The 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) will showcase a compelling selection of documentaries in its Doc@PÖFF International and Baltic Competitions. For the first time, Baltic documentaries and feature films will compete in separate programmes.
Published: 14.10.2025.
This year’s selection explores themes ranging from family relationships and traditional ways of life to politics and war, with stories set across the globe — from Moldova to the Himalayan mountains. Many of them also portray women who dare to dream big despite restrictive and challenging circumstances.
“The films in Doc@PÖFF programme open a restless world where bold, author-driven works captivate with their search for balance and understanding — and demonstrate that documentaries can be even more engaging than fiction,” says curator Marianna Kaat.
Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition Films
A Goodnight Kiss (Lithuania, Estonia), dir: Giedrė Žickytė
BIX Almost Nirvana (Lithuania), dir: Emilis Vėlyvis
Happiness is Living in Our Land (Estonia), dir: Indrek Spungin
Holy Destructors (Lithuania, France), dir: Aistė Žegulytė
Laguna (France, Lithuania), dir: Sharunas Bartas
The Last Will (Latvia), dir: Jānis Ābele
Lost Stars of the Horoscope (Estonia), dir: Katrina Lehismäe
My Family and Other Clowns (Estonia), dir: Heilika Pikkov, Liina Särkinen
Not Made For Politics (Belarus), dir: Volia Chajkouskaya
Scarecrows (Latvia, Lithuania), dir: Laila Pakalnina, Laila Pakalniņa
Time to the Target (Latvia, Czechia, Ukraine), dir: Vitaly Mansky
The 29th edition of PÖFF will take place from 7 to 23 November 2025, while the industry platform Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event will run from 14 to 21 November 2025. The festival’s Closing Gala will take place on November 21.