Awards - Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - 2004-2013
National Awards
- Academy Awards
- Independent Spirit Awards
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- European Film Awards
- César Awards
- Goya Awards
- German Film Awards
- Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- Jussi Awards
- Czech Lion Awards
- Sun in a Net Awards
- Polish Film Awards
- Hungarian Motion Picture Awards (Hungarian Film Awards)
- Filmfare Awards
- Guldbagge Awards
- Amanda Awards
- AACTA International Awards
- Hong Kong Film Awards
Film Festivals
- Tribeca Film Festival
- Sundance Film Festival
- Miami Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF)
- Zurich Film Festival
- San Sebastián International Film Festival
- Sitges Film Festival
- Shanghai International Film Festival
- Warsaw International Film Festival
- Montreal World Film Festival
- Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
- Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
- Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
- Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
- Zlín Film Festival
- FAMUfest
- Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
- Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival
Critics Awards
- Golden Globes
- Critics Choice Awards
- Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Czech Film Critics Awards
Genre / Special Awards
Anti-awards
2013 - 17th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
- A Thousand Times Good Night
- Arabani
- Au revoir l' ete
- Borgman
- Breakaway
- Camille Claudel 1915
- Circles
- I'm the Same, I'm an Other
- Kami's Party
- Karnaval
- Living Images
- Paradzhanov
- Stray Dogs
- Tangerines
- Taxi and Telephone
- The Double
- The Hour of the Lynx
- The Old Man
- The Role
- Trap Street
- We Are the Best!
Best Estonian Film
- Tangerines (Zaza Urushadze)
- Love Is Blind
- Lisa Limone & Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story
- Living Images
- The Arbiter
- All Musicians Are Bastards
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries
- Of Horses and Men (Benedikt Erlingsson)
- Above Dark Waters
- Before Snowfall
- Home
- Intimate Parts
- Life Feels Good
- Lisa Limone & Maroc Orange: A Rapid Love Story
- Mother, I Love You
- Northwest
- Sanctuary
- The Gambler
- Two Mothers
North American Independent Competition Programme
- The Golden Dream (Diego Quemada-Diez)
- Blue Ruin
- Bluebird
- Cheap Thrills
- Gerontophilia
- Hide Your Smiling Faces
- The Grand Seduction
- Nebraska
- Potosí
- The Amazing Cat Fish
- The Auction
- Tom at the Farm
- Whitewash
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries - Special Mention
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries - Best Cinematography
FICC Jury Award
FICC Jury Award - Special Mention
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2012 - 16th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- House with a Turret (Ева Нейман)
- Beijing Flickers
- A Lady in Paris
- Betrayal
- Achal
- Blancanieves
- Boy Eating the Bird's Food
- All That Matters is Past
- Everyday
- Halimin put
- Hannah Arendt
- In the House
- Keep Smiling
- Kolka Cool
- Mushrooming
- My Father's Bike
- Paradise: Faith
- Rhino Season
- The Weight
- Wadjda
Best Estonian Film
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries
- Everybody's Gone (Georgiy Paradzhanov)
- 90 Minutes
- A Caretaker's Tale
- Almost 18
- Demons
- Eastalgia
- Eat Sleep Die
- Amour
- Mona
- A Coffee in Berlin
- People Out There
- The Almost Man
- The Daughter
North American Independent Competition Programme
- For Ellen (So-young Kim)
- Camion
- Compliance
- Fred Won't Move Out
- Laurence Anyways
- Resolution
- Smashed
- The Conspiracy
- The Sessions
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Special Mention
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries - Special Mention
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries - Best Cinematography
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
2011 - 15th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- A Simple Life (Ann Hui)
- Visul lui Adalbert
- Akkyz
- At the End of It All
- Palawan Fate
- Elena
- Kotoko
- Land of Oblivion
- Kechikkan hayot
- Letters to Angel
- Mourning
- Rose
- Sons of Norway
- The Artist
- The Double Steps
- The Idiot
- Volcano
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Estonian Film
- Graveyard Keeper's Daughter (Katrin Laur)
- A Friend of Mine
- Farts of Fury
- Letters to Angel
- Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
- Rattrap
- The Idiot
- That’s It!
- Kuku: I Will Survive
- Tallinn Spicy Sprats. The Canned Tales.
Best Baltic Film
- Barzakh (Mantas Kvedaravicius)
- 33 Animals of Santa Claus
- A Monument to Please Everyone
- Barzakh
- Knygnešiai
- El medico - The Cubaton Story
- Ka Tev klajas, Rudolf Ming?
