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Fade To Her Interview: Rea Lest

Tara Karajica talks to the young Estonian acting talent about being a Shooting Star and recent work

Fade to Her interview: Margaux Bohnomme

Tara Karajica talked to the director of Head Above Water that won the Best Film award in the First Feature Competition of PÖFF 22

HÕFF passes now on sale!

The 14th Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival takes place from April 25-28, 2019.

Interview - Kiril Sokolov, director and writer of Why Don’t You Die!

Interview - Maria Avdjushko, director and writer of Fire Lily

Review - A Shelter Among The Clouds

Cineuropa Newsletter at Black Nights #2

Review - Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Award Ceremony 2018

Black Nights Stars examines casting opportunities in film and TV

Day #15 at PÖFF

We have reached the last day of the competition programmes, the surprise screening of The Old Man & The Gun and loads more - here are some of today’s highlights at PÖFF22!

Lifetime Achievement Award #2: Ivars Seleckis

Tallinn Black Nights awards the Latvian documentary film maker and founder of the legendary Riga School of Poetic Documentary Cinema Ivars Seleckis with the second Lifetime Achievement Award of the festival.

Day #14 at PÖFF

The heat rises as the competitions are nearing their end. Two world and two international premieres tonight!

Access into the cultural heritage of a nation hidden away in the mountains. Review of The Song of the Tree.

Review by the Young Tallints Critics Workshop participant

The battle as old as time: Angelos Frantzis and Still River

Review by the Young Tallints participant Dace Čaure

Festival fashion show draws on the connection between fashion and film

Here's the first review by Young Tallints participant Tautvydas Urbelis

Day #13 at PÖFF

Two world and two international premieres, two Danish stars, the second Lifetime Achievement Award of the festival - find out what’s happening on this eventful day!

Screen International Daily #3

Get the latest news and fresh reviews from PÖFF22!

Day #12 at PÖFF

Day #11 at PÖFF

Meet the Rebels of Cinema!

Entering its sophomore year, the competition programme Rebels with a Cause, showcasing films that experiment with form and rebel against conventional filmmaking tropes or political ideas.

PÖFF Shorts announces winners

Day #10 at PÖFF

Sunday offers a rich selection of titles in all of the competition programmes of the festival. Some screenings have already sold out, but make sure to check out the exciting films and filmmakers representing we have highlighted here, as these still have tickets left.

Day #9 at PÖFF

A big day at the competitions with the Baltic Competition seeing a kick-off and three films screening in the Official Selection and First Feature Competition

11 films to compete in the Baltic Competition programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

The Baltic Competition programme of PÖFF is being brought back to life this year, after a seven year hiatus.

Day #8 at Black Nights

Second day of the competition programmes brings us excitement from Morocco, South Korea, France and Hungary. A Finnish drama series adds spice to the TV Beats.

Day #7 at PÖFF - the competition programmes kick off!

For the next eight days the premieres of Official Selection and First Competition programmes will light up the screens in Scape Hall and Sõprus cinema!

Don’t miss these films on Day #6

A world premiere, an international premiere, several interesting filmmakers presenting their films - the festival is gaining pace!

Here are some recommendations that our team would like to highlight and that you’ve might have missed in the lineup on Day 5 at #PÖFF22!

Film recommendations for Day #4 at PÖFF

Today brings some lost gems mixed with fresh gems and a big hit that lands straight after the premieres in Toronto and London.

Day #3 film recommendations

Six films that you might want check out from tonight's programme

Discover the filmmakers

PÖFF Lifetime Achievement Award #1

Who is this year's first Lifetime Achievement Award laureate?

Discover the focus programme of PÖFF22: the 100-year-olds!

Driven by Estonia’s 100th anniversary celebrations, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival focuses on 12 countries that are celebrating their centenary this year, offering a rich retrospective with films made between 1958-1977.

Kitchen Filled with Cinema

Home lunches combining film and cuisine on November 25th – exciting contacts and engaging conversations with well-known filmmakers at your own home.

The First Feature Competition programme tickets are on sale!

19 films by talented debuting film directors, representing 5 continents and a rich selection of genres and stories

The Official Selection tickets are on sale!

General ticket sale of the 19 films that will be competing for the Grand Prix of the 22nd Black Nights Film Festival has now begun

PÖFF unveils the first seven films in the First Feature Competition

Tallinn Black Nights has announced the first seven films that will be competing in the First Feature Competition programme of the festival, a section dedicated to screening the first feature-length films of the directors.

PÖFF Shorts announces competition titles for 2018!

From over 3000 submissions spanning 106 countries, the Black Nights Film Festival's sub-festival PÖFF Shorts has selected a total of 118 short films to the competition programmes, with 60 being animated shorts.

Meet the first competition titles of Official Selection 2018

PÖFF announces the first eight films competing in its Official Selection, the major competition programme of the festival, competing for the Grand Prix and several other prizes

PÖFF has been selected as a consulting organisation for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF) has been appointed as a consulting organisation for the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards to suggest nominees for the best Asian screen talents and films.

The highly anticipated AWAKEN opens the 22nd Black Nights Film Festival

The world premiere of AWAKEN, directed by Tom Lowe, produced by Terrence Malick and Godfrey Reggio takes place in Estonia, one of the 35 countries the epic was shot in.

There's a cool new pack in town!

PÖFF opened a member's club called Wolf Pack to build an international community for film fans

Three Tallinn Black Nights competition films have been selected as Oscar candidates

The 2017 Grand Prix-winner in the Official Selection of Black Nights, Kyrgyzstan’s Night Accident and two First Feature Competition entries - The Marriage from Kosovo and Secret Ingredient from Macedonia - have been selected as the respective countries’ proposals for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

Black Nights mourns the loss of actor and screenwriter Dame Hill

Dame Hill, Australian actor and writer of Pawno, passed away on last Saturday.

The Marriage selected as Kosovo‘s Oscar candidate

The Kosovo-Albania co-production that world premiered at PÖFF last year, will enter the Oscar's race

Tartu Love Film Festival announces full lineup

Discover the film selection of the biggest open-air cinema in the Baltics, running from the 13th until the 18th of August.

The First Feature Competition films of 2017 - where are they now?

An overview of the journeys the films of last year's First Feature Competition have taken after PÖFF

HÕFF Rediscovers the Forgotten Pearls of Flemish Horror

As a continuation of the Black Nights Film Festival’s (PÖFF) popular Flemish focus, HÕFF takes a look at this Dutch-speaking Belgian region’s rich horror film tradition.

PÖFF opens a new competition programme

The new Baltic Competition programme will replace the former Estonian Competition

HÕFF Announces First Films

PÖFF programme entries win big at Academy Awards

Three films from the programme of last PÖFF won awards at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony.

Meet the European Genre Forum 2018 Projects

Vote for Tarkovsky’s unmade film to be realised as electronic opera!