The Tallinn Darkish Nights Movie Pageant (PÖFF) unveiled the number of documentaries from its Doc@PÖFF Worldwide and Baltic competitions on Wednesday, finishing this system for its thirtieth version, which can happen from November 6 to 2. For the second yr in a row, Baltic documentaries and have movies will compete in separate packages.
The competition additionally unveiled particular screenings for its anniversary version.
Documentary programming consists of tales of self-discovery, household connections and the seek for belonging. “From camel races within the Sinai Peninsula to an experiment in office democracy at a Michelin-starred restaurant, from queer cultural reminiscence to hidden management mechanisms inside a Danish Christian sect, the movies reveal surprising features of the human expertise,” organizers stated. “Fishermen, dancers and artists share the display with people who find themselves rebuilding their lives or defending their homeland. »
Marianna Kaat, commissioner of the Doc@PÖFF Worldwide and Baltic competitions, stated: “This yr I used to be notably struck by the truth that filmmakers are discovering new methods to inform their tales, opening up new prospects for documentary cinema and its position in upholding our sense of actuality. These movies ask us to look nearer, to query our assumptions and to withstand straightforward explanations. In a world the place a lot occurs to us already interpreted, this appears notably mandatory.”
One of many paperwork, Father’s homemakes use of actors, specifically Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik and Emma Sehested Høeg, for re-enactments of former members’ experiences inside the controlling Christian sect. Those that lived via them advise the interpreters, share their reminiscences and watch a few of their most traumatic experiences unfold earlier than them.
The Particular Screenings program presents seven movies with a specific hyperlink with Estonia or with the competition company. They embody three world premieres, one worldwide premiere, Stephen Frears’ Harmful connections and that of Tim Blake Nelson The life and dying of Wilson Shedd.
“The seven movies within the particular screenings program vary from intimate portraits of artistic lives to romantic dramas, traditional mysteries and Christmas horror comedies,” PÖFF stated. “Tales about Louis Kahn, Jüri Järvet and photographer Erlend Štaub discover the relationships and dedication behind their work, whereas Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy’s frontman Svyatoslav Vakarchuk makes use of music to bolster morale and defend cultural identification. Elsewhere, an surprising jail romance raises questions of redemption and second probabilities, aristocratic seduction turns into a harmful energy play and a household Christmas takes a bloody flip.”
Uncover the most recent additions to the PÖFF 2026 program beneath.
Doc@PÖFF worldwide competitors
Birthday candles (Azerbaijan) – est. Murad Allahverdi
Youngster of Sinai (Egypt, France) – dir. Wolf Workplace
Father’s home (Denmark) – dir. Adam Nielsen, Andreas Koefoed, Eva Mulvad
Fruitcakes: The Daybreak of Drag (Finland, Denmark) – dir. Vesa Kuosmanen
Misplaced and Discovered: Thirty Years, Not Collectively (Romania) – dir. Laurentiu Garofeanu
Love uncovered (Czech Republic) – dir. Filip Remunda – Worldwide premiere
Condemned at beginning (Moldova) – dir. Daniela Miron, Diana Vlas
The style of democracy (Hungary) – dir. Péter Akar, Ambrus Fatér
The battle we supply (Denmark) – dir. Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Three comrades (France) – director Anastasia Vedenskaia
Tingatinga between two homes (China) – dir. Yong Zhang
Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competitors
Baltic UXO (Lithuania, Germany, Latvia) – director Alexander Belinski, Agnė Dovydaitytė – World premiere
I wish to be human (Lithuania) – director Rinaldas Tomaševičius – World premiere
Ice, males and a starling (Estonia) – dir. Michael Oksmann – World premiere
La Pieta (Iceland, Lithuania, Spain) – dir. Pepe Andreu, Rafa Moles
Reside (Lithuania) – director Nerius Millerius
Reminiscence of the ocean (Lithuania) – dir. Francesco Rufini – World premiere
Riga my love (Latvia) – dir. Caroline Peterson
The Excellent (Estonia) – dir. Laura Liventaal – World premiere
Die to stay (Ukraine, Latvia, Slovakia) – dir. Yulia Hontaruk
Particular screenings
A photographer in Cannes (Estonia) – dir. Kullar Viimne – World Premiere
Harmful connections (UK) – dir. Stephen Frears
JJ: Each centimeter is a king (Estonia) – dir. Taavi Arus – World Premiere
Pleasure will prevail (United States) – dir. Max Korman – Worldwide Premiere
Crimson snow (Finland, Estonia, Sweden) – dir. Ilja Rautsi
Slava: filming with music (UK) – dir. Jacqui Morris, David Morris World Premiere
The life and dying of Wilson Shedd (United States) – dir. Tim Blake Nelson