'Dice-Cing-o-Mat' Courtesy of Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The winners of the 24th edition of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event portion of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) have been unveiled, and they include the likes of Dice-Cing-o-Mat, The Well, The Convulsions, and The Queen of England Stole My Parents. A total of 17 film projects at various stages of scriptwriting, development, or post-production were honored, plus two promising producers were recognized. The industry strand of PÖFF wrapped on Friday afternoon with a session entitled "Filming in Ukraine 2026." Related Stories Movies Spencer Lofranco, 'Gotti' and 'Unbroken' Actor, Dies at 33 Music Ado, Atarashii Gakko!, Hana and Yuki Chiba Among Artists Performing at L.A. Japanese Music Showcase Zipangu Earlier in the week, an international jury selected the drama series project Wool as the most promising project in the fifth edition of the TV Beats Co-Financing Market. Written by Birkir Blaer Ingolfsson, Mladen Maticevic, Stephie Theodora, and Milena Dzambasovic, produced by Hörður Rúnarsson and Milena Dzambasovic, and co-produced by Danna Stern, production companies Film Road Production, ACT 4, and In Transit Productions, Wool is based on a true story and "knits together fashion with female empowerment in a rural meets international setting, making it as relevant today as it was then," the jury said. Meanwhile, TV Beats market partner TV Drama Vision handed out the Select Award to Spanish project Dark Waters, directed by Víctor Garcia, written by Amèlia Mora and Héctor Manteca, and produced by Juan Solá, Mark Abela, Tono Folguera, and Maria Rocher. The project "blends supernatural mystery, climate-change thriller and a tale intertwining the mythological worlds of Iceland and the Ebro Delta in Catalonia," the jury noted. Meanwhile, the TV Beats Co-Production Market Public Favorite Award honoree is Nuclear Sunset Cruise, written and directed by Florian Gallenberger, whose Quiero ser won the Academy Award for best live-action short film in 2001, and produced by Martin Lehwald and Philipp Goeser. Also this year, the Serial Bridges Baltic Best Project Award was handed out to the Lithuanian project Therapies, written and directed by Birute Kapustinskaite based on her own play, and produced by Dagne Vildziunaite. "When a sharp-tongued professor checks into a remote hospital expecting peace and privacy during chemotherapy, she ends up in a six-bed cancer ward full of loud, impossible-to-ignore women, including her old college nemesis," reads a synopsis for the project. "Beating cancer might be the goal, but first, they'll have to survive each other." Check out the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2025 award winners and jury comments below. Discovery Campus Music Meets Film "Director-Composer Lab: Composing the Cut" Workshop Award. The award includes a two-hour career mentoring session by Miriam Cutler. Winner: Nicolò Braghiroli The jury included: George Christopoulos, Miriam Cutler The jury commented: "The Music Meets Film Award, presented by OTICONS Film Music Agency, is given to an emerging composer who demonstrates outstanding creative skills and artistic promise during the workshop with Baltic Film, Media and Arts School "Director-Composer Lab: Composing the Cut", led by renowned film composer Miriam Cutler. The combined skillset of a great film composer at work was showcased during the creative process, and that is how efficiently they collaborated with the director and how effectively they converted that collaboration into a score that worked with the narrative. That rare skillset is what makes this talent one to keep an eye on for the future. The award is presented by George Christopoulos, founder of OTICONS." Best upcoming cinematographer of Frame Within a Frame 2025 The winner is awarded a Golden Ticket to the 'Cinematography lab' workshop on Focus pulling by Team 4 Set. Winners: Gemma De Miguel Morell from Spain for the film Cura Sana. Tanel Topaasia from Estonia for In Between The jury commented: "The Frame Within a Frame Golden Tickets for the cinematography film; lab by Team4Set are awarded to two films celebrating visual mastery: one for its vibrant, raw aesthetic and dynamic camerawork, and the other for its masterful use of lenses and contrast, painting with light." The jury included: Steve Calavitis, Ville Penttilä, Rauno Ronkainen, John-Christian Rosenlund, Philippe Ros. Frame Within a Frame Lens Award by ARRI is an award for the best cinematographer, celebrating their profound contribution to the art and techniques of cinematography. Winner: Jolinna Ang from Singapore for the film I'll Leave You Words . The jury commented: "For a work of striking visual poetry, this beautifully shot film captivat