Music Meets Film, part of Discovery Campus, the international education programme at Industy@Tallinn & Baltic Event, welcomes eight emerging film music composers and producers from around the world to its programme.
Music Meets Film has been running for over a decade, bringing together film music professionals worldwide. Since its upgrade last year, the programme has focused on young film composers - the next generation of film music talent. A total of 28 talents applied f...
Works in Progress, which presents films in production or post-production looking for sales agents or festivals for international premieres, presents 17 projects in three categories: Baltic Event Works in Progress, International Works in Progress and Just Film Works in Progress. The selected projects include first features by Student Academy Award winners and a European Film Award winner and new titles by established directors.
All projects will be screened during Industry@Tallinn & ...
Black Room 2024 mentors (from the left): Uli Hanisch, Lollo Urbansdotter, Marco Bittner Rosser
The Black Room, part of Discovery Campus, the international education programme taking place at Industy@Tallinn & Baltic Event, welcomes eight emerging production designers from across Europe for this year's edition. The four-day programme includes in-depth masterclasses by established production designers Uli Hanisch and Marco Bittner Rosser.
The participants include a student Edz...
Nikolaj Nikitin, the curator of Critic's Picks Competition reveals the carefully curated side competition programme (Launched two years ago) lining up 10 exclusive world premieres from around the globe.
The conception of the third edition of Critics’ Picks competition is to present the most daring and caring voices of world cinema and show contemporary masterpieces. For the third year in a row, The Critics’ Picks programming ...
PÖFF has announced the Official Selection programme where 18 brand-new films will be presented to the audience by their authors personally in Tallinn. This is PÖFF's representative program, where the latest works of authors who have already established themselves in the film world are screened and are aimed at a wider audience.
This year's main competition schedule is now open to the public and TICKETS for the festive premieres are on sale at a discounted pric...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) reveals the full selection and the jury for the Official Selection Competition 2024. The flagship of the PÖFF programme comprises 18 titles, of which 11 are world premieres and 7 are international premieres. The jury is chaired by acclaimed German director Christoph Hochhäusler.
The Official Selection Competition has been run in its present form since the festival received it’s ‘A-category&r...
PÖFF28 I Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Teaser 2024
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If you are planning on having a full day or two for sightseeing, then you might consider buying Tallinn Card, which gives you free access to more than 50 museums and attractions and lets you travel with public transport for free.
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The brand new AI assistant and film recommender Susi knows the PÖFF programme inside out. Susi is dedicated to helping you find the films in the festival programme that match viewer's unique preferences.
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is setting a groundbreaking precedent as one of the first film festivals in the world to adopt AI technology to enhance audience engagement. By integrating an AI-powered personal recommendation system, PÖF...
The 11-piece competition strand includes six world premieres and five international premieres.
The new team is led by Estonian documentary director, producer and Associate professor at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University, Marianna Kaat (The Last Relic, PÖFF 2023). The other three programmers are: self-shooting producer/director Mike Arnott, long-time PÖFF programmer Edvinas Pukšta; and the head of Youth and Children's Fil...
Anna Hints, the winner of Baltic Film Competition at PÖFF 2023 for her documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood. Photo: Erlend Štaub.
Tallinn Black Nights Festival adds the sixth competition programme, Doc@PÖFF, to it's 28th edition taking place in November 2024. Submissions are open until the 25th of August.
Doc@PÖFF will join the existing competitions - The Official Selection, First Feature, Baltic Film, Critic's Pick...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) supports Georgian autonomous filmmakers with a special programme.
Dedicated to the work of filmmakers protesting against restrictions on freedom of expression, the programme is entitled "Flowers are not silent. Georgian independent film on the rise". The programme will be screened at the 28th edition of PÖFF in cooperation with the Georgian Film Institute. Founded in 2019 by a collective of visionary fi...
The winners of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)'s five competition programmes as well as the Just Film sub-festival for youth and children's films were presented with awards at the festival's award ceremony.
Misericordia wins the Grand Prix and 20 000€ for the Best Film of Official Selection Competition;
The Best Feature Film Award goes to The Moon Is Upside Down;
In the Rebels With A Cause competition p...
The international short film and animation festival announced the winners of its 2023 edition this Saturday, November 11 at the PÖFF Shorts Award Ceremony.
The closed award ceremony claimed as the 'shortest in the world' took place en route to the Award Ceremony afterparty in Paavli Kultuurivabrik, was directed and produced by Siim Tõniste, Monika Tomingas and Heinrich Sepp.
