Introducing the participants of 2025
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has selected eight actors from the Baltic Sea region for its Black Nights Stars programme, including talents from Finland, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark and Poland. Chosen via e-TALENTA, the actresses and actors will take part in an intensive programme of workshops, panels and networking events, aimed at preparing them for work on the international stage.
e-TALENTA is the official partner of the Black Nights Stars Programme 2025
Samirah Breuer
(Germany)
Karolina Bruchnicka
(Poland)
Tessa Hoder
(Denmark)
Freddie Mosten Jacob
(Sweden)
Kristiin Räägel
(Estonia)
Saku Taittonen
(Finland)
Ursel Tilk
(Estonia)
Kasparas Varanavičius
(Lithuania)
The eight actors will be in Tallinn from November 18-22, meeting with casting directors, talent agents, producers and directors and participating in workshops, panels and networking events.
Each actor will receive the Black Nights Stars Discovery Campus ICDA award. They were chosen from over 200 applicants.
The selected eight were chosen by a jury of casting directors made up of Luci Lenox, Frank Moiselle, Minna Sorvoja, Magdalena Szwarcbart and Heli Jurisson, as well as talent agents Dragan Greensmith and Sten Hassing Moller.
“Black Nights Stars has served as a springboard for young actors from the region, helping them secure roles in films and TV series and sign with leading talent agents,” said Claudia Landsberger, who has run the programme for the past nine years.
Discovery Campus is part of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event platform, running from November 14-21. Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) runs from November 7-23.
Black Nights Stars is a program launched by the Black Nights Film Festival in 2017. It is designed to help young actors from the Baltic Sea region—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland—gain international visibility and promote themselves inside and outside their home territories. The program facilitates connections with international film professionals and training in practical skills for their future international careers.
The event is inspired by the European Shooting Stars program organised by European Film Promotion since 1998. European Shooting Stars takes place annually at the Berlin International Film Festival and introduces the ten best up-and-coming acting talents from throughout Europe to industry, press, and the public.