KinoFF film festival takes place in north-eastern Estonia as a part of Tallinn film festival Dark Nights (PÖFF).
Dear friends!
KinoFF, the easternmost film festival in the European Union, is a co-festival of Dark Nights film festival taking place in Northeast Estonia.
Our future depends on what we love, who we love, and what surrounds us. Love allows us to make choices. But sometimes, while defending our interests and sense of security we loose the limit, where those around us also wish to protect their point of view and the right to live their own way. But empathy and love help us make decisions without harming others. Films broaden our horizons, allowing us to see many opinions we rarely encounter in everyday life. As organizers, we also made our choices: we want you to take a break from the daily hustle, reflect on yourself, your loved ones, your future, and how we all can make the world a better place. Sit and relax.
This year's films will tell you about the joys of discovering the world, about first love, about traveling, music, dancing, and friendship. They speak of the choices of heroes, and even if we don't always agree with these choices, we learn to respect and accept them. Because the choice of heroes is the choice of the future.
The festival program features various genres: from horror to musical, from drama to SciFi. Short films, documentaries, animations, and feature films. Movies for children, teenagers, and adults from different corners of the world.
We invite you to dive into the world of cinema and make your choice!
Best wishes,
Jana Budkovskaja
Chief Producer of KinoFF
Kohtla-Järve: November 7 th
Jõhvi: November 8 th –12 th
Narva: November 10 th – 19 th
See you at the cinema!
The future is our choice
Life is a complicated thing, and nowadays it has also become somewhat unfair and irrational. Every moment of our life we are facing choices that affect our future. Among thousands and millions of options we choose the one that our conscience offers us, based on our best knowledge. The more we see the results of different choices and the more we can bring together different people, cultures, community interests and definitions, the better we can foresee the impact of our own decisions on our further life.
This winter the world fell apart, and never before has the Narva River been such a huge border between two worlds. KinoFF is the easternmost subfestival of the Dark Nights (PÖFF) Film Festival, and here we wish to look closer and try to understand different people: how their choice is affected by context, culture, country and moment in time. We want to gain the knowledge to help us make decisions here, at the eastern border.
This year KinoFF festival is bringing more than 20 films for young and adult viewers, in three cities of Ida-Viru County. These are this year’s best, most interesting and bright films that relate to each of us.
The festival kicks off with a fashion show and a big red-carpet event in Kohtla-Järve. Then across the whole Ida-Viru County there will be exhibition openings, nice chat-evenings and diverse film shows. In addition to films, every city will offer a programme for children and teenagers with workshop on animation, NFT programming and music.
“The festival team cannot predict the future, but with our decisions we tried to make the festival time interesting, inspiring and useful for you, dear friends. Film industry is a very bright example of cooperation, mutual assistance and acknowledging each other’s contribution. Moreover, cooperation has been one of the keys of human evolution. We invite you to the cinema: come, watch, empathize, be amazed and perplexed, think and fall in love with our magic world again. And remember: we create films, festivals and our whole life while communicating and respecting each other”
Jana Budkovskaja, general producer of KinoFF festival