GENERAL

Black Nights Discovery Campus is an international continuing education platform organised by the Black Nights Film Festival in collaboration with Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (ITBE) and several prestigious international partners. It offers young film professionals the opportunity to deepen their knowledge, develop new skills, and expand their professional networks.
Discovery Campus brings together several renowned talent programmes: Script Pool, Black Nights Stars, Music Meets Film, Black Room, Frame Within a Frame, Tallinn Industry Academy and Breaking into the Industry.

Over the past four years, Music Meets Film (MMF) has become a recognisable platform and a highly anticipated series of events. In 2023 MMF returned in a new format and will continue to provide the possibility of a meeting place for extending the film and film music professionals’ network but our focus will be on young new talent.

The program brings together composers and directors; from music and sound creatives to producers, agents, and the wider music and film industry. It aims to build bridges between creatives, grow as an interdisciplinary meeting place, and encourage new international collaborations between students and professionals.

GOALS

• To select the new young talents in film music and elevate their career through the program.
• To provide the participants with well thought out panels and masterclasses to improve their skill sets.
• To offer a networking platform and introduce participants to other composers, producers, directors as well as local and international music and film professionals in general.
• To introduce new talents in film music to both local and international film and music industry on spot at the festival as well as through various media channels to enhance the possibility of collaborations.

FORMAT
Music Meets Film consists of a combination of online and physical formats of panels and masterclasses, which will provide the participants with discussions as well as a practical workshop. Online part will take place before the start of the program and physical, also the majority, part of the program will take place in Tallinn, Estonia on mentioned dates. The programme is completed by the Discovery Campus workshops, masterclasses and panels. Participants will meet other Discovery Campus participants and all events organised by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event are mandatory.

• Participants must be aged 21-35 during the time of the program.
• The program will take place online on 26 October to 15 November 2026 and on spot on 16-20 November 2026 in Tallinn during the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
• Once selected, participation is subject to payment of an accreditation fee of 250 euros. Fee includes mentorship, accommodation for 5 nights, film screenings at Black Nights Film Festival, evening events and opportunity to take part in other Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event events.
• Please note that the round-trip airfare is to be paid by the participants. Please contact your local film fund/institute or composers’ union who can help to cover these costs.
• The official language of the market is English.
• Once selected, it is mandatory to take part in the events designed for Discovery Campus participants

ELIGIBILITY AND SUBMISSIONS
The applicants are required to fill in the online application form on the submission website providing all the requested information and documents, from April 23 to May 31, 2026. Late applications will not be taken into consideration.

Please find the submission link — with all the required submission information.

The final selection of participants will be announced by July 15th at the latest directly to the participants as well as communicated further via the festival/industry press.

For more information please contact hannagreth.peetson@poff.ee

PROCEEDINGS AND SELECTION
All properly filled and complete applications shall be reviewed by the program manager. The main selection criteria are professional background, motivation for career development and artistic quality. 8 international talents will be selected to participate in the Music Meets Film programme.

APPLICANT’S OBLIGATIONS DURING INDUSTRY@TALLINN & BALTIC EVENT
Each Applicant that gets chosen to participate in Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is required to cooperate with the employees and persons of responsibility of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event during its entire course.

During the online section of the program, each Applicant must have access to a personal computer and the availability to score music as part of the program’s workshop.

In case the Applicant without justification violates any of his/her/their obligations stated in these Regulations which he/she/they had accepted by submitting the Application Form, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event management may disqualify the Applicant from further participation in the event.

FINAL PROVISIONS
The Applicant guarantees that all the presented information in the submitted application is correct.

The official language of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is English. In regard to all matters not expressly settled by these Regulations good business practices and current regulations of Estonia and its entities are to be applied. Any amendments and supplements to these Regulations shall be made by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event management. By submitting an Application the Applicant agrees to all provisions of these Regulations.

These Regulations come into effect from the day of their publishing on the webpage of Industry@Tallinn, and are effective beginning on the 23rd of April 2026.