If there’s anything to be learned from the massive, industry-shaping disruptions of recent years — from the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic to the lingering fallout from …
If there’s anything to be learned from the massive, industry-shaping disruptions of recent years — from the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic to the lingering fallout from the war in Ukraine — it’s that “the role of the big festivals in the industry ecosystem is crucial,” according to Tiina Lokk, director of the“When festivals were canceled or changed their dates due to COVID, the cycle of film releases went down the drain, which had a direct impact on cinemas and the...
This year, the festival’s industry section is launching a new series of initiatives aimed at up-and-coming professionals, Breaking Into the Industry, with a new training program for cinematographers. That complements a host of workshops and masterclasses for directors, scriptwriters, producers, production designers, composers and actors.
For Lokk, the festival’s mission “is to promote Estonia as a whole for the global film industry,” and Black Nights has increasingly looked to highlight the range of shooting locations around the Baltic nation. “Despite the small area, Estonia has surprisingly diverse climate, nature and architecture,” she says. “And since everything is quite nearby, the logistics are quite easy.”
In Cannes, the Tallinn Black Market Goes to Cannes pix-in-post showcase will present five works-in-progress to industry decision-makers during an event on May 20. The diverse, international selection — which includes titles from South America, Portugal, the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine — underscores Black Nights’ position as a launching pad not only for talent from the host nation, but from neighboring countries and beyond.
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