FNE at Baltic Event: Estonian/Latvian/Lithuanian Pretenders in Production

TALLINN: Pretenders, a coproduction between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and the feature debut from Estonian director Vallo Toomla explores the generation of millennials in their 30's. The Eurimages supported project…
20-11-2015

Motherland Gets New Eurimage Award

TALLINN: Eurimages has given its first Co-Production Development Award to Motherland by writer/director Tomas Vengris and producer Uljana Kim from Lithuania.
18-11-2015

European Film Forum Digital Debate

TALLINN: A debate on the future of Europe’s film and content industries will kick off on 18 November 2015 in Tallinn.
18-11-2015

Baltic Event Ready to Kick Off

TALLINN: The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will present eight projects in its inaugural International Works in Progress alongside 13 projects of the Baltic Event Co-production Market and 14…
06-11-2015

GRANTS: Estonia Announces Grants for Jubilee Films

TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute today announced grants for six film projects that are designated for screening during the Republic of Estonia’s 100th anniversary in 2018.
29-10-2015

FESTIVALS: Tallinn Announces Main Competition

TALLINN: Eighteen films representing 21 countries will compete in the main competition of the 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
23-10-2015

FNE at Baltic Event 2015: 54 Projects and Producers Make the Cut

TALLINN: The 14th Baltic Event which runs 16-18 November has selected a total of 54 projects and producers without projects for its four sections, ranging from development pitches to screenings.
21-10-2015

Estonia to Launch Cash Rebate Scheme

TALINN: Estonia will launch a cash rebate fund for incoming productions in 2016. The government has just earmarked 0.5 m EUR for a pilot year, which will be increased to…
28-09-2015

Estonia Submits 1944 for the Oscars

TALLINN: Estonia selected Elmo Nüganen’s 1944 for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 88th Academy Awards. The film is an Estonian/Finnish coproduction.
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Tallinn Black Night FF Opens New Competition and Expands Works in Progress Programme

TALLINN: The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (13-29 November 2015) will run a new Tridens First Feature Competition and will expand the Works in Progress programme.The new Sales Agents…
07-09-2015

B’EST EAVE Producers’ Workshop Announces Projects

TALLINN: B’EST EAVE Producers’ Workshop has selected eight projects and four participants without projects for its 4th edition taking place in St Petersburg, Russia from 7 to 11 September 2015,…
12-08-2015

Still Time to Sign-up for Baltic Event

TALLINN: Applications for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market and Works in Progress will be accepted until 1 August 2015. The event, which takes place 16-18 November 2015 in Tallinn, offers…
28-07-2015

Baltic Bridge East by West Launch Call for Applications

TALLINN: Application for the 4th edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST), the producers' workshop set up in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and with the support from…
25-06-2015

New Record for Admissions in 2014 Estonian Box Office

TALLINN: According to Statistics Estonia, in 2014 the country recorded the highest number of cinema admissions since the country’s restoration of independence in 1992. The overall number of tickets sold…
11-06-2015

Secret Society of Souptown Most Successful Estonian Children's Film

TALLINN: Secret Society of Souptown by Margus Paju has beaten the all-time opening weekend record for Estonian children films, with over 17,000 admissions.
11-06-2015

Estonia Sets Admissions Record

TALLINN: Cinema admissions in Estonia reached 2.6 million in 2014, the highest number since it regained its independence in 1991, according to the Estonian Statistics Board.
01-06-2015

Estonian Producers Union Joins FAIPF

TALLINN: The Estonian National Film Producers Union (ERPÜ) announced that it was accepted into the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) during organization’s General Assembly in Cannes on May…
27-05-2015

Tallinn to Host European Film Forum

TALLINN: The Black Nights Film Festival, held in Tallinn on 13-29 November 2015, and the European Commission announced their collaboration to explore the future of European cinema at a conference…
20-05-2015

Estonian Cinema in Cannes 2015

Market screenings of Estonian Films
16-05-2015

Baltic's Forum Cinemas Parent Company Acquired by UK Firm

TALLIN: The Baltic states' Forum Cinemas parent company Nordic Cinema Group has been acquired by UK-based private equity group Bridgepoint.
30-04-2015