Black Nights Comedy

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026

Some films in this collection are not suitable for viewers under 18 years of age.

Make way for all kinds of funnily inappropriate situations, from deadpan to slapstick. The Black Nights Comedy programme gets its singing birds, all kinds of Nordic linguistic miscommunications and a lot of other things in between. Will AI take your job, and should you worry or let your creativity go wild? What happens if you get an awkward (call me embarrassing) medical situation? Can you sing like a bird, do you want to have a muscled body, and what is the best way to take revenge on your abusing client? Our characters are fiercely daring, ready to go into all kinds of trouble to establish an ordinary connection – only to make it worse in the process. Sometimes they even give us advice on how to be like them (or tend to get advice from people completely unsuited to give it). But we gladly get on board with them; save a seat.

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Films

Mango

Local title
Mango
Original title
Mango
Director
Steven Kristjan Tšoba
Country
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
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Playboy Kaarel arrives at Tuule’s apartment expecting an easy conquest, but Tuule is devastated by the death of her canary, Mango, and can’t sleep without birdsong. Trying to win her over, Kaarel begins acting like a bird and briefly succeeds - until Tuule demands he go into a cage and sing for her. When he refuses, the night turns unsettling, and a chance visit from Kristin seals the illusion that Tuule has “a new bird.” In the end, Kaarel is trapped in the role he created, becoming Tuule’s new pet.

Director
Steven Kristjan Tšoba
Screenwriter
Maksimilian Rootsmäe
Producer
Erik Jakobson
Cast
Mihkel Peetson, Miia Tooming, Helo Kaplinski
Cinematographer
Lotte Puusepp
Editing
Kirke Lappard
Production Design
Olga Dmitrijeva
Art director
Olga Dmitrijeva
Sound
Jarko Rööpson
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Procrastination Yoga

Local title
Prokrastineerimisjooga
Original title
Procrastination Yoga
Director
Paulina Martyna Ziolkowska
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
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A few exercises to procrastinate better, faster and more efficiently.

Director
Paulina Martyna Ziolkowska
Screenwriter
Paulina Ziolkowska
Producer
Paulina Ziolkowska
Cast
Lucy Pawlak
Cinematographer
Marta Magnuska
Editing
Gabriel Herrera Torres, David Mardones Mendez
Production Design
Ela Ziolkowska
Sound
Gabriel Herrera Torres
Runtime
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Daughters of the Late Colonel

Local title
Kadunud koloneli tütred
Original title
Daughters of the Late Colonel
Director
Elizabeth Hobbs
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
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After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew. This is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.

Director
Elizabeth Hobbs
Screenwriter
Elizabeth Hobbs
Producer
Abigail Addison, Fabian Driehorst, Phil Davies
Editing
Mark Jenkins
Composer
Hutch Demouilpied
Sound
Simon Bastian
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Stuck!

Local title
Kinni!
Director
Matt Nicholas
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
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Dr. Atkins, the hospital's expert in removing "foreign objects", finds himself in a bind when he forgets to get a present for his big wedding anniversary. When the perfect gift presents itself inside a patient, will he be willing to risk it all for love?

Director
Matt Nicholas
Screenwriter
Matt Nicholas
Co-writer
Marti Guiver
Producer
Anna K. McCallum
Cast
Irvine Iqbal, Annabella Jennings, Suanne Braun, Will Beynon, Graham Hoadly, Jon Bonner
Cinematographer
Marti Guiver
Editing
André Rodrigues
Composer
Benjamin Squires
Runtime
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Borderline

Local title
Piiripealne
Original title
På Grensa
Director
Johannes Vang
Country
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
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A Norwegian customs officer, a Finnish poacher, and a mysterious Swedish woman meet at the border between their homelands, becoming entangled in a conflict over laws, language, and prejudice. Confronted with their own secrets, they must find an unconventional solution.

Director
Johannes Vang
Screenwriter
Johannes Vang, Wilhelmina Silba
Co-writer
Johannes Vang
Producer
Johannes Vang
Co-producer
Saara-Maria Salonen
Cast
Sverre Porsanger, Ayla Nutti, Øystein Martinsen, Ayla Gáren Nutti
Cinematographer
Adam Enochsson
Editing
Jonathan Vang
Composer
Viljar Raattamaa Dunđerović
Sound
Daniel Verne Rognes
Runtime
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We Were Here

Local title
Meie olime siin
Original title
We Were Here
Director
Pranav Bhasin
Country
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
Genre
Subject

In a crumbling Indian town, three retired men protest machines replacing human jobs by pretending to be household appliances.

Director
Pranav Bhasin
Screenwriter
Pranav Bhasin
Producer
Yash Gonsai
Executive producer
Andrew Scott
Co-producer
Devaiah Bopannah, Rahul Bharti, Supavitra Babul, Vaibhav Bundhoo
Cast
Satish Kashyap, Dvendra Dodke, Arindol Bagchi, Shubham Kujur, Kalpana Gagdekar, Yash Gonsai
Cinematographer
Rajiv Malu
Editing
Pralay Valanju
Production Design
Lavanya Grover
Composer
Yash Sahai
Music
Yash Sahai
Sound
Utsav Mistry
Runtime
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Kill, Kokesh, Kill!

Local title
Tapa, Kokeš, tapa!
Original title
Kokeš
Director
Jan Míka
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
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Sometimes an inner voice whispers, pushing us toward the wrong choice. Listening is a choice. That voice is called Kokesh — a little dwarf carrying a mallet.

Director
Jan Míka
Screenwriter
Jan Míka, Jeremy Willis
Co-writer
Jan Míka
Producer
Jan Míka, Michael Kaboš
Co-producer
Michael Kaboš
Cast
Josef Makoč, Radek Holub
Cinematographer
Jaromír Malý
Editing
Tomáš Vrána
Production Design
Jan Střelec
Composer
Viliam Béreš, Vladimír Martinka
Sound
Mirek Šmilauer
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Scream! It's Growing!

Local title
Karju! See kasvab!
Original title
Hurle! Ça Pousse!
Director
Anna Murie
Country
Year
2026
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2026
Programme
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Corentin, a slender and reserved young man, comes across a video of a muscular, charismatic man encouraging him to go to the gym. Intrigued, he decides to check it out, but discovers a place with a strange atmosphere, where the members have a strikingly unusual appearance.

Director
Anna Murie
Screenwriter
Anna Murie
Producer
École Émile Cohl
Cast
Elijah Sbaï, Lucas Beaufils, Sylvain Leroy
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