The number of films submitted to Shorts increased by more than 500, with 6,133 films sent to the festival from 117 countries.

A total of 115 films from 44 countries made it into the international animation and live-action competition programmes.

Films to win the Grand Prix in the live-action and animation categories — as well as one Estonian film selected by the international jury — will earn the right to be nominated for the short film Oscars. A nominee for the European Film Academy's European Short Film – Prix Vimeo will also be selected from among the competing films.

The films of the National Competition will be announced on October 16. The entire festival programme will be announced on October 30.

FULL LIST OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TITLES

SHORTS LIVE-ACTION COMPETITION

A FEW THINGS HAPPENING BY A RIVER, dir. Daniel Soares (Portugal, 2026)
A SPINNER, dir. Ava Shahnavaz (Canada, Iran, 2026)
ANOTHER DAY IN THE METAL BOX, dir. Hlib Fieldman (Ukraine, 2026)
ASPHALT REDS, dir. João Niza Ribeiro (Portugal, 2026)
ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY, dir. Abbas Taheri (Iran, 2026)
BEST PRACTISE, dir. Martin Strange Hansen (Denmark, 2026)
BLUEBERRIES, dir. Isidora Veselinovic (Serbia, 2026)
BREADSONG, dir. Katariina Aule (Estonia, 2025)
CAPINURÍ, dir. Fátima Donado (Spain, 2026)
CASE NO., dir. Patrycja Polkowska (Poland, 2026)
CLOSE, dir. Buse Halacoglu (Turkey, 2026)
CRISTINA HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, dir. Alin Boeru (Romania, 2026)
CUL-DE-SAC !, dir. Clyde Gates, Gabriel Sanson (Italy, 2026)
ECSTASY OF TRAGEDY, dir. Mina Tomic (Serbia, 2026)
EIGHT WALLS TWO DOORS, dir. Miaochun Zhang (USA, China, 2026)
FAMILEECH, dir. Vilja Elina Autiokyrö (Finland, 2026)
FISH THE MOON, dir. Maddie Dai (New Zealand, United Kingdom, 2026)
FOR THE OPPONENTS, dir. Federico Luis (Argentina, France, 2026)
HOMELAND AFLOAT, dir. Edamame CAO (China, USA, 2026)
LITTLE PROBLEMS, dir. Chris de Krijger (Netherlands, 2026)
LUCID DREAMS, dir. Montis Norvaisis (Lithuania, 2026)
MEANWHILE, THEN, dir. Raúl Barreras (Spain, 2026)
MY BROTHER LYOSHA AND ME, dir. Lena Tronina (France, 2026)
NËNA, dir. Jaki Dedja (Italy, 2026)
REGNUM MARIANUM, dir. Frida Meichl (Hungary, 2026)
SANDY FANNIES, dir. Ingrid Runde Saxegaard (Norway, 2026)
SKIN OF FOAM, dir. Wendi Tang (USA, China, 2026)
STJÅLNE MINNER, dir. Anders Davidsen (Norway, 2026)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW, dir. Līva Polkmane, Marta Šleiere (Latvia, 2026)
TO THE NORTH, dir. Amer Nasser (Palestine, France, Qatar, 2026)
TWO PIDS, dir. John Smith (United Kingdom, 2026)
WHEN I GROW UP, dir. Mano Cappu (Brazil, 2026)

SHORTS ANIMATION COMPETITION

ACID CITY, dir. Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim (USA, 2026)
ADGWA ATA, dir. Zsuzsanna Kreif (Hungary, France, 2026)
BOUNDARIES, dir. Seun YEE (South Korea, 2026)
COSMONAUTS, dir. Leo Cernic (Slovenia, Italy, 2026)
GIVE ME YOUR HAND, dir. Paul Mihai Muresan (Romania, 2026)
GROPPO’S GARDEN, dir. Cécile Brun (Switzerland, 2026)
LA VERITAT ET REBUTJA, CORNELIUS, dir. Khris Cembe, Marc Torices (Spain, 2026)
MELK, dir. Filip Anthonissen (Belgium, 2026)
MORE THAN HAPPY, dir. Wei Keong Tan (Singapore, 2026)
OF PIGEONS AND DOGS, dir. Malte Stein (Germany, Croatia, 2026)
PAPER DAUGHTER, dir. Cami Kwan (USA, 2026)
PLEASE, dir. Anna Mantzaris (Sweden, France, Czechia, Norway, Finland, 2026)
SAPPHO, dir. Rosana Urbes (Brazil, 2026)
STRANGERS WITH HATS, dir. Petra Stipetić, Karolin Twiddy (Germany, 2026)
TERMINAL, dir. Alexandre Siqueira (Portugal, France, Spain, 2026)
THE COMET, dir. Julie Charette (Canada, 2026)
THE END, dir. Niki Lindroth Von Bahr (Sweden, France, Denmark, 2026)
THE FLESH DRESS, dir. Joachim Hérissé (France, 2026)
THREE CUPS OF COFFEE, dir. Natalia Krawczuk (Poland, 2026)
TWO ICE CREAMS PLEASE, dir. Jasmine Elsen (Belgium, 2026)
UNCLE FILMI, dir. Nazgol Kashani (Germany, 2026)
VAGABOND, dir. Susa Monteiro (Portugal, 2026)
VENEZIA DIORAMA, dir. Nicolas Piret (Belgium, 2026)
VIRGIN FANDANGO, dir. Marcy Page (Portugal, Canada, 2026)
VISIT INTO IRRADIATED LAND, dir. Anne-Sophie Girault (France, 2026)
VOIDEDEN, dir. Alan Holly (Ireland, Portugal, 2026)
WILDFIRE WANDERING, dir. Kang Zhang (China, 2026)
WITH COFFEE (TALES WITH THE LETTER C), dir. María Manero Muro (Spain, France, 2026)

