Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Baltic Projects to Watch Shed Light on Global Issues That Are ‘Painfully Relevant’
[ad_1] From ambitious dramas to a TV series inspired by the Danske Bank scandal, Baltic projects look for inspiration in the most unusual places. According to director Ove Musting, behind...
France’s CNC Launches First Baltic-Focused Co-Production Workshop
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia — Since it was launched more than a decade ago, the Baltic countries have been conspicuously absent from one of Europe’s most influential co-production funds: France’s Aide...
Tallinn Black Nights: 6 Takeaways From Hollywood Glamour to New Studios in Estonia, Fest Deals, Catalonia and a Producer’s Guide to Surviving Headwinds
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia — Has Estonia’s Tallinn Film Festival ever had it so good? Since Festival Director Tiina Lokk launched the event in 1997, it has emerged as one of...
Tallinn Black Nights Festival Awards: Family Dramas ‘The Good Daughter’ and ‘The Well’ Win Big at a Still Growing Event
[ad_1] Two weeks after a triumphal opening to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “They Will be Dust,” Catalan cinema, honored by a Focus at Tallinn this year, closed...
Iran’s Underground Cinema in Tallinn Competition with ‘Duality’
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia — “Duality,” the new hybrid feature written, directed and produced by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Nezamdoost world-premiered this week in Tallinn’s main competition, marking a bold entry from...
Dan Löwenstein Boards Night Train Media U.K. Microdrama as Tallinn Talks Vertical Storytelling Boom (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] British director Dan Löwenstein, known for vertical dramas like ReelShort’s “Pride & Prejudice,” is set to direct and produce a new and as-yet untitled U.K.-made microdrama currently in development...
Tallinn Black Nights Grand Prix Winner Sengedorj Janchivdorj Returns in Competition With ‘The Muralist’
[ad_1] TALLINN, Estonia — Mongolian filmmaker Sengedorj Janchivdorj is back in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “The Muralist,” one of 16 world premieres in the main...
‘Billionaire Island’ Producer Gudny Hummelvoll and Jevgeni Supin, Behind ‘Von Fock,’ Win Tallinn’s Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] Norway’s Gudny Hummelvoll, producer of “Billionaire Island,” “Headhunters” and “Occupied,” and heavyweight Estonian producer Jevgeni Supin, behind international historical series “Von Fock,” will be the recipients of this year’s...
‘Easy Girl’: Hille Norden’s Buzzy Debut, on Trauma and Friendship, Competes at Tallinn Black Nights
[ad_1] German writer-director Hille Norden makes her debut with “Easy Girl,” a candy-colored, flamboyant and deeply personal film about trauma, friendship and survival. Its international sales repped by Reason8 at...
Elisa Viihde Commissions for Estonia and Finland the War Propaganda Satire ‘Helsinki 1939,’ From ‘Shadow Lines’ Creator AJ Annila: ‘It’s Based on True Lies’ (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] Soviet Bombs fall on Helsinki. This is 1939. Best-selling Finnish novelist Mika Waltari (“The Egyptian”) fights with his typewriter to create true lies for the Finnish Propaganda Unit to...
‘Querer’ Co-Writer Júlia de Paz Solvas Unpacks ‘The Good Daughter,’ One of the Big Catalan Highlights at Tallinn
[ad_1] “My parents didn’t just argue,” Carmela confides in her best friend at school, her face darkening. But she doesn’t go into detail. “Have you ever seen your dad act...
Series Mania Institute Launches Serial Bridges Baltics in Tallinn with New Shows From Raitis Abele, Gabija Siurbytė, Raoul Suvi (EXCLUSIVE)
[ad_1] In a move to boost series from the Baltics and their ties to Europe’s market, the Series Mania Institute has launched Serial Bridges Baltics, a new workshop for Baltic...