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29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: PÖFF Shorts: 12 publications

Eyes of the Forest (Metsasilmad)

Anna Veisman
2025

Lotta Raidna - 12-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: young woman searches for a man gone missing in the forest at night, in Estonian film packed with meaningful colours and supernatural elements - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Don’t Look Away (Ära Vaata Eemale)

Joonas Lind
2025

Alice Lokk - 12-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: tension quickly builds as a young streamer uses his camera as a catalyst for danger - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Peanuts (Maapähklid)

Loviisa Jännes
2025

Eloise Kello - 12-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: young and timid woman feels shunned at her own birthday party, but tables are about to turn - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Wishful Thinking

Gergana Dyankova
2025

Susanna Teimann - 12-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: mother and daughter engage in a fierce duel for a magically conjured male - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Stiina

Elisabeth Kužovnik
2025

Helen Murd - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: young mother has to prioritise her nanny job ahead of her own daughter, in this harsh yet hopeful Estonian film - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Plans for Tomorrow (Plaanid Homseks)

Jasmin Kulagina
2025

Villem Vesingi - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: two friends anxiously wait for their fling to show up at their boozy party, in a film with strong echoes of a big Estonian hit - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Am I Ukrainian Enough? (Kas ma Olen Piisavalt Ukrainlane?)

Kateryna Hantseva
2025

Getriin Kotsar - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: Ukrainian filmmaker returns home, and investigates language as a resistance weapon - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

10,000 Steps to Smoking Area

Manfred Vainokivi
2025

Katrin Luuken - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHP: a cigarette becomes the lifeline of an elderly radio star, in this thoughtful meditation on the failing human body - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Friction!

Chingiz Pasha
2025

Chingiz Pasha - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: in a dystopian future, down-to-earth Alvar is made to choose between eternal love and gardening - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Microphone in the Head (Mikrofon Peas)

Robert Raska Ly
2025

Piret Ilves - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: the sudden death of a man triggers a chain of absurd events, in a movie overflowing with symbolisms, topics and messages - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Border

Sasha Shprotser
2025

Matthias Veinmann - 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: young woman filmmaker undertakes a dangerous journey from her native Estonia to her gran's grave in Russia, in a movie bursting with originality and heartfelt simplicity - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Death is Harder Than a Broken Heart

Indrek Spungin
2025

- 11-11-2025

FILM REVIEW WORKSHOP: mother has to come to terms with her mortality and with the figurative death of her son, in this heartwarming black comedy - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]