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Submissions Are Open for Meeting Point – Vilnius Industry Screenings

Attracting more than 200 film professionals, the industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius is a part of Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris. Submissions for debuting filmmakers as well as established directors are open until February 1st. This year in its 23rd edition, Kino Pavasaris has become a vital destination…
04-01-2018

’68 is the 1st Protagonist of the 29th Trieste Film Festival. Rebels 68. East ‘n’ West Revolution

Being the first film festival of the year has its advantages: for example being the first able to celebrate an anniversary as important as the 50th of 1968. At the 29thTrieste Film Festival, from the 19th until the 28th of January, the homage begins with the poster, which reinvents a…
03-01-2018

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival achieves 1 billion in online media reach for the first time

The 21st edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF) saw the festival’s global online media reach cross the one billion mark, more than doubling last year’s result. The festival had media coverage in 70 different countries. Black Nights also set a new attendance record of 80 289…
13-12-2017

TIFF winners

Today, at the Cinema Amirani the closing ceremony of the 18th Tbilisi International Film Festival was held. British director and producer Uberto Pasolini was the head of the International Jury, while other jury members were Film Critic and a program coordinator at Seattle International Film Festival Maryna Ajaja (USA), Director…
11-12-2017

History Film Festival - Call for Submissions

We are proud to inform you that the submissions for the second edition of History Film Festival have just started. History Film Festival is a unique international festival of historical documentary films which will take place in Rijeka (Croatia, Europe) from September 5 to 9, 2018. History Film Festival aims…
08-12-2017

Fest Anča 2018: Call for Entries

Fest Anča International Animation Festival has launched a call for entries for its 2018 edition. Animated short films, student films, music videos and films for children are among the competition categories. Fest Anča will take place in Žilina, Slovakia between June 28 and July 1, 2018. Only digital copies submitted…
07-12-2017

Awards of the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

The awards of the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival are presented at the Award Ceremony of the festival held in the Russian Theatre in the evening of the 2nd of December. OFFICIAL SELECTION Jury members: Dennis Davidson, Zeynep Atakan, Graziano Diana, Ivo Felt, Zygmunt Krauze, Naoko Ogigami, Laila Pakalnina…
04-12-2017

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2017 awards announced

At at ceremony in Tallinn tonight the 2017 awards of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event were presented.
30-11-2017

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival launches new initiative to boost creative industries

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…
28-11-2017

Developments of the film and audiovisual field discussed at the visionary conference in Tallinn

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,…
27-11-2017

PÖFF Shorts announced winners for 2017

2017 saw two sub-festivals of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) – Animated Dreams and Sleepwalkers – join forces under one banner PÖFF Shorts, which ran from 21st-26th November, became the newest festival in the Baltics dedicated to short films and animation. At an award ceremony held in Tallinn's Kino…
27-11-2017

The Film Garage: last chace to apply

The Film Garage is a story development workshop created by Scuola Holden(Italy), focused on genre movies (thriller, sci-fi, horror, crime, black comedy and road movies). 12 selected scripts which suffer from using cliché in an unimaginative way will benefit of an expert's eye to work on these problems. Click here …
24-11-2017

Seven actors selected for the first edition of Screen Stars Tallinn

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 this year…
24-11-2017

11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival winners revealed

The People's Jury of the 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival has awarded the Grand Prix of the Festival to "Free and Easy" (Hong Kong 2017) directed by Geng Jun. The 3500 euro award was founded by the Polish Film Institute. The Special Mention goes to "KFC" (Vietnam 2017) directed…
23-11-2017

Fest Anca 2018 - Call for Entries

Fest Anca International Animation Festival has just opened its call for 2018 entries. Our webpage has all the info you need about our free submission process. Registration is open until February 25, 2018. Only short animated films and music videos created after January 1, 2016 can be accepted for competition.…
23-11-2017

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces two Lifetime Achievement Award winners

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, winner of four Academy Awards in 1984, including the Best…
20-11-2017

CAMERIMAGE 2017 WINNERS!

MAIN COMPETITION Golden Frog: On Body and Soul cin. Máté Herbai dir. Ildikó Enyedi Silver Frog: Lovelesscin. Mikhail Krichmandir. Andrei Zvyagintsev Bronze Frog: First They Killed My Fathercin. Anthony Dod Mantledir. Angelina Jolie*** *** *** FIPRESCI AWARD The International Critics Prize to the director of the best film in the…
18-11-2017

7. Malatya International Film Festival Closes

Pomegranate Orchard by Ilgar Najaf gets the Best Film Award in the International Competition; Daha/More from Onur Saylak wins the Best Film Award in the National Competition.
16-11-2017

Malatya International Film Festival 2017: COUNTDOWN TO THE AWARDS NIGHT - PANEL OF THE TWO AMBITIOUS FILMS FROM THE COMPETITION: “BUGDAY” AND “DAHA”

15.11.2017 - As the closing ceremony and awards night is near, the excitement of the film teams increases. Today, after the second screening of Bugday by Semih Kaplanoglu, the director answered questions about his strong film.
16-11-2017

Malatya International Film Festival 2017: FIRST SCREENING OF “THE BLUE-VEILED”’S RESTORED VERSION IN MALATYA FILM FESTIVAL AFTER 24 YEARS!

15.11.2017 - Rakhshan Banietemad, one of the most important directors of Iranian cinema, was one of the valuable international guests of MIFF this year. The festival is presenting her the Honorary Award on the closing ceremony night which will be held on the 16th of November 2017.
16-11-2017