Tartu Love Film Festival Tartuff, organized by the Black Nights Film Festival, takes place in Tartu Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats) where the guests can enjoy films on the big screen set up specifically for the occasion. In addition, documentaries are shown in Tartu Elektriteater.
Love — and all its variations — is at the heart of the festival. But don't expect anything saccharine: Eros is pursued down darker alleys and more winding roads too. The program strikes a balance between new releases and older films, with a nod to the classics as well.
Viewers are invited to react to their favourite films online; the film with the most reactions becomes the recipient of the Audience Award.
23 screenings
11 000 visits
Audience Award: "Moulin Rouge" by Baz Luhrmann (USA, Australia, 2001)
18 screenings
12 000 visits
Audience Award: "Sunshine" by Antoinette Jadaone (Philippines, 2024)
18 screenings
9000 visits
Audience Award: "Chainsaws Were Singing" by Sander Maran (Estonia, 2024)
20 screenings
9000 visits
Audience Award: "The Sales Girl" by Janchivdorj Sengedorji (Mongolia, 2022)
22 screenings
14 100 visits
Audience Award: "Secret Name" by Aurélia Georgesi (France, 2021)
17 screenings
8000 visits
Audience Award: "Diana’s Wedding” by Charlotte Blom (Norway, 2020)
17 screenings
7500 visits
Audience Award: "The Goddess of Fortune" by Ferzan Özpetek (Italy, 2019)
11 screenings
15 000 visits
Audience Award: "The Journey - A Story of Love" by Fanny Bräuning (Switzerland, 2018)
16 screenings
19 300 visits
Audience Award: "Unga Astrid" by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Sweden, Denmark, 2018)
18 screenings
17 000 visits
Audience Award: “Tanna” by Bentley Dean, Martin Butler (Australia, Vanuatu, 2015)
19 screenings
18 000 visits
Audience Award: “Sing Street” by John Carney (Ireland, UK, USA, 2015)
16 screenings
19 500 visits
Audience Award “X+Y” by Morgan Matthews (UK, 2014)
15 screenings
25 000 visits
Audience Award: “Correction class” by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy (Russia, 2014)
19 screenings
22 000 visits
Audience Award: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky (USA, 2012)
26 screenings
17 930 visits
Audience Award: “Café de Flore” by Jean-Marc Vallée (France, Canada, 2011)
27 screenings
21 337 visits
6 days full of workshops, concerts and movies. 11 000 cups of free coffee to the festival visitors.
Audience Award: “Waste Land” by Lucy Walker (Brazil, England 2010)
22 screenings
30 428 visits
6 days full of workshops, concerts and movies. 12 000 cups of free coffee to the festival visitors.
Audience Award: “Paradise” by Jerzy Sladkowski (Sweden, Finland 2007)
24 screenings
17 100 visits
6 days full of workshops, concerts and movies. 5500 cups of free coffee to the festival visitors.
Audience Award: “Glasses” by Naoko Ogigami (Japan, 2007)
24 screenings
16 163 visits
Audience Award: “Taarka” by Ain Mäeots
24 screenings
10 000 visits
2 days conference ”Tolerance of Religion”
Audience Award: “Harold and Maude” by Hal Ashby (USA 1971)
24 screenings + Kieslowski “Decalogue”
10 000 visits
1 day conference “Tolerance of Culture”
Audience Award: “Volver” by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain 2006)