BFM Documentary Film

07/10/2026

On a sunny autumn day, we met with animation master’s students from the Eesti Kunstiakadeemia / Estonian Academy of Arts to explore Nõmme, a district of Tallinn: visiting the local museum and the Tallinn Observatory, and following in the footsteps of the founder of Nõmme, the slightly eccentric artist and inventor Nikolai von Glehn. 🍁

05/10/2026

🥁 We have great news! Films by students who graduated from our master’s programme this spring are screening at several festivals. ALIEN RIDER by Jacopo Domenichini and THE BORSCHT by Yuqing Jiang will soon screen at the Pärnu Film Festival, while MIDNIGHT NOSTALGIA by Mark Kristjan Laanet will have its world premiere at the Riga International Film Festival.

BFM Baltic Film, Media and Arts School
Pärnu Filmifestival | Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival
RIGA IFF / Riga International Film Festival

28/06/2026

📣 Ja ongi käes viimane hetk, et kandideerida dokumentaalfilmi magistriprogrammi! Tule ja saa osa inspireerivast teekonnast, kus juhendajateks on tuntud dokumentaalfilmi tegijad Produtsent Vesilind, Marianna Kaat, Heilika Pikkov, Madli Lääne-Metsalu, Jarmo Valkola, Liis Nimik, Kullar Viimne, Carlos Lesmes jt.

KANDIDEERIMISE TÄHTAEG 29.06 👉 https://www.tlu.ee/bfm/dokumentaalfilm

🎥 1-minuti filmi "Eeltakt" autorid on meie programmi vilistlased Hõbe Ilus ja Mihkel Oksmann.

BFM Baltic Film, Media and Arts School

Hetkes enne algust.

25/06/2026

Every ending marks the beginning of something new! This year, five courageous students graduated from the Master's programme in Documentary Filmmaking. We wish you wind beneath your wings - Yuqing, Jacopo, Luca, Mark and Kullar! ✨

BFM Baltic Film, Media and Arts School

25/05/2026

Mihkel Oksmann õppis Tallinna Ülikooli Balti filmi, meedia ja kunstide instituudi dokumentaalfilmi magistrantuuris 2016-2018. Pärast kooli lõpetamist kandide...

23/05/2026

Things are getting more and more exciting! Four documentary films made by our documentary master’s students have been nominated for the Best of BFM award. Come and watch these amazing films on the big screen! 🤩

20/05/2026

Come watch the short documentary films that the students of this spring’s graduating class have made over the past two years! ✨

13/05/2026

10. mail toimus Millennium Docs Against Gravity auhinnagala, kus kõige edukamaks osutus Akseli Leppäneni lõputööna valmiv film “Bell Boy”.

29/04/2026

Good news keeps coming! Our student Akseli Leppänen's graduation film has been selected as one of the seven Short Pitch Program 2026 projects! 👏

Short Pitch Program 2026 is just around the corner! 👀 On May 10, as part of Millennium Docs Against Gravity in Warsaw, 7 selected short documentary projects will be presented to audiences and industry professionals:

➡︎ Event horizon (dir. Jakub Gomółka)
➡︎ Kyiv under my wheels (dir. Marina Baibarza)
➡︎ Lefek (dir. Tomasz Misiukiewicz)
➡︎ Naples, Florida (dir. Modesta Žemgulytė)
➡︎ Bell Boy (dir. Akseli Leppänen)
➡︎ Victory Day (dir. Wojciech Węglarz)
➡︎ Last crime we don't remember (dir. Barbora Venclová & Mariana Kozáková)

Participants will take part in the pitching session, the panel discussion Against Despair. Short Documentaries as Acts of Resistance, Pole Position pitching of completed Polish films, and one-on-one meetings with invited decision-makers.

At the closing award ceremony, four prizes will be presented (East Doc Award, Documentary Association of Europe Award, Polish Filmmakers Association Award and the Rising Doc Producer Award). Good luck to all teams! 🏆

The event is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with Millennium Docs Against Gravity, in partnership with the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE), Krajowa Izba Producentów Audiowizualnych, and the Polish Filmmakers Association.

📌 More info: https://dokweb.net/articles/detail/1943/

📷 Marcin Oliva Soto

27/04/2026

We would like to warmly congratulate director Kullar Viimne on winning the Best Documentary Film award at the Estonian Film and Television Awards! In addition to his active creative work, he is also completing our master's program at BFM this spring.

📸 Erlend Štaub