Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is a unique event combining a feature film festival with the sub-festivals of animated films, student films and children/youth films. The festival aims to present Estonian audiences a comprehensive selection of world cinema in all its diversity with the emphasis on European films, providing a friendly atmosphere for interaction between the audience, Estonian filmmakers and their colleagues from abroad.

The 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival takes place from 19 November to 5 December 2010.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival consists of the main programme, four sub-festivals, as well as film and co-production markets:

Black Nights Film Festival main programme (24 November - 5 December) – International competition programme EurAsia and Tridens Baltic feature film competition. Informative side programmes include fiction and documentary features from previous 2 years, retrospective of a filmmaker, genre or studio, and focus on a country.

Student and Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers (20 - 24 November) – International competition of student films from previous 2 years – fiction, documentary or animation films; national competition of Estonian short films and special programmes.

Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams (19 – 23 November) – Competition of short animations from previous 2 years. Additional non-competitive programmes include a retrospective of a filmmaker and focus on a country.

Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film(19 – 28 November) – Competition of children’s films and youth films. Non-competitive special programmes.

Nokia Mobile Phone Film Festival MOFF (1 September - 3 December) – Competition of short films made with mobile phones.

Black Market Industry Screenings (1-3 December) - regional cinema and audiovisual market focusing on the new films from the neighbouring regions and smaller film industry countries: Central and Eastern European countries, Nordic countries, Russia and countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Romania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyztan, Tadjikistan.

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KLIK!ESTONIA//KLÕPS is an animation festival featuring a fine selection of animations from the KLIK!AMSTERDAM

festival plus some interesting & original stuff from Estonian animators. The Festival program features a large number of short animations and two animated feature length films.

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