Little Nightmares: Best of MIFF

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

The Méliès International Festivals Federation is an organisation dedicated to celebrating and supporting genre film of European origin. The Federation annually awards a Méliès d'or prize for the best European fantastic feature film and short film.

Now audiences will get the chance to see a selection of some of the finest scary shorts that have won Méliès awards at fantasy festivals across Europe (and beyond). So come and have a taste of some of the finest bloody offerings that Europe genre cinema has.

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
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Films

Baltic premiere

Last Marriage

Local title
Viimane abielu
Title in Russian
Last Marriage
Director
Gustav Egersted & Johan Tappert
Country
Sweden
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A few years after the zombie disaster, Marie's and Janne's biggest worry isn't so much about getting their brains eaten. Instead, the threat is now, quarrels about housework and a boring...

Director
Gustav Egersted & Johan Tappert
Runtime
Language
Swedish

Baltic premiere

Last Dance

Local title
Viimane tants
Title in Russian
Last Dance
Director
Danny Gibbons, Alex Scott
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2020
Programme
Shorts Panorama

One cold night, a young woman, alone, is chosen for one last dance.

Director
Danny Gibbons, Alex Scott
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

Live Forever

Local title
Elada igavesti
Title in Russian
Live Forever
Director
Gustav Egerstedt
Country
Sweden
Year
2020
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A musical love letter and tribute to the poor victims in horror films that didn’t make it to the sequel. In an anthemic song the dead unite across genres and time.

Director
Gustav Egerstedt
Runtime
Language
Swedish
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Baltic premiere

The Shepherd

Local title
Karjane
Title in Russian
The Shepherd
Original title
Pastukh
Director
Ilya Plyusnin
Country
Russian Federation
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

A typical office plankton Leonid living a boring life under a load of daily issues is struggling to finish the annual report for his obnoxious boss when he suddenly gets a chance of getting hold of mighty powers and show the world who the real boss in the town is with a little help from unearthly invaders!

Director
Ilya Plyusnin
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

White Noises

Local title
Valge müra
Title in Russian
White Noises
Original title
Bruits Blancs
Director
Thomas Soulignac
Country
France
Year
2021
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Hervé knows how to get in touch with the Other Side, no doubt about that. But the real difficulty in spiritism sessions isn't receiving signs, it's understanding them.

Director
Thomas Soulignac
Runtime
Language
French

Baltic premiere

Hospital Dumpster Divers

Local title
Haigla prügikollid
Title in Russian
Hospital Dumpster Divers
Director
Anders Elsrud Hultgreen
Country
Norway
Year
2020
Programme
Shorts Panorama

Chaos breaks out at the hospital, when a mutant dumpster troll is accidentally brought to life, as a result of shoddy waste management, by the shuffle dancing young man Rasmus.

Director
Anders Elsrud Hultgreen
Runtime
Language
Norwegian
Trailer