Set to open Nov. 7 with the daring musical “They Will Be Dust” by Carlos Marqués -Marcet, the A-listed Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF) will get an extra kick to its fierce spirit of independence and revolt from its first Focus on Catalonia, one of the highlights of this 29 th edition.

Under the aegis of PÖFF’s own Pasionaria-festival honcho Tiina Lokk and her 20 programmers, this year’s expanded program consists of 252 feature films and 275 short films from 79 countries, 111 world and 31 international premieres.

Among the buzziest titles bowing in the official competition are “Versailles” by Mexico’s Andrés Clariond (“Hilda”), “The Moon is a Father of Mine” by Crystal Globe winner George Ovashvili, “Think of England” by BAFTA-nominated Richard Hawkins, “The Frog and

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