Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival (Black Nights Film Festival) brightens up the late Autumn evenings for its 24th edition

VINCENT TEETSOV

The shadow of the coming winter has already swiped its cold hand through the month of November with the first snowfall in Toronto. In the Northern Hemisphere, it’s becoming rapidly darker and gloomier. As always, this prompts people to engage in more indoor activities, and this ultimately leads to watching more films. It’s a time to be especially introspective and appreciate what people have made throughout the year.

In the spirit of this time, when the sun makes itself scarce, Estonia’s most prestigious film festival is named Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival (Black Nights Film Festival).

PÖFF was founded in 1997 and started out by showing mostly films from northern Europe. Soon, the festival expanded its global range of films shown, through which it has become one of the most recognizable events in the film world of northern Europe. The festival is also run alongside Industry@ Tallinn & Baltic Event, a massive film and audio-visual industry summit and trade fair, which takes place towards the tail end of the festival. The summit is accessible this year through paid online programming (https://industry.poff.ee/ accreditation-2-2/).

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