Black Nights introduces timely Environmental Film Programme
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There’s a new programme added to the list of Black Nights Film Festival's film programmes. The programme, centering around environmentally themed films, is presented by the Environment Agency.

“This theme has become so urgent, that we cannot ignore it anymore,” said PÖFF director Tiina Lokk.

Environment Agency’s head Taimar Ala commented that the emergence of environmental films at festivals is a sign of the importance of the theme in our times. “PÖFF and the Environment Agency are not only connected by the wolf, who is a pride of our forests as well as PÖFF’s symbol. We are also both eager to reach as much people as possible with global themes like climate, biodiversity, or waste.”

The programme encompasses five documentaries. The opening screenings will be introduced by experts from the Environment Agency: wolf investigator Marko Kübarsepp, geologist Marko Vainu, zooologist Ragne Erimäe, environmental analyst Reet Ulm and the agency’s vicepresident Peep Siim.

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Barefoot: the Mark Baumer Story

While walking barefoot across the United States to call attention to the impact of fossil fuels on the environment, Mark Baumer was struck by a gas-guzzling SUV. It was a violent end to an exceptionally creative life.

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I am Greta

The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from Swedish director Nathan Grossman.

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The Hidden Life of Trees

Are trees able to talk? Do they have a memory and a social life? The forester and bestselling author Peter Wohlleben gets to the bottom of these questions and opens our eyes to the hidden world of the woods.

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Truffle Hunters

Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the prized white Alba truffle. Desired by the wealthiest patrons in the world, it remains a pungent but rarified mystery. The only souls on Earth who know how to dig it up are a tiny circle of canines and their silver-haired human companions – Italian elders with walking sticks and devilish senses of humour – who only scour for the truffle at night so as not to leave any clues for others.

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Wolves at the Borders

In the Broumov region in the Czech Republic, the last wolf was eliminated two centuries ago. Its reintroduction, like elsewhere in Europe, triggers passionate debate between livestock farmers and environmentalists. Martin Páv planted his camera in the middle of this battlefield.

See the programme here