- Letters to Angel
- The New World
- Ramin
- Tadas Blinda. Pradžia
- The Idiot
- Kaplinski süsteem
North American Independent Competition Programme
- Starbuck (Ken Scott)
- 388 Arletta Avenue
- 50/50
- Another Earth
- Bellflower
- Doppelgänger Paul
- Martha Marcy May Marlene
- The Last Rites of Joe May
- The Moth Diaries
- Win Win
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance and Cinematic Language
Special Mention
Special Mention for First Time Director
Baltic Competition - Best Cinematography
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2010 - 14th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- My Joy (Sergei Loznitsa)
- 127 Hours
- 20 Cigarettes
- 3 Seasons in Hell
- Birthright
- Certified Copy
- Dad
- The Ditch
- Essential Killing
- Gesher
- In a Better World
- Kosmos
- The Light Thief
- The Poll Diaries
- Peepli Live
- Princess
- Silent Souls
- Son of Babylon
- Bibinur story
- The Temptation of St. Tony
- Rene Goes to Hollywood
Best Estonian Film
Best Baltic Film
Baltic Competition - Silver Award
North American Independent Competition Programme
- Incendies (Denis Villeneuve)
- 3 Backyards
- The Freebie
- Grown Up Movie Star
- Helena from the Wedding
- The Last Escape
- That Evening Sun
- The Imperialists Are Still Alive
- Twelve Thirty
- White Irish Drinkers
- Year of the Carnivore
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Special Jury Prize
Special Mention
Baltic Competition - Best Cinematography
Baltic Competition - Special Mention
Feature Debut from The Baltic Sea and Nordic Countries - Special
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FICC Jury Award - Special Mention
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2009 - 13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Ajami (Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani)
- Air Doll
- Altiplano
- Between Two Worlds
- Brotherhood
- Castaway on the Moon
- Enter the Void
- Everyday Is a Holiday
- I Am Not Your Friend
- Daughter-In-Law
- Lourdes
- Letters to Father Jacob
- Moon
- No One Knows About Persian Cats
- Melody for a Street Organ
- The Two Horses of Genghis Khan
- The Angel
- The Window
- Women Without Men
- Nunta in Basarabia
Best Estonian Film
Best Baltic Film
- Vortex (Gytis Luksas)
- Bank Robbery
- Buratino, Son of Pinocchio
- December Heat
- Disco and Atomic War
- Low Lights
- The Wish Tree
- Medības
- Vasha
North American Independent Competition Programme
- (Untitled)
- Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's
- Don't Let Me Drown
- Paper Heart
- Peter and Vandy
- Sorry, Thanks
- The Legacy
- The Exploding Girl
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
- You Wont Miss Me
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize
Special Mention
Baltic Competition - Best Cinematography
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
2008 - 12th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Hunger (Steve McQueen)
- Autumn
- Cold Lunch
- Genova
- Gulabi Talkies
- Il Divo
- Mozart Town
- Mucha
- Snow
- Sparrow
- Summer Hours
- The Photograph
- The Wave
- The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
- Three Wise Men
- Two-Legged Horse
- Vermilion Souls
- Waltz with Bashir
Best Estonian Film
Best Baltic Film
- Three Men and a Fish Pond (Maris Maskalans, Laila Pakalniņa)
- Alyosha
- Amatieris
- I Was Here
- Life Without Gabriella Ferri
- Loss
- Taarka
- The Bug Trainer
- Klucis: The Deconstruction of an Artist
- Kings of the Time
- The Soviet Story
- Toomik's Movie
- Kai as buvau partizanas
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Special Jury Prize
Special Mention
- The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner (Stephan Komandarev)
- Two-Legged Horse (Samira Makhmalbaf)
Baltic Competition - Best Cinematography
Baltic Competition - Special Mention
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FIPRESCI Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2007 - 11th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Takva: A Man's Fear of God (Özer Kızıltan)
- Teeth of Love
- Alexandra
- Daisy Diamond
- Eduart
- Frozen
- My Father, My Lord
- Iska's Journey
- La France
- The New Man
- OrAngeLove
- A travers la poussière
- A Parting Shot
- Ploy
- Autumn Ball
- Takva: A Man's Fear of God
- True North
- Empties
Best Estonian Film
- Autumn Ball (Veiko Õunpuu)
- Georg
- 186 Kilometers
- Jonathan from Australia
- The Class
- Where Souls Go
- Autumn Ball
- Greetings from Soviet Estonia!
- Headwind Hall
- Knife
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize
Special Mention
Best Estonian Film - Special Mention
Rebel With A Cause Award for Best Film
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
The Postimees Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2006 - 10th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Dark Blue Almost Black (Daniel Sánchez Arévalo)
- 4.6 Billion Years of Love
- Climates
- The Family Friend
- Little Red Flowers
- Men at Work
- Mindless
- Playing the Victim
- Princes(s)
- Man Exposed
- Private Property
- Requiem
- Retrieval
- Sons
- Syndromes and a Century
- Taxidermia
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
- To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die
- Ober
- You Am I
Best Estonian Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize
Special Mention
Best Estonian Film - Special Mention
Rebel With A Cause Award for Best Film
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FICC Jury Award - Special Mention
The Postimees Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2005 - 9th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Shanghai Dreams (Xiaoshuai Wang)
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Garpastum
- Go West
- Harry's Daughters
- The Iron Island
- Labour Equals Freedom
- Manslaughter
- Mother of Mine
- Ordinary Man
- Paradise Now
- The Piano Tuners of Earthquakes
- The Ring Finger
- The Wild Blue Yonder
- Three Times
- Vocal Parallels
Best Estonian Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Special Jury Prize
Rebel With A Cause Award for Best Film
NETPAC Award
FICC Jury Award
FICC Jury Award - Special Mention
The Postimees Award
Audience Award
Lifetime Achievement Awards of the festival
2004 - 8th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Grand Prix
- Šiza (Gulshad Omarova)
- Aaltra
- The World
- Up and Down
- Day and Night
- Producing Adults
- Intimate Strangers
- Downfall
- 2046
- Tamara
- Black Friday
- Vital
- Harvest Time
- 3-Iron
- León and Olvido
- Four Shades of Brown
- Story Undone