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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
Mr. K
A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
From Hilde, With Love
In Berlin 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members. The two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
In Berlin 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members. The two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Lotus
A silent film director forms a bond with a woman who has a hidden agenda.
A silent film director forms a bond with a woman who has a hidden agenda.
Girl America
A girl in an orphanage employs fantasy as a means of escape.
A girl in an orphanage employs fantasy as a means of escape.
Riefenstahl
An exploration of Leni Riefenstahl’s life and her attempts to rehabilitate her image.
An exploration of Leni Riefenstahl’s life and her attempts to rehabilitate her image.
U Are The Universe
In the distant future, a space trucker from Khmelnytskyi is trying to get rid of over three billion tons of waste. When he hears from a woman on a distant space station, he becomes determined to reach her.
In the distant future, a space trucker from Khmelnytskyi is trying to get rid of over three billion tons of waste. When he hears from a woman on a distant space station, he becomes determined to reach her.
The Teacher
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
A Palestinian schoolteacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship with volunteer-worker and his emotional support for one of his students.
The Most Precious Of Cargoes
Animation about a woodcutter and his wife whose lives are transformed after they rescue a baby thrown from a train that passes near their home.
Animation about a woodcutter and his wife whose lives are transformed after they rescue a baby thrown from a train that passes near their home.
The Rule Of Jenny Pen
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
Neon Dreaming
A young girl, who believes her mum is a ballet icon, is determined to try to find her.
A young girl, who believes her mum is a ballet icon, is determined to try to find her.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Features
Without words
Elín Hall on the stripped down dialogue of When The Light Breaks
Until the dance
Andreas Dresen on resistance, ensemble storytelling and From Hilde, With Love
Mother nature
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen on trust, complexity and A New Kind Of Wilderness
Secret rhythm
Naian González Norvind on silence, fear and rebellion in Corina
Light at the end of the tunnel
Michel Hazanavicius on childhood memories, Holocaust survival, Ukraine and animation
'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Family ties and trauma
Laurynas Bareisa on relationship dynamics in award-winning drama Drowning Dry
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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