GRANTS: Estonian Cultural Endowment Supports 32 Film Projects
TALLINN: The Estonian Cultural Endowment Fund had 659,160 EUR to distribute in the last round of financing for 2021, out of which 454 216 Euro went to support different film…
Estonian Minority Coproduction Compartment No 6 Gets Golden Globe Nomination
TALLINN: The Finish/German/Estonian/Russian coproduction Compartment No 6 by Juho Kuosmanen has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language category.
FNE at Tallinn 2021: Dear Thomas Takes Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights
TALLINN: The German film Dear Thomas directed by Andreas Kleinert won the Grand Prix at the 25th anniversary edition of the Tallinn Black Nights FF, which concluded on 26 November…
FNE at Tallinn 2021: Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event Award Winners
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event announced the prizes at awards ceremony held at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds on 26 November. The presenter of the awards was Marge Liiske head…
FNE Photo Gallery: Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event Awards Ceremony 2021
FNE was a sponsor of the Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event 2021 awards ceremony held at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn on 25 November.
Tallifornia Launches First Private Film Fund in Estonia
TALLINN: The Estonia-based film development and production company Tallifornia has launched Tallifornia Film Fund, the first private film investment fund in Estonia, with an initial budget of 500,000 EUR in…
Lithuanian Troll Farm Wins TV Beats Forum
TALLINN: The Lithuanian project Troll Farm is the winner of the first edition of the co-financing market TV Beats Forum at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, taking place 19 – 26…
FESTIVALS: POFF Shorts 2021 Announces Winners
TALLINN: POFF Shorts, which operates under the umbrella of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running 12 – 28 November 2021, awarded the best live action short prize to the…
Hungarian Project Elephant Wins Tallinn MIDPOINT TV Launch Prize
TALLINN: The Hungarian TV series project Elephant from writer David Csicskar and producer Balazs Zachar won the HBO Europe award of 5,000 EUR at MIDPOINT TV Launch, held as part…
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021: Songs for a Fox
TALLINN: Kristijonas Vildžiūnas’s fifth feature film Songs for a Fox / Dainos lapei has its world premiere in the main competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which runs…
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights FF 2021: Perpetuity
TALLINN: The serially surprising Hungarian director György Pálfi premieres his post-apocalyptic drama Perpetuity in the main competition of the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running 12 – 28 November…
FNE at Baltic Event 2021: Tallinn Presents Eight Baltic Works in Progress
TALLINN: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event have announced the eight titles to be presented in the 2021 Baltic Event Works in Progress industry programme, which runs 23-24 November 2021.
FESTIVALS: Tallinn Film Festival 2021 Exempted from Potential New COVID Restrictions
TALLINN: The government of Estonia announced on 5 November 2021 that it is granting an exemption from any additional health restrictions to the Tallinn Film Festival. The festival begins on…
BOX OFFICE: Estonian Debut Feature Scores in Local Chart
TALLINN: Peeter Rebane’s romantic war drama Firebird / Tulelind had 1,517 admissions in Estonia on its opening weekend. This is the first feature film by the Harvard graduate Peeter Rebane,…
Baltic Event 2021 Announces Works in Progress Selection
TALLINN: Nineteen projects in production or postproduction will be presented at three Works in Progress showcases during Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event in 2021. The films include new projects from award-winning…
PRODUCTION: Tanel Tooms Wraps Shooting on British/Estonian/German Sentinel
TALLINN: The acclaimed director Tanel Toom, whose short film The Confession was nominated to the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, has wrapped shooting in Tallinn on sci-fi thriller Sentinel, a…
Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2021 Announces Selected Projects
TALLINN: New projects by George Ovashvili, Tereza Nvotova, Karolis Kaupinis and Konstantin Bojanov are in the official selection of the Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2021, which will be held on…
FESTIVALS: Black Nights Film Festival 2021 Announces Full Lineup
TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in Tallinn and Tartu from 12 to 28 November 2021, has announced the rest of the films from…
FNE Oscar Watch 2022: On the Water to Represent Estonia in Oscar Race
TALLINN: On the Water by Peeter Simm has been selected as Estonia’s candidate for the 94th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award in the Best International Feature Film…
FNE Speaks with Edith Sepp - Head of Estonian Film Institute
TALLINN: Edith Sepp, the Head of the Estonian Film Institute (EFI), spoke with FNE about the current situation of the Estonian film industry, which has changed dramatically over the last…
