PRODUCTION: Estonian Director Birgit Rosenberg in Production with Documentary Totem
TALLINN: Estonian filmmaker Birgit Rosenberg is currently in production with her long documentary Totem / Tootem, an exploration of identity, politics, and memory. The film produced by herself through Estonia’s…
Winners of 2024 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
TALLINN: The Mongolian film Silent City Driver by Sengedorj Janchivdorj received the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), which was held 8…
Winners of 2024 PÖFF Shorts
TALLINN: The international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts, taking place within the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, announced its winners on 16 November 2024.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024 Announces Baltic Film Competition Selection
TALLINN: Sixteen films, including six world premieres and two international premieres, will screen in the Baltic Film Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, 8 – 24 November…
PÖFF Announces 2024 Critics Picks Competition Selection
TALLINN: Ten world premieres from around the globe, selected by a team headed by Nikolaj Nikitin, will screen in the Critics Picks Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024 Announces Full Competition Selection
TALLINN: Eighteen titles, including 11 world premieres and seven international premieres, will vie in the main competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), which will be held 8…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Announces Works in Progress Selection
TALLINN: Seventeen projects from countries including Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovakia and Czech Republic have been selected for the three categories of Works in Progress, which will be held within…
PÖFF 2024 Announces First Feature Competition
TALLINN: Eleven titles chosen from among 250 films from 66 countries landed in the First Feature Competition selection of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). The festival will…
Estonia to Support Film Industry in Jõhvi with 10.9 m EUR
TALLINN: With the 10.9 m EUR that the state will allot to develop infrastructure and support services for the film industry in Jõhvi, the Ida-Viru Investment Agency plans to establish…
TV Series Von Fock to Premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
TALLINN: Estonian director Arun Tamm is putting the final touches on the TV series Von Fock, which will premiere at TV Beats Forum (18 – 20 November 2024) within Industry@Tallinn…
PRODUCTION: Estonian Director Tõnis Pill in Postproduction with Fränk
TALLINN: Estonian director Tõnis Pill is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Fränk, which is set to be released in the spring of 2025. This 100% Estonian coproduction is…
Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2024 Announces Selected Projects
TALLINN: Fourteen projects have been selected for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, which will be held at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 20-22 November 2024. This year, the market is including…
FNE Oscar Watch 2025: Estonia Selects 8 Views of Lake Biwa as Oscar Candidate
TALLINN: The magical-realist tragedy 8 Views of Lake Biwa / Biwa järve 8 nägu by Marko Raat has been selected as Estonia’s candidate for the 97th Academy of Motion Picture…
PRODUCTION: Estonian Directors Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik in Postproduction with Jan Uuspõld Goes Home
TALLINN: Estonian directors Rain Tolk and Andres Maimik are currently in postproduction with Jan Uuspõld Goes Home / Jan Uuspõld läheb koju, a comedy telling a fictitious story of the…
FNE at Venice 2024: Elle Driver Handles Sales on Alexandros Avranas’s Estonian and German Minority Coproduction Quiet Life
TALLINN: The rights to the new work by the Greek director Alexandros Avranas, Quiet Life (aka Apathy), which had its world premiere on 29 August 2024 in the Horizons section…
Baltic Film Days 2024 Ready to Start
TALLINN: The 8th edition of the Baltic Film Days will take place simultaneously in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from 29 to 31 August 2024, showcasing the best of the Baltic…
Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and Locarno Pro Launch Tallinn Industry Academy
TALLINN: The first edition of the Tallinn Industry Academy, introduced by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (ITBE, 14 – 22 November 2024) and Locarno Pro will take place during the industry…
Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere to Shoot in Estonia for Paramount+ Series The Agency
TALLINN: Paramount+ series The Agency produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere, will start shooting in Estonia in September 2024 using the local…
PRODUCTION: Estonian Director German Golub Shoots Baltic Biopic Our Erika
TALLINN: Estonian director German Golub is currently in production with his debut feature Our Erika / Meie Erika. This Estonian/Lithuanian/Latvian coproduction tells the story of Olympic track cyclist Erika Salumäe,…
GRANTS: Estonian Feature and Documentary Production Grants in 2024
TALLINN: The Estonian Film Institute has distributed 4,740,000 EUR as production grants for feature and documentary films in 2024. Part of the grants will be financed in two stages, in…