SHORTS NEW TALENTS COMPETITION: LIVE-ACTION

BEFORE DAWN, dir. Julia Galeta (Ukraine, 2026)
BREATHE, BROTHER, BREATHE, dir. Arman Khaghani (USA, 2026)
DULLE GRIET, dir. Alice Pamart (Belgium, 2026)
FIRST, DO NO HARM, dir. Anna Wowra (Czechia, 2026)
FISH BOY, dir. Diego Ponce R. (Mexico, 2026)
FRENCH TOUCH, dir. Hanna Trabelsi (France, 2026)
HETEROTOPIA, dir. Jiaxin Lin (China, 2026)
HOW TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY, dir. Kiriko Mechanicus (Netherlands, 2026)
HYENA, dir. Fanny Rösch (Austria, 2026)
LASER-GATO, dir. Lucas Acher (Brazil, USA, 2026)
MIXED SAUNA, dir. Juuso Timonen (Finland, 2026)
MY ENSLAVED HEART, dir. Dzan Harba (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2026)
NOBODY BARKS, dir. Júlia Coldwell Serra (Spain, 2026)
SHUTTERBUG, dir. Fin Bain (United Kingdom, 2026)
SISTER OF MINE, dir. André Vaara (Sweden, 2026)
SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION, dir. Maria Mitulescu (Romania, 2026)
SPRING FUGUE, dir. Mariam Bitsadze (Switzerland, 2026)
THE CONDITION OF THINGS, dir. Ragnhild Bøhler (Norway, Sweden, 2026)
THE GOOD THREADS, dir. Romet Põhako (Estonia, 2026)
TOTAL LIFE FOREVER, dir. Miguel Sebastian Molina Ruiz (Mexico, 2026)
“VATERLAND” OR A BULE NAMED YANTO, dir. Berthold Wahjudi (Germany, Indonesia, 2026)

SHORTS NEW TALENTS COMPETITION: ANIMATION

ABOUT THE LINE, dir. Ráhel Gáti (Hungary, 2026)
FINGERBANG, dir. Yeonwoo KIM (South Korea, 2026)
FISHEYE, dir. Łukasz Rygał (Poland, 2026)
GENTLY, dir. Jamaica Kindlová (Czechia, 2026)
GROWING STONES, FLYING PAPERS, dir. Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya Shamsi (Germany, 2026)
INTERSPACE, dir. Jesse Lähilehto (Finland, 2026)
IT’S BEEN A WHILE, dir. Ailun Su (Taiwan, 2026)
KATĖ MAIŠE, dir. Rebeka Salomeja Kavaliauskaite (Lithuania, 2026)
PICKLED, dir. Fanny Capu (United Kingdom, 2026)
PLANKTON Α, dir. Yini GUO (Japan, 2026)
QUANTUM JUMP, dir. Šimon Mészáros (Czechia, 2026)
蚕 (SILKWORM), dir. Wei Kejia (Japan, 2026)
SO HE GRABBED THE KNIFE, dir. Sam KUWA (Japan, 2026)
STRATEGIES TO BLOCK A DOOR, dir. Ladina Boesch (Switzerland, 2026)
TO KILL A VELOFAHRER, dir. Helmi Korhonen, Ines Nungässer, Livio Frauendorf, Marvin Büeler (Switzerland, 2026)
WE ARE SOMETHING, dir. Huayi Yu (USA, China, Japan, 2026)
WHAT’S YOUR VERDICT?, dir. Persephone Huynh Murphy, Anna Julia Paziewska, Marija Gajic (Switzerland, 2026)
YOU ARE NOT PART OF THE CAKE, dir. Ting-Jui Chen (Taiwan, United Kingdom, 2026)

SHORTS KIDS ANIMATION COMPETITION

A VERY SPECIAL MEAL, dir. Elena Walf (Germany, Croatia, 2026)
ANIMALIES, dir. Kateřina Karhánková, Marek Náprstek (Czechia, 2026)
BATS & BUGS, dir. Lena von Döhren (Switzerland, 2026)
BEETLES, dir. Piotr Chmielewski (Poland, 2026)
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE!, dir. Andrea Szelesová (Czechia, Slovakia, 2026)
GROWING SPROUTS, dir. Béatrice Herzig (Switzerland, 2026)
I MET PAPO AND PEPE, dir. Viktoria Filmako (Switzerland, 2026)
IN A FARAWAY FOREST: APPLE OF DISCORD, dir. Timon Leder (Slovenia, 2026)
KARGOOSH (DEAF EAR), dir. Reza Sarbakhsh, Ali Jamali Motlagh (Iran, 2026)
LITTLE DANDELION, dir. Adéla Honová (Czechia, 2026)
PICCOLO PICCOLO, dir. Marta Gennari (France, Switzerland, 2026)
SHORTS FROM THE BOX - WILD THINGS, dir. Géza M. Tóth (Hungary, 2026)
STONE GROWTH, dir. Jokūbas Rimkus (Germany, 2026)
THE ROOTMAN, dir. Yannick Barel, Benjamin Maurer, Alizée Gerber (Switzerland, 2026)
UNDER THE SUN, dir. Marc Riba, Anna Solanas (Spain, 2026)
INTO THE FOREST, dir. Antonin Niclass (Switzerland, 2026)

The international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts will take place from November 10-18 with screenings in Tallinn and Tartu.

The festival is presented by Elisa.