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.
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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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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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Jörn Donner
Estonian actor Tõnu Kark and Finnish director and producer Jörn Donner to receive honorary Lifetime Achievement Awards.
84-year-old Jörn Donner is a renowned Finnish film director and producer, who has produced nearly 60 films, including Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny And Alexander, win...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn announce participants of the new Screen Stars Tallinn initiative are announced - seven up-and-coming actors from Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland and Germany.
Screen Stars Tallinn is a three-day lab and talent showcase for young actors from the Baltic Sea Region, launched th...
BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL OPENS TONIGHT
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The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), one the fifteen FIAPF-accredited competitive film festivals in the world which will be held for the 21st time this year, will be collecting donations for development of the festival in addition to the support from businesses, the state, and the local government. One of the first goals is to translate as many films as possible into Estonian and Russian. So far, a third of...
To See a Woman
The new section, dedicated to films that are experimental or unconventional in form or style, is a competition programme with an audience award. The first edition will see 10 films, with one having its world and another its international premiere.
The selection includes the world premiere of Riga (Take One) by the French director Siegfried, a free-st...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival adds 153 films to its lineup, bringing the total number of films to 233, including 20 world and 24 international premieres and with the films originating from 70 different countries. The festival will be visited by more than 300 filmmakers and over 600 delegates have accredited for the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event.
Unveiling...
Iceman
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) continues more than 15 years of co-operation with the Goethe-Institut by screening 11 German films and the first two episodes of...
The festival launches its first programme dedicated to series called TV Beats, screening first episodes of the German show Babylon Berlin and two Russian series - Gogol. Origins and Chernobyl: Zone of Exclusion.
Babylon Berlin is the most expensive German series ever produced with a budget of nearly 40 million euros. It follows a young police officer in the Weimar republic during the 1920’s, an era of organised crime and political turmoil that paved way to the rise of natio...
This is the final call for pre-event Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2017 accreditations! The deadline has been pushed to 31 October. Applying on the spot will re...
POWR pitching session, 2016
The two initiatives by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event that work with script projects, have announced the 2017 participants.
Script Pool Tallinn is the new script development competition that is launching at this year’s Industry@Tallinn with the main prize including 5000 euros and mentoring sessions with a professional script doctor, both provided by the European leading licensing company Telepool. Seven teams consisting of scriptwriters and produce...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival sadly informs that festival programmer, film researcher and critic Igor Gouskov passed away on the 8th of October.
Gouskov died in Paris where he had lived for the last few years. He was 50 years old.
Festival director Tiina Lokk said: ‘Igor w...
Moonlight Sonata
In special recognition of Finland's 100th birthday, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has created a special programme of 23 films celebrating Finnish cinematic history, which will be shown in a 48-hour-long marathon screening.
The unprecedented screening is set to take place between the 24th and 26th of November at the old cinematheque Kinomaja in Tallinn’s Old Town. The events programme will include a karaoke contest and a live peforman...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival adds ten films to the previously announced eight that will compete in the Official Selection (formerly called the Main Competition) for the festival’s Grand Prix and one film that will be screened out of competition.
Ten of the films in the competition line-up will have their world, seven their international and one its European premiere. Eight films are from Europe, seven from Asia, two have been made in the US and one in South America.
Festiv...
European Children's Film Association I Association Européenne du Cinéma pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
Just Film, a sub-festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival dedicated to screening children’s and youth cinema announces that the European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) will appoint a jury and present the prestigious ECFA Award to one film from the programme.
The winning films from each ECFA member festival will move on ...
