begins to dream of a man, goes mad and loses a common rhythm with others.

Director
Heta Jäälinoja
Runtime
Trailer