If you’re feeling a little pale, a little shut in (and, let’s face it, who isn’t nowadays?) and a little in need of some pep in your step then it looks like you’re going to have to grab yourself a handful of Vitamin Pills. PÖFF Shorts annual celebration of funny, quirky and strange short films are here to provide you with all the energy that you need to get through those long days (and the black nights) and come out with a smile on your face.
Stuart is coming to terms with a unique disease that sees him being an unwanted guest even in his own families home. He opens up in this documentary about this rare disorder and his hopes for the future.
A quiet exit between two couples of friends from Rome well degenerates into a ruthless and violent struggle that nobody is willing to lose. In fact, an apparent harmless gesture of courtesy triggers a surreal escalation of generosity, transforming what was supposed to be a relaxing evening with old friends, into a crazy and surreal challenge to the last tip.
World premiere
Malky, a struggling actor, has agreed to help Tom, a director he used to know, with some lighting tests for his new project. He thinks that it’ll be a good opportunity to show the director what he’s capable of, but comes to suspect that maybe he’s just being exploited...
Natural selection says that only those who adapt will survive. What if humans have become stupid?
Baltic premiere
An assassin is sent to terminate his target, but what he finds at her house jeopardizes the whole operation.Shot in a single take as part of Directors UK Challenge Trinity.
"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun," Godard said. 3 Guys are going to take this quote way too seriously, and try in an absurd way to make a movie with just a girl and a gun.
Two friends are planning to rob a gas station to finance their film production, with a hilarious outcome.
European premiere
Uloaku works the graveyard shift at a dead end service station and is bored out of her mind, but a chance encounter with a suspicious stranger will soon fix that.
Baltic premiere
A thief with a big gun tries to rob an odd named hypermarket, but the cashier wants to have his say ... Sometimes Plato's logic can shoot stronger than a gun.
In a world of disingenuous wanderlusters, the film seeks to reveal the truth behind world travel.