Storytek_ Accelerator, founded in 2017 by private investors and Black Nights FF, has announced the participating companies in its second cohort.
Storytek will also host a presentation session on the acceleration, investment and development possibilities as well as the world renowned Estonian e-residency digital ecosystem during Marche Du Film's NEXT conference programme on the 9th of May from at the Palais along with the presentation of the best of Cohort One projects an...
Launched in 2017 during Black Nights FF's sub-festival for shorts and animations PÖFF Shorts as a short film project showcase, Baltic Preview is set to become the first short film market in Northern Europe. The next edition, taking place from the 26th until 28th of November will see a co-operation with Torino Short Film Market that is taking place in a similar time frame.
The two events are co-inviting representatives of several key short festivals and platforms. And ...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF), Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts have opened submissions for the 2018 edition.
The 22nd edition of PÖFF, running from November 16th to December 2nd, will see a major change in one of the three competition programmes of the festival. The former Estonian Film Competition that used to be judged by the same jury as the First Feat...
Development Centre of Creative Industries In collaboration with creative and service sector partners, Creative Gate is developing an international platform as a gateway to film and audiovisual industry, the central export marketing channel of which is the annual Industry@Tallinn, a part of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. At the information day, the companies and representative organisations in the field will be introduced to the platform’s potential and invited...
16 November – 2 December Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is the one-stop shop business summit of the Black Nights and one of the fastest growing industry platforms in the winter season. For the second consecutive year, the teams of Industry@Tallinn – the professionals-oriented branch of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – and Baltic Event – the biggest co-production market in the Baltics have joined forces to organize the biggest audiovisual industry summit in...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF), Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts have opened submissions for the 2018 edition.
The 22nd edition of PÖFF, running from November 16th to December 2nd, will see a major change in one of the three competition programmes of the festiv...
The 21st edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF) saw the festival’s global online media reach cross the one billion mark, more than doubling last year’s result. The festival had media coverage in 70 different countries.
Black Nights also set a new attendance record of 80 2...
The debut film ‘The Marriage’ directed by a well-known kosovan director Blerta Zeqiri won two awards at the closing ceremony of Tallinn Black Nights on Friday 2nd of December.
The film was competing on the ‘First Feature Competition’ category where among 15 other debut films, won the Fipresci Award and Special Jury Prize for the Ensemble of Cast.
The director Blerta Zeqiri on the closing ceremony stated: ‘Being here in Tallinn and premiering our film here was...
Germany based world sales company Media Luna adds an Award to one of its freshest acquisitions: Different Kinds of Rain by Isa Prahl, winner of Best Film at the First Feature Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Produced by Made in Germany’s Melanie Andernach, starring two of the most acclaimed German actors, Bibiana Beglau (Silver Bear for best actress in The Legend of Rita) and Bjarne Mädel (24 Weeks, Berlinale 2016), enriched by the score of Volker B...
FRIDAY, 01.12
09:00-19:00 CE MEDIA LOUNGEVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:00-11:30 FIND YOUR WAY IN THE WORLD OF ONLINE DISTRIBUTIONSIRIUS, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:00-13:00 BE CO-PRODUCTION MARKETCAPELLA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:00-15:15 INDUSTRY & PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
10:30-12:00 MUSIC MEETS FILM. MENTORING SESSIONSVARIOUS, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
12:00-13:30 IS THE FUTURE OF FILM VIRTUAL? - THE POLISH CASE STUDY BY MARCIN LUNKIE...
THURSDAY, 30.11
09:00-19:00 CE MEDIA LOUNGEVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
09:30-17:05 INDUSTRY & PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
10:00-12:00 BALTIC EVENT WORKS IN PROGRESSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
10:00-14.00 SCREEN STARS TALLINN PARTICIPANTS PHOTO SHOOTSTUUDIO35
10:00-17:00 BE CO-PRODUCTION MARKETCAPELLA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
12:30-13:30 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE – A CASE STUDY OF AT HOSTARARCTURUS, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
12:30-14:00 SCRIP...