The PÖFF Shorts European Film Academy candidate for the Best Short Film and the Reb...
Don't miss out! Programmes of PÖFF 27
This year's PÖFF is quickly approaching which means it is time to review our exciting programmes to make sure that no cinema experience will be missed. PÖFF offers a wide range of programmes to guarantee that everyone can find something they enjoy.
Dates for this year's events and ticket sales:
4 October Just Film
https://justfilm.ee/en/
5 October PÖFF Shorts Interna...
Launched in 2022, this year's Critics' Picks presents 12 exclusive world premieres (including films from Brazil, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Ukraine) and three out of competition features by filmmakers who have been acclaimed by audiences and critics.
The Critics’ Picks programming team is headed by Nikolaj Nikitin, head of SOFA School of Film Advancement, bringing in several decades of experience as a curator, film magazine editor-in-chie...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s (PÖFF) 27th edition will set a focus on Serbia and SEE* (South-Eastern European) cinema, as the festival screens 13 new films from the region in vast all programme lines. The SEE countries include Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Meanwhile, the intriguing Yugoslavian Black Wave cinema from the 1960s–1970s will have a major role in this year's retrospective programme.
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The 23rd edition of Just Film, the youth and children's film festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announced this year's film programme, showcasing 11 premieres. In a celebration of cinematic diversity, a total of 52 exceptional films will be showcased across various captivating programmes, offering a rich tapestry of storytelling and entertainment for every attendee.
11 films will be competing in the international children...
The sneak preview include new works from Ukraine, Netherlands, Belgium and Mexico. According to Festival Director Tiina Lokk, all four films deal with highly topical and relevant issues that affect and connect us all here and now. "A sharp social perspective will also characterise the rest of the main competition programme, which will provide a cross-section of today's major issues. I believe we have put together a very strong and interesting programm...
River of Desire by Sérgio Machado (Brazil): World premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, official competition
Review by Lopa Kaul
While films made with the principle of art for art’s sake are all well and good, River of Desire not only gives us a story that engrosses the viewers but also sends a very important message without being too didactic as it also makes the Amazon rainforest a character, a living breathing element that should be protected just as much as the ne...
Driving Mum by Hilmar Oddsson with Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Tómas Lemarquis, Hera Hilmar... Iceland 2022 1h 52minutes
THE FILM RECEIVED THE BEST FILM AWARD IN TALLINN
Reviewed by Lopa Kaul:
With a Masters in Literature, she has been writing and watching films since an early age and attending film festivals. Now she dabbles in music journalism while dreaming about writing her novel.
World premiere at Tallinn Black ...
The Punishment by Matías Bize Chile, Argentina, 2022 80 minutes
THE FILM RECEIVED THE BEST ACTRESS AWARD IN TALLINN
Reviewed by Lopa Kaul:
With a Masters in Literature, she has been writing and watching films since an early age and attending film festivals. Now she dabbles in music journalism while dreaming about writing her novel.
International premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, official competition Chile, a deep dark forest, riddled with pumas ...
TV Beats Forum, the drama-series-oriented strand of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event presents eight new series projects as part of the TV Beats co-financing market.
For the second time, TV Beats Forum presents series projects with international sales and distribution potential development. The presenters will have the opportunity to organise meetings with financiers, partners and broadcasters.
Jevgeni Supin, the TV Beats Co-Financing Market Manager commented that the co-financing ma...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces the line-up for Rebels with a Cause, an international competition programme screening 11 feature films, alongside a short films competition that includes 13 entries this year, split across two programmes. The features line-up includes six world premieres and five international premieres, with the Rebels with their Shorts collection also including four world-premiering shorts. Three features will screen out of competition.
Rebels wit...
This year, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will screen 232 features and 230 short films from 75 countries. As of today, the full PÖFF program is public and ticket sales have begun. In total, the festival, which opens on November 11, has five competition and 13 special programs featuring 78 world and 48 international premieres - a new record. For the first time, a new competition program Critics' Picks is planned - covering the most recent trends in film a...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces the addition of a new Critics’ Picks competition programme to its 26th edition this November.
Critics’ Picks will join existing competitive sections - the Official Selection, First Feature, Baltic Competition and Rebels with a Cause programmes - and will showcase up to 10 films handpicked by the festival’s programme team, which includes a number of internationally renowned professional film critics and theo...
