30-08-2019

From Tallinn with buzz: TV Beats Forum announces first speakers and topics; our projects land at TIFF; project submission ends soon!

    30 August / What's cooking?
    • Tallinn projects land at TIFF
    • TV Beats first speakers and topics announced
    • Project submission deadlines reminder
    • Get your accreditation

    TIFF PICKS TWO TALLINN PROJECTS

    We are happy extremely to share the news that last year's Baltic Event 2018 Works In Progress entry Maria's Paradise, directed by Zaida Bergroth and co-produced by Evelin Penttilä (Stellar, Estonia) will screen in Toronto, having also secured an international distribution company LevelK.

    Also screening at TIFF's Contemporary Cinema programme is another 2018 Works In Progress and another Finnish production Dogs Don't Wear Pants (already screened at Quinzaine des Realisateurs and Karlovy Vary).

    Reminder: our Works In Progress submission deadline is 15 September, 2019.

    SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT HERE

    TV BEATS FORUM

    As one of the newest additions in the Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event programme, TV Beats Forum has an objective to facilitate the entry of regional producers and service providers into the international series co-production industry, focusing on collaboration between the Baltic Sea countries - Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden - with the addition of Iceland, Norway and Ukraine. 

    The TV Beats team is excited to announce the first set of topics and speakers for 2019:

    • Chernobyl case study, including Lineta Miseikyte (Lithuania) from UAB Baltic Film Services who will be sharing the Lithuanian perspective on the international co-production of the top-rated drama series that was shot in Lithuania;
    • All the Sins case study - Mika Ronkainen (Finland), Ilkka Matila (Finland) and Kris Taska (Estonia) discuss the Finnish-Estonian co-produced crime series made for the Elisa VOD platform.

    MORE ON TV BEATS FORUM

    THE PLOT?

    We'd like like to remind you that submissions are open for several of our industry initiatives. And we only used the name of the renowned literary classic as a cheap pun to get your attention. Sorry, Charles!

    Film and series scripts:
    Script Pool Tallinn - 2 September. Submit HERE!

    Film projects:
    Baltic Event Co-Production Market - 2 September. Submit HERE!

    Script development:
    POWR Baltic Stories Exchange - 2 September. Submit HERE!

    Get the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event accreditation at a discount price - 125 EUR - before the 16th of September!

    The Festival + Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event accreditation is reserved exclusively for film industry professionals and is valid for the festival period, from the 15th of November until the 1st of December, 2019. It allows you to get the most out of Tallinn - take part of all the open lectures, pitchings, the audiovisual conference European Film Forum Tallinn, workshops and events of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event and to see up to 40 films in the programme of Black Nights.

    Also, an accreditation only for Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, without the film programme of Black Nights is available.

    READ MORE AND APPLY HERE