This week the 71st Berlinale Film Festival kicked off with its Industry Event and the professionals have a chance to check out also the Film Selection announced in February. Among the wide variety of films premiering we are very proud to see three that have been part of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event!

The European Genre Forum, a one-year training cycle for emerging European genre filmmakers, has sent out the call for submissions. In 2021, EGF, a collaboration between the Imagine, Fantastic Zagreb and Black Nights Film Festivals, will run three Labs in Amsterdam (April), Zagreb (July) and Tallinn (November). In between labs, there are online feedback points.

The first online Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event saw over 35 000 virtual attendances, resulting from a record 1600 accredited professionals across industry events and the film festival. The number plays a significant part in setting a record also for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, with an estimated 101 833 physical and virtual attendances this year.

The year 2020 brought many innovations to Industry@Tallinn along with new developments of the program. Among them was [PÖFF Black Room](https://industry.poff.ee/about/black-room/) which dives into the wonders of cinema’s visual language. The program is dedicated to Art Department and sets out to deepen the knowledge about the unique craft that combines art, design, architecture and a lot of intrepid creativity.

On November 26, Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event rewarded the best projects after an exciting week full of online presentations, networking, panel discussions and meetings attracting more than 850 guests from all around the globe. 10 Awards were given out in categories to projects in different stages of scriptwriting, development or post-production, 2 Awards went to promising producers.