30th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
Tallinn, Estonia, November 6 to 22, 2026
CALL FOR ENTRIES
(Narrative feature-length films)
Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries on behalf of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Telefilm Canada will organize a remote selection screenings session for the festival’s programmers. The films will be made available on a Montreal-based server for them to evaluate and screen in July.
The festival will only consider features with a World or International premieres status.
N.B. Please note that feature documentaries and short films must be submitted directly to the festival.
As per our agreement with the festival, entry fees are waived for narrative features submitted through Telefilm Canada.
ELIGIBILITY
Please consult the festival website.
- This Call for Entries will be submitted through Dialogue Events
- Please consult the User Guide to submit your application
ABOUT
Today, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with its Industry @ Tallinn & Baltic Event, and the parallel sections Just Film (Youth & Children oriented) and PÖFF Shorts, has grown into one of the biggest film festivals in Northern Europe and the busiest regional industry platform.
The festival showcases over 200 features and 300 shorts from 73 countries to an audience of 88, 400 cinephiles. The festival and its Industry component host 1,687 professional guests from 65 countries.
It programs a DOC Competition, and holds four competitive sections reserved to narrative feature films:
- Official Competition: Brand new films by well-established filmmakers.
- First Feature Competition: The first films of promising young talents, representing youthful vivacity, questing ideas and unexpected viewpoints.
- Critic’s Pick: The newest currents in the art of film.
- Rebels with Cause: Films with a more experimental format or carrying a more rebellious message from all over the world.
Canadian features that were at the festival in the last three years: NERVURES, INVISIBLES, MONGRELS, RÊVE DE NÉON, THIS TOO SHALL PASS, BUNGALOW, UNTIL BRANCHES BEND, COCO FERME, COEUR DE SLUSH, ECHO À DELTA, and THE “G”.
Telefilm Canada recognizes the selection of feature-length film to this festival for applications to its International Promotion Program.
YOUR CONTACTS AT TELEFILM CANADA
If you have any questions regarding the festival please contact Danielle Belanger.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Justin Clement.
International Promotion
Telefilm Canada, Montreal
dl-festivals@telefilm.ca
1 800 567-0890