Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is Northern Europe’s only FIAPF-accredited competitive feature film festival with two sub-festivals, Just Film and PÖFF Shorts. PÖFF is one of the biggest film festivals in Northern Europe and the busiest regional industry platform. The 30th edition will take place from 6-22 November 2026, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, will run 9-20 November 2026.
Goes to Cannes
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
Showcase details
Key Dates: 15 May 2026 (16:15-18:05)
Access: Marché du Film badge holders
Main Venue: Palais K (Palais des Festivals)
Projects
Goes to Cannes
Mo Hunt
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Eeva Mägi
Produced by: Sten-Johan Lill, Eeva Mägi | Kinosaurus Film, Kultuurikuur
Country of Production: Estonia
Original Title: Mo Hunt
Genre: Thriller
Language: Estonian
Runtime: 90'
Completed in: 2026
Kore, a young ballerina, agrees to become an illegal surrogate for a middle-aged priest, recasting her body as sacrifice. Her boyfriend Kaljo supports her, though their bond frays. On an isolated island before conception, tension rises and power blurs: who uses whom, and what is sacrificed?
Goes to Cannes
The Daughters
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Daniel Romero Bueno
Produced by: Tamara Garcia Iglesias, Ferran Tomas Olalla | Atakeleun, La Verneda Films, La Charito Films
Country of Production: Spain, United Kingdom
Original Title: Las Hijas
Genre: Film Noir, Thriller
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 95'
Completed in: 2026
One night, a twenty-year-old girl is kidnapped by a stranger. The next morning, she wakes up in a house in the middle of the woods where three other young women live. There, she discovers that they behave like the kidnapper’s daughters. Her destiny is to become one of them.
Goes to Cannes
Dead Dad Girl
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Stephen Korytko
Produced by: Bernard Michaux, Benoît Roland, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky | Samsa Film, Wrong Men
Country of Production: Luxembourg, Belgium
Original Title: Dead Dad Girl
Genre: Dark Comedy
Language: English
Runtime: 82'
Completed in: 2026
Don’t worry, the girl’s not dead. She’s alive and well. The dad is dead though. Like, hidden-in-a-freezer dead. Memphis (17) had to put him there after he died from a heart attack in order to keep her spot with the cool kids at school. It ain’t easy staying popular.
Goes to Cannes
Lost Son
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Edson da Conceicao
Produced by: Nicky Onstenk, Marc Bary | IJswater Films, Caviar
Country of Production: Netherlands, Belgium
Original Title: Verloren Zoon
Genre: Drama
Language: Dutch
Runtime: 110'
Completed in: 2026
When his son is killed in a robbery, Winston becomes convinced that a troubled addict is to blame. As grief drives him to seek justice, Winston secretly forms an unexpected bond with this young man, becoming the father figure he never was to his own son.
Goes to Cannes
At Your Service
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: German Golub
Produced by: Evelin Penttilä, Marcos Kantis, Melanie Blocksdorf | Stellar Film, Schiwago Film
Country of Production: Estonia, Germany
Original Title: Teie teenistuses
Genre: Tragicomedy
Language: Estonian, Russian
Runtime: 100'
Completed in: 2026
Estonian police officer working in a small town next to the Russian border finds herself between a rock and a hard place after her family member commits a crime, as she must decide between saving her family, her career and herself; she decides to do it all.