Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinna Pimedate Ööde Filmfestival in Estonian
, PÖFF in short), is an annual film festival held in Tallinn
, Estonia
. The Black Nights Film Festival, arrives in Tallinn in November–December of each year.
When it began in 1997, PÖFF was principally a showcase for Nordic film, but as the festival has grown it has dramatically expanded its overview. In recent years, only around 40 percent of features have been Scandinavian & East European productions, with the remaining 60 percent representing a cross section of world cinema.
The Black Nights Film Festival consists of the main program and four sub-festivals, which take place over the course of two weeks. The main program consists of screenings of feature films from the last two years, with one country chosen as a special focus, and awards are given out both by juries and the audience. There is also a retrospective of a chosen director's work.
The goal is to enhance audiovisual cooperation on both sides of the Eastern border of European Union (EU) and Nordic countries and to give filmmakers visibility and access to the bigger audiovisual markets around the world. The timing of the screenings and meetings in the beginning of December will help to summarize the year and prepare for the next one.
In addition to the market Literary rights market "Books To Films" will be presenting and promoting film literature from Estonia, Latvia. Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. Up to 14 titles will be selected and presented to possible producers and filmmakers who are looking for new ideas.
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, PÖFF in short), is an annual film festival held in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
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Estonia
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. The Black Nights Film Festival, arrives in Tallinn in November–December of each year.
When it began in 1997, PÖFF was principally a showcase for Nordic film, but as the festival has grown it has dramatically expanded its overview. In recent years, only around 40 percent of features have been Scandinavian & East European productions, with the remaining 60 percent representing a cross section of world cinema.
The Black Nights Film Festival consists of the main program and four sub-festivals, which take place over the course of two weeks. The main program consists of screenings of feature films from the last two years, with one country chosen as a special focus, and awards are given out both by juries and the audience. There is also a retrospective of a chosen director's work.
Sub-festivals
- Sleepwalkers – student and short film festival
- Animated Dreams – animation film festival
- Just Film – children and youth film festival
- MOFF – NokiaNokiaNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
mobile film festival
Black Market Industry Screenings
Black Market is a new regional cinema and audiovisual market mainly focusing on the new films from the neighboring regions and smaller film industry countries: Central and Eastern European countries, Nordic countries, Russia and countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyztan, Tadjikistan, Azerbaijan. The traditional Baltic Event screenings, now organized in cooperation with Black Market Industry Screenings, will show the newest features from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.The goal is to enhance audiovisual cooperation on both sides of the Eastern border of European Union (EU) and Nordic countries and to give filmmakers visibility and access to the bigger audiovisual markets around the world. The timing of the screenings and meetings in the beginning of December will help to summarize the year and prepare for the next one.
In addition to the market Literary rights market "Books To Films" will be presenting and promoting film literature from Estonia, Latvia. Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. Up to 14 titles will be selected and presented to possible producers and filmmakers who are looking for new ideas.
Baltic Event film and co-production market
The largest regional film market, and place to meet the Baltic film industry.14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- Black Nights Film Festival main programme, 24 November – 5 December
- Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers, 20–24 November
- Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams, 19–23 November
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, 19–28 November
- Nokia Mobile Film Festival MOFF, 1 September – 3 December
- Baltic Event film and co-production market, 1–3 December
- Black Market Industry Screenings, 1–4 December
- The 23rd European Film Awards ceremony – Tallinn, 4 December 2010