The POFF Shorts programme includes three competition programmes: live action, animation, and national short films. The winners were announced on 20 November.

POFF Shorts list of winners:

POFF SHORTS NATIONAL COMPETITION

BEST SHORT FILM
The King (Estonia)
Directed by Teresa Juksaar

JURY MENTION
A Most Exquisite Man (Estonia)
Directed by Jonas Taul

PÖFF SHORTS ANIMATION COMPETITION

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
Award of 1,000 EUR presented by Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Bestia (Chile)
Directed by Hugo Covarrubias

JURY MENTION
Night Bus (France)
Directed by Joe Hsieh

BEST CHILDREN'S ANIMATION
Vanille (France, Switzerland)
Directed by Guillaume Lorin

CHILDREN'S ANIMATION JURY MENTION
Landing (Finland)
Directed by Kaisa Penttilä

BEST STUDENT SHORT ANIMATION - NEW TALENTS: ANIMATION
Presented by the Estonian Academy of Arts
Love, Dad (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen

NEW TALENTS: ANIMATION JURY MENTION
Coffin (France)
Directed by Yuanqing Cai, Nathan Crabot, Houzhi Huang, Mikolaj Janiw, Mandimby Lebon, Théo Than Ngoc

PÖFF SHORTS LIVE ACTION COMPETITION

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Award 1,000 EUR presented by PÖFF
Sunrise in My Mind (Cambodia)
Directed by Danech San

Jury Commentary: “We were touched with this simple love story transforming into a layered romantic comedy with spices of fantasy and aesthetic choices. The director manages to tell a very familiar story with meticulous attention to details."

JURY MENTION
The Colonel Cries for The Red-Haired Woman (Hungary)
Directed by Gergő V. Nagy

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM - NEW TALENTS: LIVE ACTION
Presented by TLÜ Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communications School
Thinking About The Weather (United Kingdom)
Directed by Garðar Þór Þorkelsson

NEW TALENTS: LIVE-ACTION JURY MENTION
Vyraj (Poland)
Directed by Agnieszka Nowosielska