Rick W / Friday, October 18, 2024

All you need to know for this year's PÖFF

PÖFF28 I Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Teaser 2024

Discover the city of Tallinn

In addition to all the films and festival events, there are also a lot of interesting and beautiful places to discover in Tallinn.

If you are planning on having a full day or two for sightseeing, then you might consider buying Tallinn Card, which gives you free access to more than 50 museums and attractions and lets you travel with public transport for free.

Here are some recommendations to discover in Tallinn:

Tallinn’s Old Town
Tallinn Old Town is probably the most popular sight in Tallinn with its well-preserved medieval architecture, museums, courtyards, cafés and more.

Kadrioru Park and Palace
Kadrioru Palace is a baroque palace surrounded by beautiful gardens where inside you can find the Estonian Art Museum’s collection of foreign art. Kumu - the main building of the Estonian Art Museum - is a five minute walk from the Palace.

Rotermann Quarter
Rotermann Quarter is a neighbourhood full of modern architecture and a range of shops, cafés and restaurants. There is also a Pop & Contemporary Art Museum that we recommend visiting.

Telliskivi Creative City
Telliskivi Creative City is a former factory site that is now home to numerous restaurants, bars, design shops, and cultural institutions, such as Fotografiska Tallinn, a photographic art centre and satellite-gallery of the photography museum founded in Stockholm, or The Juhan Kuus Documentary Photo Centre. The PÖFF offices are also located there.

Noblessner seafront quarter
Noblessner seafront quarter, a former submarine factory, is now a place for art galleries and many great restaurants. You can also take a stroll by the marina, have a sauna and a dip in the sea in Iglupark or look around in the Seaplane Harbour, one of Europe’s grandest maritime museums.

Maarjamäe History Centre
In Maarjamäe History Centre you can visit Maarjamäe Palace, which has exhibitions about the history of the Republic of Estonia, or something for film enthusiasts - The Film Museum - that tells a story about the history of cinema.

To get more information you can visit Tallinn Tourist Information Centre (Niguliste 2), which is open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., call them +372 6457777 or send an email to info@visittallinn.ee.

VISIT TALLINN HOMEPAGE
PÖFF teams up with Lux Express

Even though there is already a lot to do in Tallinn, a real fan of PÖFF and Estonia will not stop here. You should also go see films and take part in festival events in Tartu from 8th until 24th of November. To travel in and out of Estonia we recommend using Lux Express. The buses are comfortable and every seat has a screen, where you can watch movies during the ride - something that is definitely appealing to all the PÖFF visitors. You can look up the schedule and book your tickets on luxexpress.eu/en/.

LUX EXPRESS Baltic Sale:
Get discounted coach tickets 2.-11.12!

Tickets are on sale in limited quantities:
Riga - Tallinn from 6.90€
Vilnius-Tallinn from 9.90€
Warsaw - Tallinn from 19.90€
Kaunas - Tallinn from 11.90€

PÖFF reveals line-up programmes, workshops, and teasers

Pöff's teaser selection is out with 4 intriguing films from the Official Selection Competition 2024. Take your first look at two Italian films - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Eran Riklis, and The Boy with Pink Pants by Margherita Ferri and the Finnish-Italian coproduction 100 Litres of Gold directed by Teemu Nikki. After four years, an Estonian feature is selected - Shadow, directed by Jaak Kilmi.

Teaser Selection - Full selection to be released THIS FRIDAY 18th October

Reading Lolita in Tehran | International premiere

Eran Riklis' (The Syrian Bride, 2004; Lemon tree, 2008) newest drama is set to a post-revolution Iran and tells a story about a teacher who secretly gathers six of her most committed female students to read forbidden western classics.

The Boy With Pink Pants | International premiere

Andrea Spezzacatena had just turned 15 when he decided to take his own life. The film, narrated by Andrea's voice from beyond, tells us how the boy came to think he had no other way out. The director, Margherita Ferri, focuses on coming-of-age/rite-of-passage stories about diverse characters in search of their identity and their place in the world.

100 Liters Of Gold | International premiere

Teemu Nikki's film follows two middle-aged sisters, Taina and Pirkko, are famous sahti-makers from Sysmä, Finland. The third sister, Päivi, is getting married, and she asks her sisters if they can make 100 liters of sahti for the wedding. Unfortunately, it’s too good not to drink it and the sisters have 24 hours to fix their mistake or they will lose all their respect.

Shadow | International premiere

Tartu, Estonia, 1894, lunatic asylum. Juhan Liiv, the legendary future Estonian poet, suffers from schizophrenia and mania. His homeland, which he wants to sing about, is suffering in the clutches of the reactionary Russian Empire. Director Jaak Kilmi brings Juhan Liiv's unusual character to the screen for the first time, showing him from an unexpected angle.

The festival runs from the 8th until the 24th of November, while the festival’s industry platform Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event will take place from 14th until the 22nd of November.

Line-up for the new DocPöff Competition

The 11-piece competition strand includes six world premieres and five international premieres.

The competition is led by Estonian documentary director, producer, and associate professor at the baltic Film, Media, and Arts School of Tallinn University, Marianna Kaat. The other three programmers are: self-shooting producer/director Mike Arnott, long-time PÖFF programmer Edvinas Pukšta; and the head of Youth and Children's Film Festival Just Film, Mikk Granström.

PÖFF festival director, Tiina Lokk, said, "There has been a long-standing demand on the international scene for a PÖFF documentary competition programme. Although feature documentaries have always been welcome in our sub-programmes, the number of submissions has significantly increased in recent years. Therefore, we are organizing all these submissions into a new documentary competition.