Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival was first held in 1997. The present scope of the festival with sub-festivals and industry was established in 2002 and approved by FIAPF as a Eurasian International Film Festival. In 2014, PÖFF was approved among other film festivals as an international non-specialized competitive festival without geographical and topic borders by the International Federation of Film Producers’ Associations FIAPF as the 15th film festival from all over the world. PÖFF is one of the most rapidly evolving film festivals in the world. PÖFF’s main format consists of three parallel festivals and an international film industry strand: - PÖFF Main Programme (feature films, feature animation and documentaries) – the programme that has given the name to the whole event. There are 4 competitions: Official, First feature competition, Rebels with a Cause - with World, International and European premiers and Baltic Competition; - Youth and Children’s Film sub-festival Just Film; - Short Film and Animation sub-festival PÖFF Shorts; - International film industry programme Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event; The Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is one of the largest film festivals in Northern Europe, attracting an attendance of 100,000 and more than 1,600 film professionals and press from all over the world. Since 2014, PÖFF has shared the honour of being a non-specialized competitive feature film festival with 14 other festivals (Venice, Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, etc) around the world. It gives the festival the privilege of organising international competition programmes with world and international premieres, giving talented filmmakers the opportunity to introduce themselves and their work to audiences in person. The 25th Black Nights Film Festival will take place from 12 to 28 November 2021 and the 26th Black Nights Film Festival will take place from 11 to 27 November 2022.