The Catalan Institute of Cultural Companies (ICEC) and Institut Ramon Llull are promoting this focus, which aims to internationalize Catalan audiovisual talent and companies in the sector. The event is a great opportunity for Catalan filmmakers who seek to broaden their horizons and connect with professionals from the Baltic region and other territories represented at the Tallinn Film Festival.

The focus will offer the festival's international audience a careful selection of works that show the diversity and richness of Catalan cinema, as well as to work for industrial and professional development in the context of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, one of the most important professional platforms for the film industry in Northern Europe.

Thanks to a programme of specific activities, which will include networking sessions, round tables and meetings with professionals in the sector, Catalan production companies will be able to explore new opportunities for co-production, distribution and collaboration in a privileged environment, and will be able to build creative, cultural and business bridges with the Baltic film ecosystem.

In the words of the Festival’s director, Tiina Lokk, "the Catalan Cinema Focus offers a fantastic showcase of Catalonia's remarkable cinematic tradition, highlighting its vibrant storytelling and cultural depth. It is an exciting opportunity to explore the perspectives and emerging artistic voices of Catalonia, and to introduce them to both the local and international audiences of the festival."

This event reaffirms Catalonia's commitment to a dynamic, innovative audiovisual industry connected to the world, and highlights the interest of the Black Nights Film Festival in bringing viewers new cinematographic perspectives that reflect the cultural plurality of Europe.

The importance of the Catalan audiovisual industry

For some years now, Catalan cinema has been leaving an important mark on Europe. Fiction, animation and documentary audiovisual productions play a very important role in festivals around the world, receive international awards and premiere on screens around the world. The recognition of critics and international audiences is unanimous, and the prestige of Catalan professionals is a reflection of a very powerful industry, with undeniable talent and training of enormous quality.

The audiovisual sector is, due to the weight of its industry, a potential as a strategic sector and its capacity for internationalization, one of the axes of the Ministry of Culture for this legislature. It is a priority to promote it as a sector that creates imagination and references, that makes our language, our culture, our landscapes, known... and that boosts the economy.