Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event are proud to announce full plans during the Marché du Film this May. Meet our team and let's make plans for the upcoming festival year of 2024!
Back for a second round at Marché du Film, PÖFF joins the ranks of the Fantastic 7 initiative - a connection of seven acclaimed genre film festivals.
Each festival presents one project that is in post-production or recently completed. The event draws a diverse audience of investors, distributors, sales agents, and genre film enthusiasts.
In 2024, PÖFF showcases Dog Of God, a Latvian adult folk tale directed by Raitis Ābele and Lauris Ābele and produced by Kristele Pudane and Giovanni Labadessa. The film tells a story about a 17th century Swedish Livonian village, where constant rain and drunkenness prevail. When a stolen relic sparks witchcraft accusations, an 80-year-old self-proclaimed werewolf named the Dog of God arrives with a mysterious gift: The Devil’s Balls.
The Fantastic 7 showcase will be held on 19 May 2024 | 12:00-13:50 (Palais K, Palais des Festivals)
Goes to Cannes enables film festivals or markets around the world to showcase a curated selection of original works-in-progress by most promising talents. The curator of the project, Triin Tramberg commented: "Goes to Cannes is a great opportunity to present projects in post-production at one of the largest film markets in the world. We always give priority to the filmmakers who have previously presented their projects at our festival's industry strand, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic event, for example at Co-Production Market, Script Pool or European Genre Forum."
The projects will be presented onsite on Saturday May 18 at Palais K, Cannes from 14:00 to 15:50 for the industry professionals around the world. All projects are without a sales agent and are looking for a festival premiere.
READ MORE ABOUT THE FILM PROJECTS HERE
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will also participate at Festivals Hub - an exclusive program and venue designed specifically to welcome and connect film festival and market directors, programmers & industry leaders. Festivals Hub aims to establish a community where festival and market professionals can engage with one another, spark collaborations and create new partnerships
The programme runs from the 14th until the 22th of May and is yet to be announced.
Our meeting point is at Pavilion 120, International Village Riviera.
Let's make plans for the upcoming Black Nights!
NB! Be sure to join us at the Co-Production Night on May 18th as well!
Our team:
Tiina Lokk
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Founder and Director
Programme Director
tiina.lokk@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 17-22 May
Mikk Granström
Black Nights Film Festival CEO
Children's and Youth Film Festival Just Film Programme Director
mikk.granstrom@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 17-21 May
Marge Liiske
Head of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
marge.liiske@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 15-21 May
Triin Tramberg
Script Pool Manager at Industry@Tallinn
International Works in Progress Manager at Industry@Tallinn
Managing director of Black Nights Discovery Campus
Curator of First Feature Competition programme
triin.tramberg@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 14-21 May
Eliisa Pass
Head of International Press and Communications
eliisa.pass@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 15-22 May
Sigrid Saaremets
Head of the Guest Department
sigrid.saaremets@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 15-22 May
Jette Karmin
Black Nights Film Festival programme coordinator
jette.karmin@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 15-22 May
Mariliis Pai
Programme coordinator of Just Film and PÖFF Shorts
mariliis.pai@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 15-22 May
Martina Tramberg
Communication Coordinator at Just Film and Just Film Industry Days
Head of Partner Relations at Just Film
martina.tramberg@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 17-26 May
Mirjam Teiss
Head of Marketing and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
mirjam.teiss@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 22-26 May
Tara Karajica
PÖFF Shorts Industry Manager
Programmer at PÖFF Shorts
tara.karajica@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 18-22 May
Edvinas Pukšta
Curator of Baltic Film Competition programme
edvinas.puksta@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 12.05-26.05
Nikolaj Nikitin
Curator of Critics’ Picks Competition programme
nikolaj.nikitin@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 13.05-26.05
Javier Garcia Puerto
Curator of Rebels with a Cause Competition programme
javiergarcia.puerto@poff.ee
Cannes dates: 14.05-28.05
Photo: Gregoire Lentini. 2022