Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF – Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival)

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

PÖFF – Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival

Also known as: TBNFF

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2025

Tallinn Black Nights defends Russian film "Deaf Lovers" amidst controversy, citing its anti-war message
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) has defended its decision to include Boris Guts’ Russian film "Deaf Lovers" in its official competition, citing its anti-war stance. Following backlash…
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Tallinn Black Nights director Tiina Lokk raises concerns over film festival independence in Estonia
Tiina Lokk, director of Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (POFF), warns of increasing external pressures threatening film festival independence. She emphasizes the need for artistic freedom…
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Diverse Lineup for Official Selection Competition
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has announced its Official Selection Competition lineup for its 27th edition, featuring 11 world premieres and 5 international premieres from various continents. The…
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A Round of Applause for Death

Stephen Irwin

A Round of Applause for Death Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of…

Contresens

Tizia Benmchich-Lanardonne

Contresens One woman decides to go against the Parisian routine, and she can't help it.

Dark Globe

Donato Sansone

Dark Globe In a white room, reel hands interact with animated sheets of paper. They create grotesque…

Dinosaur Man

Kazuya Ashizawa

Dinosaur Man A railway deep in the mountains that is now used only by a few high school students is on…

Dog Bites

Eva Vázquez de Reoyo

Dog Bites Our protagonist's life is not exactly going well, but things start looking up when she…

Kielo

Janina Rajakangas, Sinem Kayacan

Kielo Kielo finds it hard to sit still in class. She takes a break venturing into the corridors…

La Dolce Vita

Federico Fellini

La Dolce Vita “La Dolce Vita” follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), a charming but deeply…

Now Hear Me Good

Dwayne LeBlanc

Now Hear Me Good Booker is far from home but close to friends and mentors as he hosts an exuberant party,…

Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait

Ventura Pons

Ocaña, an Intermittent Portrait A sincere portrait, and in first person, of the multifaceted Andalusian artist José Pérez…

Pear Garden

Shadab Shayegan

Pear Garden Six-year-old Lily visits her grandma, who underwent a mastectomy and lost her breasts, in…

Skin Flick

Louise Bailly and 5 co-directors

Skin Flick A porn actress stars in the Devil’s cannibalistic snuff movies in exchange for a…

The Girl in Black

Veljo Käsper

The Girl in Black Young Saale, the girl in black with her small suitcase, comes to live with her aunt in a…

The Saragossa Manuscript

Wojciech Has

The Saragossa Manuscript During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain two soldiers discover a strange manuscript in a…

There is A Wolf

Saerom Seo

There is A Wolf In a world where ordinary people are called wolves, persecuted as useless and dangerous…

Things I Never Told You

Isabel Coixet

Things I Never Told You Ann, a cute video camera store clerk, moves to a strange city just to be closer to Bob,…

Without Kelly

Lovisa Sirén

Without Kelly Forced to leave her baby daughter with the child’s father, young mother Esther is caught…