Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Black Nights Film Festival
LocationTallinn, Estonia
Founded1997
Founded byTiina Lokk-Tramberg
AwardsGolden Wolf/ Wolf
DirectorsTiina Lokk-Tramberg
No. of films528 films from 73 countries (2023)[1]
Websitepoff.ee/en/

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF (Estonian: Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival), is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. PÖFF is one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe. In 2014 it was upgraded to an A-list festival by FIAPF.[2]

PÖFF includes two sub-festivals that take part concurrently with the main program: Children’s and Youth Film Festival Just Film, and PÖFF Shorts. Running concurrently with the festival is Industry@Tallinn and the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, the biggest audiovisual industry meeting in the region.

PÖFF also manages two off-season events: the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival taking place every April and Tartu Love Film Festival tARTuFF, taking place in August.

  1. ^ "Full 2023 program announced for Estonia's Black Nights Film Festival". 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Accredited Festivals". Fiapf. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-10.