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The 29th edition of the festival will run from November 7 to 29. We are currently inputting details of the films screening, so please check back soon.
View Films by Strand:
- Baltic Film Competition
- Best Of Docs
- Best Of Festivals
- Children's Programme
- Children's Rights Programme
- Critics’ Picks Competition
- Doc@Just
- Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition
- Doc@PÖFF International Competition
- Environmental Film Programme
- Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme
- First Feature Competition
- In Focus: Catalonia
- International Youth Competition
- Just Anime
- Official Selection - Competition
- Old Gold: Classic Films Come To Life
- Rebels With A Cause
- Screen International Critics' Choice
- Shorts
- Special Screenings
- Spotlight: Austria
- Standing With Ukraine
- Youth Programme
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January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A six-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
When a man loses his job he finds himself drifting before deciding to take things into his own hands...
A Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act experience success and heartbreak in their musical journey together.
William and Agnes Shakespeare struggle to come to terms with the loss of their son.
An eight-year-old maid gradually discovers her place in the pecking order on the day of her friend's birthday.
During the Second World War group of six people is delivered to an uninhabited island with a secret mission – to make some pornographic films which in the government’s opinion should boost the fighting morale of the boys at the front.
Two young men in 1920 set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.
When Finnish director Karin Pennanen’s uncle Markku died after decades of isolation, she entered his house for the first time in 34 years and uncovered a world no one had seen: an immense archive of paintings, compositions, writings, audio diaries, videotapes, and even notes on how a film should be constructed.
Fresh out of Juilliard, a young violist returns home to live with her parents in the heart of New York City. Now it’s time to play gigs in the homes of strangers and make art with friends - nothing can go wrong, right?
A teenager finds herself being manipulated by her violent father after her parents divorce.
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