WEDNESDAY, 29.11
09:00-16:30 STORYTEK FORUMSIRIUS, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
09:00-17:30 SCRIPT POOL TALLINNALTAIR, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
09:00-18:05 INDUSTRY & PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
09:00-19:00 CE MEDIA LOUNGEVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
09:30-10:30 POWR PITCHARCTURUS, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:00-12:00 MASTERCLASS BY STEVEN BERNSTEIN FOR SCREEN STARS TALLINN PARTICIPANTSSTORYTEK HUB
10:00-17:00 BE CO-PRODUCTION MARKETCAPELLA,...
At at ceremony in Tallinn tonight the 2017 awards of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event were presented.
Baltic Event Co-Production Market awards
Best Project
Eurimages Co-Production Development Award
This award of 20 000 Euros is given to the best proj...
Screen Stars Tallinn is a three-day lab and talent showcase for young actors from the Baltic Sea Region, launched this year by Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The first edition will take place on November 28-30 and offer the participants meetings with casting agents and filmmakers, masterclasses and networking events. The programme is open for actors who have already performed in films in their respective countries and...
On 27 and 28 November, representatives of film and audiovisual field, experts, policymakers and visionaries will gather in Tallinn for the international visionary conference to discuss topical issues of the European media and film industry. The conference is organised within the framework of the Estonian Presidency of the EU Council, during the 21st Black Nights Film Festival and is opened by the Estonian Minister of Culture Indrek Saar.
The ob...
PÖFF Director's statements
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PÖFF Interviews
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PÖFFi soovitused
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PÖFF 2017 Festival Trailers
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PÖFF 2017: TV Beats
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PÖFF 2017: Forum
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This year sees the launch of Creative Gate - a platform designed to increase the visibility of the Estonian creative sector and help it explore new opportunities for growth and export.
A number of Estonian organisations in the field of film, culture, fashion, art and education have joined to create Creative Gate, whose main focus will be companies and professionals in production/post-production, film music, costume design, art direction, shorts/animation, casting and acting. ...
On 28 Nov, the magnificent Black Nights Catwalk takes place in the blackbox of Tallinn Creative Hub, bringing together film music, fashion, and film art. An exhibition of costumes and props used in Estonian films, specially created for the event by the members of the Estonian Film Artists’ Union, is opened. More information on the activities and membership of the development centre is available at the website www.creativegate.ee.
The partners of the project are Tallinn Bl...
This multimedia project by the video and performance artist Marina Landia combines video projections with Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the renowned Estonian-born conductor and pianist Kristjan Järvi.
The video material has been compiled from interviews with key figures in global industry and finance: José Ángel Gurría, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Manfred...
TUESDAY, 28.11
09:00-16:40 PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
09:00-19:00 CE MEDIA LOUNGEVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:15-13:15 SCREEN STARS TALLINNKULTUURIKATEL
10:00-16:00 ESTONIAN EU PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE PICTURED FUTURESCINEMA KOSMOS
10:00-17:00 POWR BALTIC STORIES EXCHANGECITYSIDE, TALLINK CITY HOTEL
09:30-11:30 SCRIPT POOL TALLINNALTAIR, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
10:00-15:00 ART DEPARTMENT MASTERCLASSKULTUURIKATEL
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MONDAY, 27.11
09:00-16:45 ESTONIAN EU PRESIDENCY CONFERENCE PICTURED FUTURESCINEMA KOSMOS
09:00-16:50 PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
10:00-17:30 POWR BALTIC STORIES EXCHANGECITYSIDE, TALLINK CITY HOTEL
11:40-12:20 EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM PITCHVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
19:00-23:00 ESTONIAN EU PRESIDENCY AUDIOVISUAL CONFERENCE RECEPTIONESTONIAN FILM MUSEUM
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SUNDAY, 26.11
09:00-23:30 PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
09:30-14:00 EGF GROUP WORKVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
15:00-18:00 EGF GROUP WORKVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
18:00 TALLINN GAME JAM FILM FELLOWSHIP 48-HOUR HACKATHON PROJECT PRESENTATIONSLIFT 99
19:30 TALLINN GAME JAM FILM FELLOWSHIP 48-HOUR HACKATHON AWARD CEREMONYLIFT 99
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SATURDAY, 25.11
09:00-17:15 PRESS SCREENINGSCOCA-COLA PLAZA
09:30-14:00 EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM KICKOFFVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
15:00-18:00 EGF GROUP WORKVEGA, NORDIC HOTEL FORUM
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