PÖFF Shorts is a sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival that focuses on showcasing short films and animations, aiming to offer a diverse, interesting, and alternative program. The festival period, along with its preparation, is intense and offers many challenges, but together with the diligent and friendly Shorts team, it brings a unique and unforgettable event to audiences and filmmakers!

PÖFF Shorts Guest Department Internship

The tasks of the PÖFF Shorts Guest Department Intern include:

• Assisting the PÖFF Shorts guest department with ongoing matters
• Managing the PÖFF Shorts guest department's emails in collaboration with the guest department assistant during the busy period before the festival
• Sending reminders to PÖFF Shorts guests during the festival in collaboration with the guest department assistant
• Managing the PÖFF Shorts guest department's work schedules according to current tasks
• Working at the PÖFF Shorts information desk during the festival
• Supporting networking opportunities for PÖFF Shorts guests at events during the festival.

You are suitable for the PÖFF Shorts guest department internship if you are responsible, an excellent communicator, empathetic, enthusiastic, proactive, and quick to adapt to changing circumstances. A fondness for spreadsheets is a plus.

The PÖFF Shorts guest team (including several volunteers) has been working together since the time when PÖFF Shorts was still known as Sleepwalkers and Animated Dreams. Our main goal is to provide guests with fast and clear communication and make them feel at home at our festival. The festival time is always busy, which makes it even more important for us to support and take care of each other. We look for solutions, laugh together, and if there is one team whose motto could be "come to the dark side, we have cookies," it would be us – naturally, it has become a tradition that we always have cookies.

Internship period: September-November 2025
Application deadline: May 14th 2025
Location: Tallinn

When applying for this internship please include answers to these short questions: How do you see a potential film festival guest and what could be your role in supporting them during their visit? Up to 500 characters.

PÖFF Shorts Industry Shortcut internship

The main tasks of the Shorts Industry Shortcut intern are:

• assist with the industry activities/events during the festival,
• assist with the post-festival feedback,
• assist with the preparations of the industry activities/events,
• assist with industry guests during the festival,
• assist with communication, marketing, IG posts, slides/backgrounds for events

We are looking for someone who has a knowledge of and interest in the (short) film industry, knowledge of the English language, flexibility, motivation, wish to expand knowledge on the short film industry, people skills, design/marketing skills, time management skills, reliability.

Led by someone with over 15 years of experience in the festival world, the SIS team is made up of one person, the Head of Industry whose goal is to create the POFF Shorts Industry program in the smartest and most accessible way to the filmmakers and film professionals.

Internship period: September - November 2025
Application deadline: May 14th 2025
Location: Tallinn

When applying for this internship include your motivation letter and answer the question: What happens to a film after it's made? (Up to 500 characters)

PÖFF Shorts Animation Administrative Internship

Main tasks for the Animation Administravtive Internship include:

• handling waiver requests: replying to emails, update waiver request form, and (if needed) occasionally watch film screeners;
• export selected film entries from submission platforms, create specific lists. Create Google Sheets with relevant info and update;
• contact filmmakers for any follow-ups regarding their submissions;
• watch selected animation films and evaluate (NB: This is only as part of the training process; only a limited number of films will be assigned - overall 2h);
• attend programming meetings (2-3 overall) and help in secretarial Excel jobs, for example compile statistics etc.

We’re looking for someone who has interest in media/communication/PR, with a background in such disciplines and/or film. Great time management skills, swift and reliable communication and organizational skills are must for this role!

The Animation programming team is a team with a professional/ University background in animation and filmmaking. It selects the most excellent indie animation shorts of all techniques and styles to be presented in the November festival.

Internship period: June - September 2025
Application deadline: May 14, 2025
Location: Tallinn

When applying please describe (up to 1000 characters):

• What makes you suitable to undertake that role?
• What do you like about this assignment?
• What do you expect to gain from it in terms of skills/experience?