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26th Black Nights Film Festival brought Czech cinematography to Estonia

The 26th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) brought new films from 75 different countries to the screens including those from the Czech Republic. As one of the partners of the festival, the Embassy supported Czech cinematography reaching the Estonian audience.

PÖFF is one of the 15 A-category film festivals in the world, and thus every year a large number of premieres take place within the festival. The just-ended festival set a record for premieres, as 78 world premieres and 48 international premieres took place in Tallinn. This, in turn, means that more than 2000 foreign guests came to Estonia. Among others, Czech actors, directors and producers arrived in Tallinn, whose participation in the premiere was supported by the Embassy. Namely, PÖFF hosted the world premiere of a total of 3 films with Czech participation, and after the screening the viewers had an opportunity to ask questions about the film and its making. These 3 films were the satirical comedy "The Unbalanced" (Czech and Slovak collaboration), the drama "Plastic Symphony" (Czech, Slovak and Polish collaboration) and the historical drama "The Chambermaid" (Czech and Slovak collaboration). PÖFF also hosted the international premiere of the Czech short film "Leviticus", which was part of the short film collection "Queer Joys".

In addition, the Estonian audience had the opportunity to see the Czech absurdist comedy "Somewhere Over The Chemtrails" and the documentary "Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits", which, as the title suggests, follows the journey of Adam Ondra, considered one of the world's best rock climbers, to the Olympics.

This year's PÖFF got its festive end on Saturday, November 26, when a total of 23 awards were handed out at the award ceremony in the Alexela Concert Hall. The Grand Prix of the festival was won for the first time by a film related to Estonia – the black comedy " Driving Mum" made in cooperation between Iceland and Estonia. In her speech, PÖFF’s Director Tiina Lokk thanked all the supporters of the festival and, of course, the audience, who have found their way to the cinema again after two difficult Covid years – this year's film festival ticket sales were comparable to the pre-Covid period. The Czech Embassy is very happy that so many people decided to spend their dark November evenings enjoying quality films in a warm cinema hall. At the same time, we hope that the Czech filmmakers are already working diligently, so that at the next PÖFF we will once again have the opportunity to bring Czech cinematography to the Estonian audience. The Black Nights Film Festival starts for the 27th time in a few weeks less than a year.

Delegation from the Czech-Slovak-Polish-Austrian film Plastic Symphony.

Delegation from the Czech-Slovak-Polish-Austrian film Plastic Symphony.

Delegation from the Czech-Slovak production film Chambermaid

Delegation from the Czech-Slovak production film Chambermaid