Tallinn's 30th PÖFF Film Festival Opens With Latvian Director's "Ulya"

The 30th PÖFF ("Black Nights") film festival is set to be formally opened on the evening of 6 November in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Its programme includes more than 200 feature-length films, and the opening title is "Ulya" by Latvian director Viesturs Kairišs.

The film draws on the unusual life story of Uljana Semjonova, the tallest female basketball player in the history of world sport. Its screening will also launch this year's main thematic programme of PÖFF, which is dedicated to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Programme and guests

The festival runs from 6 to 22 November. In total, it presents 230 feature-length and 259 short films from 87 countries.

Around 2,000 guests from more than 70 countries are expected to travel to Tallinn for the event.

Parallel events

Several other events will take place alongside PÖFF:

• Just Film, a festival of youth and children's cinema;
• PÖFF Shorts, a festival of short and animated films;
• Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, a business programme for film industry representatives.