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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2024

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

Doc@PÖFF Competition

Programme

11 films

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Black Gold (Ouro negro)

In rural India a woman decides to offer her hair to a deity to fulfill a wish.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2024; Director: Takashi Sugimoto)

Freight

Onboard the Panerai container ship, a teenage crew must navigate the awkward space between the innocence of adolescence and the responsibilities of adulthood, as they travel through Europe's vast industrial ports and terminals.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Max Carlo Kohal; Writer: Max Carlo Kohal, Roman Stocker, Tania Stöcklin)

Full Support

Documentary about people coming and going from a bra-fitting room in Jaffa.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Michal Cohen; Writer: Michal Cohen)

Ice Aged

Six senior figure skaters show that it’s never too late to lace up your skates and chase your dreams.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Alexandra Sell; Stars: Elena Rickmann, Sissy Krick, Roland Suckale, Toos van Urk, Nadia Colbourne, Linda Bernard, David Marzell)

Ms President

(Country: Czechia, Slovakia; Year: 2024; Director: Marek Sulík; Writer: Marek Sulík; Stars: Pope Francis, Robert Fico, Zuzana Caputová, Michal Kovacic, Ivan Miklos, Zuzana Kovacic Hanzelova, Igor Matovic)

Murmuring Hearts (Murmančios širdys)

Documentary about a rehabilitation centre on an abandoned farm which is a refuge for troubled recovering addicts and former prisoners.

(Country: Lithuania, France, Norway; Year: 2024; Director: Vytautas Puidokas; Writer: Vytautas Puidokas)

Never Too Late (Ye ye nai nai na xie shi)

Is it worth getting a divorce after 60 years of marriage? This is the question plaguing a Chinese couple who decided to make a big change and divorce in their 80s.

(Country: China; Year: 2024; Director: Yang Lizhu; Writer: Yang Lizhu; Stars: Guiying Deng, Qiaoyuan Yang)

Torn

Documentary about Kalju, who is building a 19-metre-high observation tower with his own hands.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Kullar Viimne)

Trains

Archival documentary charting the cyclical nature of war.

(Country: Poland, Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Maciej J Drygas)

The Watchman (Le Veilleur)

The cracks start to appear when a Chinese couple’s only son leaves to study in Estonia.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Lou du Pontavice, Victoire Bonin; Writer: Lou du Pontavice, Victoire Bonin)

With My Open Lungs

In the midst of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Jana embarks on a journey of love on the one hand and great chaos on the other.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Yana Sad; Writer: Yana Sad)