Tallinn Film Fest Gets Real About Kids' Cinema, TikTok Culture, and the AI Question
Estonia's Black Nights Festival is pushing the conversation on youth storytelling—and whether social media is killing it.
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is using its Just Film Industry Days to ask some real questions: what does children's and youth cinema actually look like in 2024, and how is the digital landscape reshaping it?
Kärt Väinola, heading up the industry arm, is steering conversations that go beyond the typical festival circuit chatter. They're diving into how young people consume stories now—the social media angle, the attention span wars—while also making space to celebrate filmmakers doing serious work for younger audiences.
The fourth edition of Just Film Industry Days is also putting AI front and center. That's not a sidebar conversation anymore; it's a main-stage issue for anyone making content, especially in a landscape where labels, algorithms, and automation are reshaping who gets heard and how.
It's the kind of forum that matters. Too many film festivals treat youth cinema like an afterthought or a feel-good category. Tallinn's actually treating it like the future.
Read the full story at The Hollywood Reporter → https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tallinn-2026-social-media-ban-cinema-savior-kids-youth-films-1236746674/
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