PÖFF (MTÜ Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival)
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival or PÖFF in Estonian) is one of the biggest film festivals in the world and for sure in North Europe. Since 2014 it has been accredited by FIAPF as a competitive festival without geographical and thematic borders. Despite its limited budgetary capacity, compared to festivals of the A-statute, thanks to its lean and effective operations, PÖFF has demonstrated over the years the capacity to grow creatively and size-wise, contributing significantly to the local and regional agenda, as well as to the European film industry at large. The festival has achieved recognition both for its focus on independent and unique author’s voices in cinema, an egalitarian curation policy mixing up-and-coming and established filmmakers, as well as its wide programming platform addressing the whole life cycle of the audience, especially concerning European works and filmmakers from underrepresented territories.
Research Themes
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The objective of this WP is to analyze film production, financing, and training ecosystems in European small nations including additional analysis of the long-term impact of COVID-19 and current economic uncertainty. The WP will analyze the current state of talent in the film workforce of small European countries, what obstacles are present for its development, and what educational, industrial, and policy measures need to be established.
Adapting the latest insights from the broader start-up sector to the AV sector and testing their efficacy to improve AV project success to inform evidence-based skills development policy will be a key objective. Through this WP, the project aims at building a sustainable ecosystem model that puts emphasis on cooperative production alliances between European small nations encouraging collaboration, knowledge, and asset sharing.
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