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Winners of 13th Five Flavours AFF announced
Grand Prix of the New Asian Cinema competition was awarded to "Balloon" directed by Pema Tseden. Special Mention went to "And Your Bird Can Sing" by Sho Miyake. People's Jury consisted of Robert Jarosz, Igor Kierkosz, Irena Kołtun, Basia Majchrowicz, Aleksander Młyński, Łukasz Mizerski, Paweł Mizgalewicz, Marta Pęcak, Maja Soś,…
Black Nights unleashes the Rebels section, announces the Lifetime Achievement Award laureate and the series lineup and opens the festival with a bang!
BLACK NIGHTS KICK-OFF And we're off! The 23rd Black Nights Film Festival has officially begun.Over 250 films in 4 different cities and 4 competition programs - Official Selection, First Feature Competition, Baltic Film Competition, Rebels with a Cause Competition. Yesterday's Opening Ceremony kicked off with opening film Adam and the…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival honours actress Rea Lest at the festival’s Opening Ceremony
The 23rd edition of the Black Nights Film Festival was opened yesterday at the Alexela Concert Hall with actress Rea Lest honoured with the Bruno O’ya award. At last night’s Opening Ceremony’s spectacular multimedia show, directed once again by Ingmar Jõela, crossed stage acting, dance acts and live filmmaking, paying…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the full programme
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has released its full lineup, adding two world and three international premieres, raising the total film count of the main festival to 200. Together with its two sub-festivals, youth and children’s film festival Just Film and short and animation film festival PÖFF Shorts, Black Nights…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces members of its seven juries
The 23rd edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will see six International and one jury, comprised of only Estonians, overseeing various sections of the festival. The jury of the Official Selection will evaluate the 21 films in the programme, handing out following prizes: Grand Prix for the Best…
connecting cottbus: AWARD WINNERS 2019
While the 21st edition of connecting cottbus (6-8 Nov 2019) continues with further matchmaking and networking events, tonight the East-West co-production market at FilmFestival Cottbus announced the award winners out ofitsselection of 13 cocoPITCH and 6 cocoWIP projects. The coco Best Pitch Awardgoes to the best public presentation of a…
PÖFF brings together film industry professionals and young local talent
On the 26th of November, as a result of the collaboration between PÖFF, Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event and the European Film Academy (EFA), film industry professionals will meet with young local designers, creatives, and promising film actors of the future. PÖFF BlackWalk, the exclusive gala of young talent, has been…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival to honour director Andrei Konchalovsky with the Lifetime Achievement Award
At the 23rd edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky will be presented with one of the festival’s two Lifetime Achievement Awards. The festival will also screen two of his films: the Northern European premiere of his latest film Il Peccato (Sin) and House of…
BLACK NIGHTS OFFICIAL SELECTION LINEUP
The Official Selection - Competition, the coat-of-arms of an A-category film festival!The selection of #PÖFF23 Official Selection is diverse, in terms of genre, topics and geography, covering five continents, with films from Northern And Southern America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Eight of the films will be having the world, nine…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event reveal 2019 Works In Progress titles
18 films in production or post-production looking for sales agents or festivals for international premieres will be presented at the Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event Work in Progress sessions on November the 26 and 27th. Both the Baltic Event, showcasing Baltic and Finnish projects, as well as International Works in Progress,…
EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2019 SPECIAL SCREENINGS AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA LINE-UPS!
We announce the line-ups of this year's EnergaCAMERIMAGE Special Screenings and Contemporary World Cinema sections: Special Screenings 2019 Contemporary World Cinema 2019
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival unleashes Rebels With A Cause
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the lineup for Rebels With A Cause, an International competition programme with 15 feature films in competition and five feature films out of competition, and a mini-competition for short films that includes seven entries. The programme includes six world and five International premieres. Rebels…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Works In Progress launches a new category for children and youth films
For the first time, Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event showcases five children and youth film projects in a newly launched Just FIlm Works in Progress category. The films in production or post-production looking for sales distributors, sound design, productions or festivals for international premieres will be presented at the Industry@Tallinn &;…
US in Progress Awards and Panelists
The 9th edition of US in Progress Wrocław will be held from the 6th till the 8th of November as a part of 10th American Film Festival. US in Progress aims to facilitate professional networking among European and Polish film professionals and independent filmmakers from the United States. The 2019…
ROBERT RICHARDSON AND QUENTIN TARANTINO TO RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS CAMERIMAGE CINEMATOGRAPHER-DIRECTOR DUO AWARD
EnergaCAMERIMAGE, the international film festival of the art of cinematography, will celebrate three-time Academy Award® winning cinematographer Robert Richardson and two-time Academy Award® winner Quentin Tarantino by presenting them with the festival’s Cinematographer-Director Duo Award at a gala closing-night ceremony onNovember 16. The collaborators will visit Toruń for the event,…
15 films to compete in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival’s Baltic Competition
Tallinn Black Nights aka PÖFF unveils the 15 films that are representing the three Baltic states at the 23rd edition of the festival. The programme consists of nine features, five documentaries and one animation.Running for the second time, the Baltic Competition programme is a selection of the year’s finest films…
The main prize at RIGA IFF goes to the Lithuanian historical drama Nova Lituania
Having attracted the largest number of visitors since its inception, the sixth Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) marked the event’s closing with its Award Ceremony. The festival’s main prize for best feature film was awarded to Lithuanian director Karolis Kaupinis for the visually sophisticated historical drama Nova Lituania. Ten…
One month to go - Industry @Tallinn & Baltic Event!
25 October / What's cooking? 18 projects attending Baltic Event Co-Production Market Script Pool Tallinn reveals projects for TV drama series Save the date for European Film Forum Tallinn 2019 Music Meets Films focuses on the creativity of composers Take part in Virtual Reality workshop Apply for accreditation on 28…
Script Pool Tallinn at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event presents scripts for TV drama series for the first time
This year for the first time the international script competition Script Pool Tallinn also presents projects for TV and drama series in addition to scripts for feature films. The main goal of Script Pool Tallinn, a part of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, is to gather talented scriptwriters with producers attached,…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the full lineup of the Official Selection
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival unveils the lineup of the Official Selection - Competition of it’s 23rd edition, adding seven world, five international and one European premiere to the previously announced eight films. The programme, diverse, both in terms of genre and geography, covers five continents, with films from Northern…
