Nikolaj Nikitin
credit: SOFATALLINN: FNE spoke to Nikolaj Nikitin, curator of Critics’ Picks Competition Programme at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), about the selected films, jury and geographical diversity of this year’s event. The 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will be held 7–23 November 2025.
The 4th edition of the Critics’ Picks competition offers 10 dazzling world premieres handpicked from across the globe and served fresh in Tallinn. Nikolaj Nikitin describes this year’s lineup as “as wildly diverse as its passport stamps from Iran to Peru, Canada to Tunisia, Mexico to Taiwan, France to Lithuania, and yes, Estonia too.”
Click HERE to see the films selected for Critics’ Picks competition.
Click HERE to listen to the podcast.
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