29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Doc@PÖFF International Competition: 13 publications

Eoghan Lyng - 22-11-2025

Eoghan Lyng dissects the International Documentary Competition at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, revealing his personal favourites as well as the strand's big winners [Read More...]

Davide Abbatescianni - 14-11-2025

DOC@PÖFF doubles down: Davide Abbatescianni gets inside the Tallinn Black Nights’s fast-growing hub for documentary film, which now boasts a brand new strand entirely devoted to Baltic non-fiction [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-11-2025

Separated by geography and war, a filmmaker records conversations with her husband in their shared pursuit of happiness - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 13-11-2025

Political hopeful has to overcome gender prejudices by dressing up as a Christmas icon if she has any hope of becoming mayor - Moldovan documentary premieres in the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 12-11-2025

From sex parties to rubbish collection: documentarist uncovers the dark secrets of the cold Estonian night - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 12-11-2025

A Turkish director returns to the town he once called home, and encounters a place horribly scarred by an armed conflict - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 11-11-2025

Italian filmmaker captures fragments of country riven by political clashes; the outcome is a movie that's funny, poetic and yet over simplistic - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 10-11-2025

Two siblings venture up the Himalayas in search of a fungus/insect hybrid, in a spiritual journey with parallels to the Spanish Camino - filthy genius doc premieres in the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2025

High up on the mountains of Iran where men call the shots, an adolescent prepares herself for the forthcoming snow - immersive doc premieres in the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 09-11-2025

Finish woman pays tribute to her reclusive and artistic late uncle by trying to piece together his long-forgotten writings and clips - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 08-11-2025

Bob Marley's friend and lawyer Diane Jobson lived a life far from the spotlight; now the 80-year-old showcases her work, religion, and learnings from the late Rasta - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 08-11-2025

A territory in Croatia is apparently haunted by wolves being flown in by helicopter, and maybe the EU is to blame for transporting the animals - from the Doc@PÖFF International Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eoghan Lyng - 14-10-2025

As the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces its competitive selection of international documentaries, writer Eoghan Lyng ponders a wide variety of film perspectives [Read More...]