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Nafta Films

Established in 2001 we have created a new production hub in North-East Europe - combining Eastern-European cost effectiveness and flexibility with Northern looks and quality. Our client and partner network spans the globe and weā€™re into both servicing and producing our own, be it commercials, features or TV-series.

Locations in Estonia

The capital of Estonia is Tallinn. ItĀ“s Old Town architecture is mainly gothic, baroque, rococo and classicism. The oldest buildings date back to 12th century and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Estonia has a long, indented and diverse marine coastline of 3,794 km including white sand beaches and stony shores. Glaciar erratics (i.e. giant travelling boulders) some as big as a house are quite common to otherwise flat northern coast.

Estonia has overĀ 1200Ā lakes and more thanĀ 2200Ā islands.

Locations: Beach, road, backlot, old town, modern Nordic architecture, Soviet architecture, forest, marsh, fields, parks, village, sea, islands, airport, port, train, military, ferry, boats, marinas, apartments, lofts, offices, mansions, forts, medieval, abandoned, etc.

Why come to Estonia

  • 2 international airports (Tallinn, Tartu)

  • Estonia is member of EU and NATO and belongs to the Schengen Area

  • climate is transitional, between maritime and continental, cold winters with snow and warm summers with up to 18,5 hours of daylight in June and July

  • Estonia has 27 ports and harbours

  • low talent buyouts and rates, easy permits for road blocking, drones, etc.

  • all sorts of gear available

  • very talented art department and other crew with experience of working on large projects

  • all crew speaks fluent English. Most talents speak fluent English

  • diverse cast possible

  • modern architecture

Previous Clients

Production Houses: Anorak, Film Deluxe, 27km, MPG Media,Ā  Babelsberg, Peoplegrapher, Tool of NA, MJZ, Furlined, MrMrFilms, Partizan, Prettybird, The Corner Shop, VCCP, Blink, Stink ...

Director: Niklas Weise, Bernd Faass,Ā Bastian Glaessner, Rudi Schwab, Henry Hobson, Bill Aldrich, Jamie Lane, James Rouse

Sustainability

We have developed our own extensive sustainability protocols - limiting single-use materials, using electric transport whenever possible, recycling and upcycling on set.

Rewards

  • Conference (feature film) - Shortlist at Giornati degli Autori at Venice Film Festival, and many other awards
  • The Secret Society of Souptown - Best Film (Audience Award) at Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, Best Children's Film at Zurich Film Festival, Special Award at Ale Kino!
  • International Young Audience Film Festival, Bronze Horse at Stockholm Film Festival Junior

Incentives

Please find more information here.