01-04-2015

POFF 2015 Call for Submissions

    One of the hottest festivals of the cold North, with FIAPF accredited international competition programme and a rapidly growing industry and sales destination, the Black Nights Film Festival is excited to announce the call for submissions for it's 19th edition!

    The glittering winter wonderland Tallinn and Estonia awaits you on November 13 - November 29, 2015.
    PROGRAMMES
    International Competition Programme
    • Feature length (+60 min), produced worldwide after 15 September, 2014
    • European premiere as a minimum (domestic premieres are allowed)
    • Grand Prix for Best Film (Grant of 10.000 Euros, shared by Director and Producer)
    • Best Director (Grant of 5000 Euros)
    The Tridens First Feature Competition
    • Feature length (+60 min), produced worldwide after 15 September, 2014
    • Priority will be given to international and world premieres
    • The Tridens Award for Best First Feature (Grant of 5000 Euros, shared by the Director and Producer)
    The Tridens Estonian Film Competition
    • Estonian feature length (60+min) films produced worldwide after 15 September, 2014
    • The Tridens Award for Best Estonian Feature (Grant of 3200 Euros, shared by the Director and Producer)

    Various non-competitive programmes

    SUBFESTIVALS
    Children's and Youth Film Festival Just Film (13-22 Nov)
    • Feature Length fiction or documentary produced after 1 January, 2014, with a minimum of Estonian premiere.
    • Best Youth Film (Grant of 3000 Euros shared by the Producer and the Director)

    Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams (18-22 Nov)
    • Short or medium-length (-45 min) animated and premiered after 1 January 2014.
    • Prizes for Best Film, Best Sound, Best Abstract/ Experimental Animation, up to three Special Mentions

    Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers (18-22 Nov)
    • Short and medium-length (-45 min) fiction, documentary and experimental films, premiered after 1 January 2014
    • The annual award categories and juries will be announced during the opening press conference of the festival

    SUBMISSIONS

    Please submit the film and supplementary materials at the festival's
    online submissions page

    The deadline for competitive and non-competitive programmes is 
    September 15, 2015.


    Read the full information on submissions and regulations here!
    Last modified on 03-04-2015