Sadly enough, PÖFF 2011 is now over. As a cherry on top, check out our last (and a bit weird) party report! Thank you for tuning in. Until next time!

The Trip (2010) takes two comedians to a journey of wonderful tastes, smart jokes and  amazing landscapes. 

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon travels through the Northen English countryside, stopping by in luxurious restaurans and fancy hotels.

The film is a compilation of crafted food porn shots – from appetizers and teasers to main dishes and deserts which names is near to impossible to pronounce.

The Trip also feeds the urging need of witty banters, ones we occasionally have with our really good mates and siblings. The dialog, with range of imitations, pokes and confessions, is so intense, that one falls into illusion of actually sitting and dining with the actors. It’s a type of movies that one is left longing for – missing it in a way of missing good evenings with the best friends.

PS. Inspired by the film, our blogger team of two composed a lunch compilation of our own. Not as fancy but definitely. Conclusion of the Pöff-season: proper lunches with creative chats are the best way to boosts the day.

The Mill and the Cross

Wednesday 30.11.2011, 18:00
Kumu Auditoorium, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

The director Peter Zeitlinger answers questions about his film “Cave of Forgotten dreams” and challenges of 3D technology.

A brief and neat video report from last Saturday’s Pöff-party in Von Krahl, Tallinn.

Victor Ginzburg reflects on his movie Generation P – a timetrip to the money-hungry and ruthless Russia in the early 90′s.

Novel cover

Generation P

Generation P (for Pepsi) was first published in 1999 as fiction novel by Victor Pelevin and film adaptation by director Victor Ginzburg in 2011.

Story is situated in the early 90′s, a time when post-Soviet Russia confronted spiritual emptiness and thrilled anticipation of western markets.

The protagonist, creative director Babylon Tatarsky is gliding up on the gilden career escalator. The country has just lost its ideological ground – TV is now seen as a new ruler of neo homo sovieticus.

Worshiped American brands are ready to penetrate the market, which means that someone has to promote them. This opens dozens of opportunities for gold diggers whose tools are new 3D rendering techniques, creative drugs and cynical expressions.

Victor Ginzburg’s reflects on the film at Pöff festival

This movie was personal reflection on the book – in Russia often referred as “avtorskoje kino”). I always dreamed to work without dictation and censorship. This was almos like a narcism.

The director sees the story as one of the most important contemporary novels about Russia. Despide this Ginzburg confronted some difficulties in selling the idea. Most people saw that the film was either with little economical potential or too hard to make. Which is of course a bit of ironic, concerning what the movie is about.

We also did not get many awards. For instance in Poland we only got award called “sympathy from the audience”. But I really appreciated it, even though I see movie as mass cultural element.

Doing a film is a bit hard in Russia, since there is basically two genres: festival kino (art house) that does not get many screenings and pseudo-hollywood “block busters” that generates money – even though there is not even smell of block busters around. I think that my movie in neither of them, and I’m really glad that it is like that.

A Simple Life

Tuesday 29.11.2011, 19:30
Solaris Saku saal, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

Let my people go

Tuesday 29.11.2011, 22:30
Artis 1, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

Suggestions of the day by Sten Saluveer: The Snowtown, The Yellow Sea and Guilty of Romance.

The Snowtown

Monday 28.11.2011, 16:15
Artis 1, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

The Yellow Sea

Monday 28.11.2011, 18:00
Solaris Kino 7, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

Guilty of Romance

Monday 28.11.2011, 18:30
Artis 1, Tallinn
(Pöff info)

Director of Adalbert’s Dream shares his reflections on the film after the screening in Coca Cola Plaza.