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The 28th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - also known as PÖFF - runs from November 8 to 24.
View Films by Strand:
- Baltic Film Competition
- Best Of Docs
- Best Of Festivals
- Children's Competition
- Children's Programme
- Children's Rights Programme
- Critics' Picks Competition
- Doc@Just
- Doc@PÖFF Competition
- ECFA Competition
- Environmental Film Programme
- Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme
- First Feature Competition
- Flowers Are Not Silent. Resistance Films Of Belarus
- In Focus: Germany
- International Youth Competition
- Juniors' Competition
- Just Anime
- Midnight Shivers
- Official Selection - Competition
- Old Gold: Classic Films Come To Life
- Rebels With A Cause
- Science360°
- Screen International Critics' Choice
- Special Screenings
- Spotlight: Independent Voices Of Georgia
- Standing With Ukraine
- Youth Programme
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Black Nights Latest Reviews
Porcelain War
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Conclave
Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
Portrait of a middle-aged woman facing choices and change.
Portrait of a middle-aged woman facing choices and change.
Johatsu
A ship explodes. A man dies. A man disappears without a trace. Is it an accident or a cover-up?
A ship explodes. A man dies. A man disappears without a trace. Is it an accident or a cover-up?
The Boy With Pink Pants
Film based on the story of a real cyberbullying incident in Italy.
Film based on the story of a real cyberbullying incident in Italy.
The Weeping Walk
A family goes on a pilgrimage to honour a matriarch's last wish.
A family goes on a pilgrimage to honour a matriarch's last wish.
Pink Lady
An ultra-Orthodox couple try to save their marriage after the husband is blackmailed for being gay.
An ultra-Orthodox couple try to save their marriage after the husband is blackmailed for being gay.
Silent Men
An exploration of modern-day masculinity.
An exploration of modern-day masculinity.
September 5
Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, the film follows an American Sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.
Drowning Dry
Two familes try to cope with trauma after a weekend getaway turns sour.
Two familes try to cope with trauma after a weekend getaway turns sour.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Features
Tests of love
Dennis Iliadis and his star Konstantina Messini on twisty meet-the-parents thriller Buzzheart
Innocence lost
Sebastián Parra R on growing up too fast and world building in Seed Of The Desert
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
A little unpredictability
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
'I like to say that as long as there’s a laugh, there is hope'
Teemu Nikki on creating Finnish sahti comedy Western 100 Litres Of Gold
Jumping into a life
Emilios Avraam and Niovi Charalambous on Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
Reflections of a cat
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
Storytelling and psychology
Wet Monday’s Justyna Mytnik and Luiza Skrzek on what hides behind the happily-ever-after
Art, friendship and nature
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
Behind the scenes of Blueberry Dreams
Elene Mikaberidze on bringing her farming documentary to fruition
Lord of misrule
Fernando Coimbra on drawing on Shakespeare and subversive ideas for Carnival Is Over
Life lessons
Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls
An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
Marriage of creativity
Husband and wife Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on their latest collaboration Pooja, Sir
A stylised world
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Growing pains and gains
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
All the buzz
Sander Maran and Peeter Maran on Chainsaws Were Singing
Measuring happiness
Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó on their latest documentary collaboration
Home truths
Intercepted director Oksana Karpovych on aggression and resistance in Ukraine
'I really wanted to make a movie for the younger version of myself'
Anthony Schatteman on love, authenticity and acceptance in Young Hearts
Sorting fact from fiction
Roman Bondarchuk on fake news, politics and the situation in Ukraine in The Editorial Office
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival News
Silent City Driver speeds off with top prize in Tallinn
Mongolian drama wins Grand Prix
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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