Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action 3

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

In the 2023 New Talents selection, young auteurs from across borders speak of loss and the search for identity, taking us on a wild ride of different approaches to committing events to memory and challenging familiar modes of storytelling. This programme is about finding a way for the filmmaker's story to disrupt the status quo and remind viewers that the real power of change lies within them.

The common thread in all the selected works by emerging filmmakers is the ambiguity of choice. Stand up or remain a silent witness. Rebel or submit to reality. It is about the choices that manifest as individual acts of courage, but also those that are thrust upon us against our will. The beauty of all these creative visions lies in their balance of sympathy and hostility toward a world on fire, and in their shared, unyielding hope that the humanity in us always has a chance to have its last say.

Screenings

4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070401 / Shorts New Talents võistlusprogramm: lühifilm 3
Q&A duration
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Trailer

Films

Baltic premiere

A Study Of Empathy

Local title
Empaatiauuringud
Original title
En Undersøgelse af Empati
Director
Hilke Rönnfeldt
Country
Denmark
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

Dana wants to show empathy. Penelope wants to explore empathy. Penelope's artistic experiment unfolds and Dana's feelings are whirled around.

Director
Hilke Rönnfeldt
Runtime
Language
Danish
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Baltic premiere

Thank You for Your Patience!

Local title
Tänan teid kannatlikkuse eest!
Original title
Merci pour votre patience!
Director
Simon van der Zande
Country
Belgium
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on to voice his discontent with Europe.

Director
Simon van der Zande
Runtime
Language
Arabic, English, Dutch, French
Subtitles
English
Trailer

World premiere

Long Time No See

Local title
Pole ammu näinud
Original title
Lange nicht gesehen
Director
Kevin Biele
Country
Germany
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

Silvia returns to her office job at a pharmaceutical company after a long illness. While she is happy to see her colleagues again, she discovers that her Login no longer works - Silvia is no longer in the system.

Director
Kevin Biele
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Baltic premiere

Crush

Local title
Kokkupõrge
Original title
Crush
Director
Alexandros Vossos
Country
Greece
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

Fanis is looking for a place to live in Athens. The night is full of surprises as during his return he gets involved in a car crash which will make him face a series of social contradictions that will test his limits.

Director
Alexandros Vossos
Runtime
Language
Greek
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Paradise on Earth to See

Local title
Maapealne paradiis
Original title
Zahrada ráje
Director
Vojtěch Novotný
Country
Czechia
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

Matys is an outsider who moved from Ukraine to Czechia with his sister in search of a better life. Turns out the situation there is not ideal either. A glimpse of hope comes when Matys manages to get a job in a cottage in the woods. Its owner and the magical surroundings enchant him. The question is how long this feeling of happiness will last.

Director
Vojtěch Novotný
Runtime
Language
Czech, Ukrainian
Subtitles
English
Trailer

Baltic premiere

One Aloe, One Ficus, One Avocado and Six Dracaenas

Local title
Aaloe, viigipuu, avokaado ja kuus draakonipuud
Original title
Алоє, фікус, авокадо і 6 драцен
Director
Marta Smerechynska
Country
France
Year
2022
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2023
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Live-action

What to take, what to leave? How important are material possessions when you’re trying to save your life? Packages from Ukraine – filled with everything and nothing – wait patiently under a bridge to be found, while a voice stirs memories of frivolous and treasured personal effects, in an apparent heart-breaking farewell letter to Kyiv.

Director
Marta Smerechynska
Runtime
Language
Ukrainian
Subtitles
English