TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
TALLINN 12:27 (UTC+2)
TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

Information

10412 TALLINN, ESTONIA

Activity

Film Festival

Description

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival, PÖFF) first took place in 1997. Today, the festival with Industry @ Tallinn & Baltic Event and with the two sub-festivals, Just Film and PÖFF Shorts, has grown into one of the biggest film festivals in Northern Europe and the busiest regional industry platforms. In 2023, the festival hosted >1600 guests from 65 countries and showcased 551 films (including 116 world/international premieres) from 73 countries.

Objective

Promoting author cinema, supporting film industry development and visibility of smaller countries, developing co-production in the Baltic Sea region, promoting series industry development with TV Beats, supporting green production practices, growing into a year-round hybrid cultural institution, developing film education in schools, improving training for up-and-coming film professionals