Black Night Stars

Black Nights Stars is a program launched by the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2017. It is designed to help young actors from the Baltic Sea region—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland—gain international visibility and promote themselves inside and outside their home territories. The program facilitates connections with international film professionals and training in practical skills for their future international careers.

The event is inspired by the European Shooting Stars program organised by European Film Promotion since 1998. As part of Black Nights Discovery Campus, Black Nights Stars program is the actor focused part of the international continuing education programme organised by Black Nights and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (I@T&BE). Black Nights Discovery Campus unites the established talent programmes Black Nights Stars, Music Meets Film, Black Room, and Script Pool. Bringing together different film and creative industries fields, the programme aims to inspire and educate with a hands-on approach. The Black Nights Discovery Campus is made up of various online courses by well-known mentors throughout the year and live events with workshops and master-classes by talented and award-winning film professionals during the Black Nights Film Festival.