Black Room is Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event's training program dedicated to the visual language and artistry of cinema. Each year, the course invites art department crew members - production designers, art directors, costume designers, makeup artists, props masters, etc.,- to participate in a masterclass aimed to empower their skills and industry knowledge in creating visually compelling cinematic worlds.
The course comprises 3 days in-depth training session for eight selected art department talents. Each year, the masterclass led by an renowned mentor, selects a topic to reflect on current issues in film industry to better the expertise and knowledge in working as a creative professional.
Black Room 2025 focuses on hair & make up design in film. The sessions will take place on 19-21 November 2025.
The thee days of workshop will be divided into topics like hair design, SFX, and prosthetics & character design.
The session of character & prosthetic make up design is led by mentor Thomas Foldberg, who is known for his work with films as Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Men & Chicken (2015), Border (2018) and The Ugly Stepsister (2025).
Additionally to the closed workshops, there will be an open lecture by costume designer Debra McGuire (series Friends), panel discussions and sessions led by Aalto Production Design department.
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2024 Steve Summersgill "Game of Thrones", "Grand Hotel Budapest", "A Hidden Life", "Inglorious Bastards") and Marco Bittner Rosser (Only Lovers Left Alive, "Tár", "Role Play", "Berlin Station".
2023 Kave Quinn “Trainspotting”, “Judy”, “Emma”, “Layer Cake”
2022 Brunella De Cola “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”, “Maleficent”
2021 Sabine Hviid “Another Round” and Christian Olander “Tom of Finland”
2020 Jaqueline Abrahams “The Lobster”, “Lady Macbeth”, Simon Weisse “Matrix 4”, “Isle of Dogs”, “Grand Budapest Hotel” and Maria Djurkovic “The Imitation Game”, Billy Elliot”
*Header photo: „Layer Cake”, dir. Matthew Vaughn, 2004