塔林黑夜电影节

Introduction

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, or PÖFF, is an annual film festival held since 1997 in Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. PÖFF is the only festival in the Nordic and Baltic region with a FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association) accreditation for holding an International Competitive Feature Film Program. Which places it alongside 14 other non-specialised world festivals including Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, and San Sebastian. With over 250 feature films from more than 70 different countries (2016) screened, and over 80,000 attendees (2016), PÖFF is one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe, and cultural events in Estonia.

The Festival runs three competitive programs: International Competition, First Feature Competition, and Estonian Film Competition. The top prize of the festival is the Golden Wolf, given to the director and producer of the winning film of the International Competition. The festival also hosts several non-competitive programs including the Screen International Critics' Choice, various retrospectives, and a panorama of the best films of the year.

Running concurrently with the festival is Industry@Tallinn and the Baltic Event Co-Production Market, the biggest audiovisual industry meeting in the region. Industry@Tallinn consists of the International Sales and Distributors Meeting Point; the European Genre Forum, a creative camp for genre professionals promoting project and skills development; and two works in progress panels, the presentations of regional upcoming films from Baltic, Finnish and old CIS countries, and international screenings ranging from Asia to Latin America.

In addition, two sub-festivals take part concurrently with the main program: Children’s and Youth Film Festival Just Film, and PÖFF SHORTS, dedicated to short formats, and short films and animations.

Event Venue

Tallinn, Estonia

Event Date

2017/11/17-12/3

Submission Deadline

2017/4/15-2017/9/15

Prizes & Awards

Grand Prix (Golden Wolf) for the Best Film  

Wolf for the Best Director

Wolf for the Best Cinematography

Wolf for the Special Jury Prize

Wolf for the Best Actor

Wolf for the Best Actress