Short Matters!
If you have a sweet spot for the best of screenings then this one is for you. Short Matters! is organised by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe, including Berlin, Tampere and Bristol. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. These are the nominated films.
PÖFF Shorts finds itself with the freshest selection of the shorts, with the final nominee only being announced a few weeks ago.
Short Matters!
If you have a sweet spot for the best of screenings then this one is for you. Short Matters! is organised by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions in co-operation with a series of film festivals throughout Europe, including Berlin, Tampere and Bristol. At each of these festivals, an independent jury presents one of the European short films in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards. These are the nominated films.
PÖFF Shorts finds itself with the freshest selection of the shorts, with the final nominee only being announced a few weeks ago.
A presumably African village, inhabited by Germans. The film Burkina Brandenburg Komplex describes a geographical construction that makes use of ‘our’ medial and collective image of Africa and puts it to the test through inaccuracies.
Roman lives a lonely life in a provincial city and works as a technician. For the first time since graduation, Liuda, his ex-classmate, comes back to town. Nobody has heard anything from her for twenty years, but Roman is set on not losing her again.
"Santa is capitalist. He brings toys to the rich kids and sweatshirts to the poor ones.
Nikos, 5 years old."
Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.
Going on a safari is a dream for many. For the middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness.
