Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

THEME OF THIS WEEKEND: MUSIC AND FILM

Before the official start of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, Music Meets Film runs through  November 23–25. Featuring acclaimed film industry professionals as Mike Newell, Alexandra Harwood, Paul Tothill, Christian Vorländer and Simon Heeger in talks and masterclass sessions dedicated to film scoring, Music Meets Film will tackle creative collaboration between directors, composers and editors, and the fine art of scoring for films and trailers. 

BALTIC PREVIEW | 26–27.11

Joint initiative of Creative Gate, Baltic Preview is a networking event for film professionals within the framework of PÖFF Shorts and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, initiated and coordinated by the Estonian Short Film Centre. The goal of the event is to showcase short films from the Baltic countries and facilitate their co-production and distribution at an international level.

During the 2-day event new short films and works in progress will be showcased from Baltic countries to invited guests – international programmers, buyers and distributors and organise roundtables to discuss short film production, distribution and financing strategies to share experience. 

BLACK NIGHTS STARS | 26–28.11

Black Nights Stars (formerly Screen Stars Tallinn) is designed to help young actors from the Baltic Sea region to promote themselves outside their home territory, connect with international film professionals, and acquire practical skills needed in their future international career.  

This year’s Black Nights Stars programme focuses on the casting process: it looks at how the industry has changed, what are the growing opportunities for actors to be discovered, and discusses the shifting focus from film to TV. The programme consists of a variety of events: masterclasses, meetings, presentations, and networking events.

EUROPEAN GENRE FORUM | 26–30.11

The EGF annual cycle consists of three labs: the Directing lab in Amsterdam (spring), the Production lab in Zagreb (summer) and the final Sales and Marketing lab in Tallinn (winter).

The EGF Sales and Marketing Lab in Tallinn will feature extensive pitch training workshop by acclaimed pitch trainer Sibylle Kurz. Special sessions are focusing on topics connected to the sales & marketing of projects, including how to create an attractive project package, understanding monetisation, deals and dynamics of digital distribution. 

The Sales and Marketing Lab will finish with the long-awaited Final Pitch of the eight fresh and exciting projects from the participants of EGF 2018 training cycle.

BLACK CATWALK | 27.11

On November 27, the Black Nights Film Festival and Creative Gate, invites filmmakers, fashion lovers, and art enthusiasts to witness the birth of the renewed fashion event PÖFF: Black Catwalk. 

This year’s show is titled "Talk to Me, I’m Watching", a melting pot of film, fashion, and movement, being an ode to all the above-mentioned art forms.The event will take place at HALL, an electronic music and visual arts club.

WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

In addition to all previously mentioned, this year's programme offers a series of:

– conference and panel programmes on film marketing and distribution,
– Baltic and International Works in Progress screenings,
– talent development labs and project presentations: Script Pool, POWR Baltic Stories Exchange,
– the annual European Film Forum Conference on November 30,
– as well as the fully fledged Co-Production market with tailor made programs for participating producers and co-production partners
– and various parties around the town & much more!

With Industry and Guest Badges, you have access to the general Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event programme. The Festival + Industry Badge gives you the right to claim a single ticket (valid with badge) for any of the screenings of the festival main programme, Just Film and PÖFF Shorts. You can claim four tickets a day, with a maximum of 40 tickets. 

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PREVIOUS WORKS ON FESTIVAL SCOPE PRO

In the framework of Baltic Event’s continuing collaboration with Festival Scope Pro, all the industry guests are able to watch the previous works of directors, whose projects are presented at the Co-Production Market. 

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