On November 10th, in Narva, the opening ceremony of the fifth KinoFF festival took place.

The modern film industry is futurism on both sides of the screen

In the KinoFF program: 15 feature-length films for children, youth, and adults, 20 short films, 25 films from the ShootShorts project in the Industry Day program.

Old cinema can be hopelessly outdated or it can be relevant and significant today. Which films withstand the test of time?

The KinoFF Film Festival is becoming a cherished tradition for Ida-Virumaa, attracting more viewers and fans of festival screenings with each passing year.

Have you ever wondered why the KinoFF film festival's program features these particular films and not others? After all, thousands of films are produced globally each year, but the KinoFF 2023 program includes only 35 feature and short films.

For three years now, KinoFF has been providing an incredible opportunity for anyone to create their first short film, regardless of their knowledge in the field of cinema, age, or place of residence. ShootShorts brings people together into creative teams and allows them to tell their unique stories, fulfilling their dreams. The project is supported by the British Council Estonia. *Photo: animated film "Techumanity", Dir. Maarika Rosenstein*

KinoFF has published the full programme for the 2023 film festival.

The Estonian film industry is being enriched with new filmmakers thanks to a project by the KinoFF team

KinoFF is becoming a great tradition and promises to be the brightest event of November this year. The fifth anniversary edition of KinoFF will take place in Kohtla-Järve, Jõhvi, and Narva from November 7th to November 19th 2023.

Multimedia days for kids took place for the first time in Kohtla-Järve, Jõhvi and Narva.

OBJEKT: shorts project has finished! The final event and award ceremony took place in frames of KinoFF Industry Day. The main prizes included screening three best films at Apollo Astri cinema (short films section „Memories of the past“), as well as unique KinoFF NFTs.

KinoFF, the easternmost side-festival of Dark Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), is special for combining different life areas this year.

KinoFF has become the first film festival in the Baltics to use NFTs as “Proof of Attendance” for festivalgoers. In partnership with ZenFrog Lab, the team has created a limited collection of KinoFF non-fungible tokens that prove that you have attended the event in-person.

12 November, at 4:30 p.m., at Kohta-Järve Cultural Center.

#### KinoFF and the Ida-Virumaa Tourism Cluster have created a perfect recipe for discovering IDA/VIRU—a taste adventure.

PÖFF side-festival KinoFF.

The passion for cinema begins from childhood.

Multimedia Day for children and teens, a part of KinoFF festival, will take place in Kohtla-Järve, Jõhvi and Narva.

The Film Club was brought together in frames of KinoFF festival, offering the opportunity to discover and study the context and fine points of modern films.

For the second time in a row, creative hub OBJEKT (Narva) is holding the filmmaking camp OBJEKT: shorts. People of any age or background, who would like to share their stories through visual art and speak about serious subjects in front of big audiences, are welcome to join.

In 2022, PÖFF will launch a new film training program in Ida-Virumaa for builders, electricians, seamstresses, and photographers, as well as people without a specific technical professional but active in various types of technical or administrative work in the film industry.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is moving on with preparations to hold physical screenings while the international industry and press will be granted virtual access to films and events regardless of their location.

[The Association of Ukrainian Organizations in Estonia](https://ukraine.ee/en), within the framework of the Ukrainian Film Club, supported by the Embassy of Ukraine, presents KinoFF in Kohtla-Järve.

Second festival venue: Jõhvi

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will invest one euro from every film submission fee collected to combat intensive clear-cuts in Estonia. The platform created by the Estonian startup Single.Earth gives money to forest owners for switching from clear-cutting to alternative forest management methods.