The 22nd Black Nights Film Festival was a blast! Here’s an overview how it all went down in numbers:
Number of attendances: 80 049
Number of guests: 1161 (from 69 countries)
Official feature-length submissions: 2400
Films screened at the festival: 268 (includes children’s and youth film festival Just Film) features, 231 shorts and animations (PÖFF Shorts) from 80 countries
Number of documentaries screened: 31
Number of screenings: 858
Number of world/international premieres: 23/30
Global potential media and social media auditorium (as detected by Meltwater): 1.5 billion people (includes 97 million auditorium of IndustryTallinn & Baltic Event)
Number of media articles: 2600
Number of countries with articles: 78
Number of journalists attending: 145 from 22 countries
Number of unique visitors reached in Facebook: 182 000
Number of people reached in Facebook: 1.2 million
Visitors of homepage: 116 680 users from 157 countries
Number of homepage visits: 2 million