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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition

Programme

9 films

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Baltic UXO

The problem of unexploded military munitions that were dumped into the Baltic after the Second World War.

(Country: Lithuania, Germany, Latvia; Year: 2026; Director: Alexander Belinski, Agnė Dovydaitytė; Writer: Alexander Belinski, Agnė Dovydaitytė)

Baltic premiere

Ice, Men And A Starling (Jää, mehed ja kuldnokk)

On the frozen waters of Hiiumaa, 87-year-old Vello Jürjo, a legendary figure in the world of ice sailing, begins building his very last iceboat.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Mihkel Oksmann)

World premiere

I Want To Be Human (noriu būt žmogum)

Documentary about life a inside a high-security Lithuanian prison.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Rinaldas Tomaševičius; Writer: Rinaldas Tomaševičius)

World premiere

Living On (Gyventi)

The director volunteered to drive cars carrying medical aid to Ukraine’s frontlines. Between August 2024 and June 2026, he documented his experiences on fifteen dangerous missions using his own equipment.

(Country: Lithuania, Ukraine; Year: 2026; Director: Nerijus Milerius; Writer: Nerijus Milerius)

World premiere

Memory From The Sea (Po audros)

Documentary following an elderly fisherman whose catch is becoming scarcer and who collects amber from the beach to make jewellery.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Francesco Rufini; Writer: Francesco Rufini, Indrė Bručkutė; Stars: Arūnas Želvys)

World premiere

The Perfect (Täiuslikud)

A portrait of female dancers across generations and the sacrifices ballet demands.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Laura Liventaal)

World premiere

La Pieta

At the foot of Europe’s largest glacier, seven Icelandic siblings once lived in deliberate isolation, dedicating their lives to observing ice and nature long before climate change had a name. Documentary blending observation with found footage.

(Country: Spain, Iceland, Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu)

Riga My Love (Riia mu arm)

After five years studying in Tallinn, artist Karolina Peterson (aka Kara Popicon) returns to her hometown of Riga. Expecting a fun-filled reunion with the city of her youth, she instead finds herself feeling like a stranger in her own native city.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2026; Director: Karolina Peterson)

To Die To Live

In 2014, three young men with no military experience whatsoever volunteered to go to the front line in eastern Ukraine. They spent two years there, near Donetsk, Luhansk and Shirokyne. Then they returned home and tried to live like ordinary people again: work, family, evenings with friends. But they cannot quite manage it.

(Country: Latvia, Ukraine, Slovakia; Year: 2026; Director: Yuliia Hontaruk; Writer: Yuliia Hontaruk)