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…
The 2024 Tartuff Underway in Estonia
TARTU: Eighteen films are screening at the Tartu Love Film Festival Tartuff from 5 to 10 August 2024.
Film Archives in National Archives of Estonia Halfway through Digitalisation
TALLINN: A total of 245 hours of the film archives in the National Archives of Estonia were digitalised by the end of 2023.
Apply for 4th Baltic Women in Film Mentorship
TALLINN: Female film and TV industry professionals from the Baltic countries under the age of 30 can apply to the "Baltic Women in Film Mentorship till 11 August 2024. The…
FESTIVALS: Tallinn Black Nights Festival Adds International Documentary Competition
TALLINN: The Tallinn Black Nights Festival (PÖFF) will add a sixth competition programme, dedicated to documentaries, during its 28th edition taking place 8 – 24 November 2024. Submissions for Doc@PÖFF …
PRODUCTION: Eeva Mägi’s Mo Papa Took Part in Marché du Film Goes to Cannes
TALLINN: Estonian director/writer Eeva Mägi took her new feature film Mo Papa to the Marché du Film Goes to Cannes. The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival was among the 2024…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Salaud Morriset Picks up Estonian Short Fiction Film Sauna Day
CANNES: French sales agent Salaud Morisset has acquired Estonian film director Anna Hints’s latest short film, Sauna Day / Sannapäiv, co-directed together with Indian director Tushar Prakash. The film will…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Estonian Cinema in Cannes
Come and meet us at Marche du Film! Estonian Film Institute's pavilion is located at International Village Riviera #120. For the first time the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian pavilions are…
Melchior: The Apothecary Trilogy, a Domestic and International Success Story
TALLINN: The first international territories where the Estonian/German/Latvian/Lithuanian trilogy Melchior: The Apothecary by Elmo Nüganen was sold by Global Screen are France, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. In Estonia…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Team at 77th Cannes Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event are proud to announce full plans during the Marché du Film this May. Meet our team and let's make plans…
PRODUCTION: Erle Veber Shoots Estonian Documentary Art Therapy
TALLINN: The Estonian director/DoP/editor Erle Veber is currently in production with her documentary Art Therapy / Mäetamme seansid, about Estonian artist Marko Mäetamm and the healing effect of contemporary art…
FNE Market Analysis 2023: ESTONIA
TALLINN: The year 2023 was certainly eventful for Estonia, both locally and internationally. The steady increase in admissions and box office didn’t reach the pre-pandemic levels, but took the total…
PRODUCTION: Manfred Vainokivi Shoots Estonian Doc First Olympic Champion
TALLINN: Estonian director/DoP/producer Manfred Vainokivi is in production with his documentary First Olympic Champion / Esimene olümpiavõitja.
BOX OFFICE: Rasmus Merivoo's Alien 2 Has Best Start for Estonian Production after Pandemic
TALLINN: Rasmus Merivoo’s Alien 2 or The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters / Tulnukas 2 ehk Valdise tagasitulek 17 osas, based on his cult classic short film, had over…
FNE at Cannes 2024: Estonian Sauna Day by Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash Selected for Cannes’ Critics’ Week
TALLINN: Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash's short fiction film Sauna Day / Sannapäiv will have its world premiere in the Special Screenings – Short Films section of the 63rd Critics’…
