Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event are proud to announce the five projects taking part in Tallinn Black Nights Goes To Cannes this summer.

For the first time Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) joins the well established Marché du Film showcase "Goes to Cannes", presenting 5 international film projects in post-production stage in Cannes this July. “Black Nights Goes to Cannes” is part of the PÖFF’s 25th birthday celebrations, in a year where PÖFF’s industry platform Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event also celebrates its 20th anniversary.

According to the head of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Marge Liiske the possibility to show the project in Cannes will open several new doors for the film and the creators: “Marché du Film is one of the largest market events in the world as there are more than 10 000 film professionals looking for new ideas, projects and partners. Being part of the event could create new connections and fruitful cooperation for the long run, not only regarding one project.”

Black Nights Festival Director Tiina Look added, “We’re very excited to bring our wolf pack to Cannes and the Marché du Film this summer. It’s a very special year for Black Nights, our 25th birthday, and also for Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, which turns 20. From small beginnings, we’ve grown together into an international meeting place for film, with a global outlook and reach. Our whole team is delighted that such a talented selection of international filmmakers have chosen to join our showcase and join our pack, with projects from as far afield as Georgia and Belgium, alongside films from our own backyard. We can't wait to let them out into the wild.”

The projects will be presented onsite on Saturday July 10 at Palais K from 2:15 to 4:15pm, as well as screening online for industry professionals around the world.

The five selected projects are:

Whispers of War
Directed by: Florian Hoffmann
Produced by: Alexander Wadouh & Roxana Richters (Chromosom Film & Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin)
Country of production: Germany

Just Before
Directed by: Alisa Erokhina
Produced by: Denis Kovalevsky & Anna Shalashina (Salt Film Studio (Russia), WISH Media (Russia), Les Steppes Productions (France) with the support of the Russian Ministry of culture and KINOPRIME Foundation)
Country of production: Russia, France

Round Trip
Directed by: Dorothée Van den Berghe
Produced by: Bert Hamelinck & Dimitri Verbeeck & Helena Vlogaert (Caviar)
Country of production: Belgium

Citizen Saint
Directed by: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Produced by: Lasha Khalvashi & Denis Vaslin & Boris Chouchkov (Artizm)
Country of production: Georgia, France, Bulgaria

Pinocchio and The Water of Life
Directed by: Viktor Lakisov
Produced by: Vsevolod Zorin & Paul Marshal & Mark De Carlo (Asymmetric Studios OÜ & Dick Lizzardo Productions, Inc.)
Country of production: Estonia, USA, Russia