Figuration’s Nude Triumphant has been selected for the 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Running from the 13th until the 29th of November, PÖFF screens 172 feature-length, 28 short films, 13 series this year. Adding to this, sub-festival, youth and children’s film festival Just Film, screens 44 feature-length films, PÖFF Shorts has selected 166 shorts and 123 animations and Russian-focussed side festival KinoFF shows 13 features and 1 short film. The programme of the main festival will see a record number of 33 world, 29 international, 9 European premieres.
According to festival director (Mrs) Tiina Lokk the festival was not pursuing the premieres as a special agenda this year, but instead strived to give as many big screen screening opportunities to new films in these tough times. "The bigger was the surprise when we received so many fresh films made with a strong and original creative vision. The decisions what to take and what to leave out have never been this hard. We are hoping that all the great films that we were not able to accommodate, will also be able to be exhibited on the big screen." she added.
Started in 1997, the festival has grown into one of the biggest film festivals in Northern Europe and busiest regional industry platforms, hosting more than 1000 guests and industry delegates and over 160 journalists. The festival screens around 250 features and more than 300 shorts and animations and sees an attendance of 80 000 people annually.