PÖFF 2016: Late Night Comedy

Humour and animation are inseparable. Just like life and humour are inseparable. This night programme is laced with irony and black humour. So black that it will never be shown on a big luminous TV screen.

OS LOVE

Switzerland 2016, 6’

Dir: Luc Gut

Prod: Marcel Derek Ramsay

A young woman seeks spirituality and tranquility in the web. Bit by bit she dives into the absurd realm of screensavers and desktop backgrounds until merging with the uncanny operating system named "OS Love“.



HI, IT'S YOUR MOTHER

Canada 2016, 5’

Dir: Daniel Sterlin-Altman

Prod: Daniel Sterlin-Altman

Mum's calling, and Lisa isn't pleased. A shocking tragicomic short about a mother's love for her child, and sometimes vice versa.



HANNAH’S SEMIOLOGY - POSING AS HUMAN

Taiwan 2015, 4’

Dir: Ching-Yu Yang

Prod: Ching-Yu Yang

Hannah, a hanzi model, shares her unique modeling experience with you.



THE PICKER

Finland 2016, 3’

Dir: Mika Koskinen, Noemie Scherer, Janna-Riina Perämäki, Hanne Härkönen, Frida Lindholm, Reetta Elviira Hietaranta

Prod: Eija Saarinen

A mushroom hunt takes a strange turn.

THE COMMUTE!

Canada 2015, 4’

Dir: Reid Blakley

Prod: Reid Blakley

A college-aged couple travel home separately at the end of the day on public transit, each encountering bizarre phenomena along the way.



MADE IN SPAIN

Spain 2016, 11’

Dir: Coke Riobóo

Prod: Lourdes Villagómez, Coke Riobóo

A miniature surrealist portrait of epic dimensions takes place in a sunny Spanish beach. Stop motion short made with scale H0 miniature figures.



PANELKA

United Kingdom 2016, 3’

Dir: Ivelina Ivanova

Prod: University of Westminster

Built a long time ago and without too many expenses, resources or effort, the most common function of an estate housing lift is not to transport people, but to get stuck.



BEST SELLER

Hispaania/Spain 2016, 3’

Rež/Dir: Alex Rey

Prod: Alex Rey

All bestellers start with a blank sheet...



CHOPPING WOOD

Finland 2016, 2’

Dir: Emmi Heimonen

Prod: Emmi Heimonen

As everything in life, chopping wood can be a struggle sometimes.



FINNVASION

Finland 2016, 6’

Dir: Antti Kyrö

A Finnish herd of reindeer raid the city of Tallinn. Estonians get overwhelmed, when the commander of the reindeer army leads the herd to a local liquor store. A young rookie decides to go his own ways to get a sense of the city’s cultural atmosphere.



FIRST PERSON SHOOTER

Finland 2015, 7’

Dir: Hanna Arvela

Prod: Hanna Arvela

Two men spend an evening playing computer games. Connected through a network they move their avatars through untouched hills and woods and trawl through remote settlements. Alongside nature sounds and the sporty avatars’ panting we can follow the carefree dialogue of the players.



ENDGAME

United Kingdom 2016, 6’

Dir: Phil Mulloy

Prod: Spectre Films, Middlesex

After a tough week at the office, Richard and George like to play war games over the weekend to relax. The dispassionate atmosphere and minimalist style with which the growing brutality is handled slowly wipes the smile from your face, before making sure that it doesn’t return.