2020 Dates to be confirmed, call for entries to follow.

The festival’s mission is to showcase the best animated and live action short films of all genres from cutting edge talents and bold visionaries across the world.

2019 Festival Coverage

• Deep Love, Daughter, Toomas win PÖFF Shorts Awards
• 42 Animation Shorts for PÖFF Shorts 2019
  

2018 Festival Coverage (Archive)

• 60 Animated Shorts for PÖFF Shorts 2018

2019 Call for Entries (Archive)

FILMS MEETING THE FESTIVAL REQUIREMENTS MUST:
• Be short or half-length films (up to 45 minutes): fiction, documentary, experimental or VR; live-action or animation
• Premiered after the 1st of January 2018 (regarding competitive programmes).
• Be presented in an HD video screening format (minimum 1920x1080px, Prores, DNxHD), DCP.
• Have English subtitles if they are not in English.
• Films submitted to the student film competitions must be directed by a film, animation or media student.

Films produced in Estonia or are Estonian-co-productions, which have premiered previously in Estonia are also eligible.  The festival reserves the right to evaluate eligible films for the competition and assign the programme section for the film on a case-by-case basis.

Awards & Prizes

• International Live-Action Competition :Jury prize for Best Film
• International Animation Competition :Jury prize for Best Film
• National Competition: Jury prize for Best Film
• New Talents student film competition – animation : Jury prize for Best Film
• New Talents student film competition – live-action :Jury prize for Best Film

• Full festival regulations and online submission
• Fees: Early deadline: $9 USD /  Regular Deadline: $12 USD / Late Deadline: $20 USD
• Deadlines:  early:  1 July / regular: 1 August / late: 18 August