Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation 1

Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

There is a heightened awareness these days, about boundaries. We are told to set them for our own good - they help us avoid discomfort, and create spaces through which we can contextualise the world. They also, however, can limit us.

In the 2024 New Talents selection, the limitless nature of animation is used to highlight and cut across the boundaries between creation and destruction, the concrete and the abstract, the past and the present, ourselves and other people.

Many films focus on the boundary between parent and child -will our parents understand our desire to bloom? Will they be alright without us? Will they ever stop braiding our hair so tightly?

Other films dwell on our bodies. The temples, prisons, and vessels that present a boundary between us and the world we live in, one which we often transcend. The line between real and unreal vanishes, the spaces around us break down and reform, we weave between memories, and buried desires get pulled to the surface like a carrot.

Screenings

Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening052201 / Shorts New Talents võistlusprogramm: anima 1
Q&A duration
Screening duration

Competition presented by:

Films

Baltic premiere

I Am Here

Local title
Ma olen siin
Original title
Ik Ben Hier
Director
Cheyenne Goudswaard
Country
Netherlands
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

The fear of oblivion can be overwhelming, but it can also be a driving force. The film explores the need to imprint ourselves onto the world and build a legacy.

Director
Cheyenne Goudswaard
Runtime
Language
no dialogue

World premiere

I Am a Flower

Local title
Ma olen lill
Original title
I Am a Flower
Director
Arthanto Ariel Victor
Country
Germany
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

Sam, a renowned performance artist and proud flower person, prepares for their final act – a transformative declaration of their identity. Spending the day before the performance with their mother, who struggles to accept Sam’s chosen path, tensions rise until a heart-to-heart brings understanding. As Sam embraces their true nature on stage, the culmination of their journey is a poignant celebration of self-acceptance and familial love.

Director
Arthanto Ariel Victor
Runtime
Language
English

European premiere

Chimera

Local title
Kimäär
Original title
Quimera
Director
Gael Jara, Martín André
Country
Chile
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

A non-binary folk watches the handover of the first non-binary ID in the history of Chile. As they try to do the paperwork, they will face the bureaucracy of the legal proceedings.

Director
Gael Jara, Martín André
Runtime
Language
Spanish
Subtitles
English

Estonian premiere

Stale Smoke

Local title
Läppunud suits
Original title
Tabac Froid
Director
Arthur Jamain
Country
France
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

Can we say that we were sexually assaulted by our brother to our own mother? The obvious answer should be yes. However, few come out of the silence. The question we ask ourselves is “Why aren’t we talking about it ?” »

Director
Arthur Jamain
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
English

Baltic premiere

Minus Plus Multiply

Local title
Liida, lahuta, korruta
Original title
Minus Plus Multiply
Director
Chu-Chieh Lee
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

With containers as a motif and a metaphor for a safe place, the story surrounds the protagonist's self-searching and healing journey, exploring the relationship between emotion and space. The film attempts to construct a poetic narrative and psychological self-portraits through experimentation in 2D animation, stop motion and sound. It reflects sensibility, fragility, and fragmentation of identity by applying pottery and clay.

Director
Chu-Chieh Lee
Runtime
Language
English

Estonian premiere

Bunnyhood

Local title
Jänkuiga
Original title
Bunnyhood
Director
Mansi Maheshwari
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

Bunnyhood is a frenzied, 9-minute rollercoaster ride, described by Directors Notes as “pure nightmare fuel,” and akin to “watching the scribbled drawings etched onto an old school desk come to life”

Director
Mansi Maheshwari
Runtime
Language
English

Baltic premiere

Braided

Local title
Palmitud
Original title
Braided
Director
Chenxi Zhang
Country
USA, China
Year
2023
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

Mom always meticulously braided my hair tightly, so tight that it pulled a clear path on top of my head. But one day, she cut off my braids. I didn't want to resist, yet I had to accept it.
As I took my first steps forward alone, my stride faltered. Along the path on my head, I touched our unbreakable inner attachment, and the journey of female growth we were both unprepared to face.

Director
Chenxi Zhang
Runtime
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English

World premiere

Crow, Starfish and Unicorn

Local title
Vares, meritäht ja ükssarvik
Original title
海星,乌鸦,独角兽
Director
Xiaoxuan Han
Country
China
Year
2024
Festival
PÖFF Shorts 2024
Programme
Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

A unicorn that loses its horn will turn into a crow, but the starfish doesn't seem to care about it until the barber falls in love with the fish.

Director
Xiaoxuan Han
Runtime
Language
English, Chinese
Subtitles
English
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