Official Selection Competition

• Grand Prix for the Best Film (Grant of 20,000 euros from the city of Tallinn, shared by the Director and Producer)
• Best Director (Grant of 5,000 euros from Alexela)
• Best Cinematography (Grant of 1,000 euros from Cramo)
• Best Script
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Original Score
• Best Production Design

First Feature Competition

• Best Film Award (Grant of 5,000 euros from R-Kiosk, shared by the Director and Producer)
• Best Director
• Two Special Jury Prizes

Rebels with a Cause Competition

• Best Film Award (shared by the Director and Producer)
• Best Director
• Best Rebel Short

Critics' Picks Competition

• Best Film Award (shared by the Director and Producer)
• Best Director

Doc@PÖFF International Competition

• Best Film (for the Director)
• Best Cinematography
• Jury Special Prize

Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition

• Best Baltic Documentary Film (for the Director)
• Jury Special Prize

Baltic Film Competition

• Best Baltic Feature Film (Grant of 5,000 euros from Piletilevi, shared by the Director and Producer)
• Best Director
• Best Baltic Producer for Co-production (shared by the Director and Producer)

Additional Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Audience Award (Grant of 5,000 euros from the City of Tallinn, the award for Director)* The award can be presented to either a film from the main festival or the Just Film festival programme
• International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award
• Bruno O'Ya Stipend for Internationally Acknowledged Estonian Talent (with a scholarship of 1,000 euros)

Just Film

• Just Film Grand Prix, International Youth Competition (Grant of 3,000 euros, shared by the director and producer)
• Just Film Youth Jury Best Film Award (for the director)
• Just Film Children’s Jury Best Film Award (for the director)
• Just Film Juniors’ Jury Best Film Award (for the director)
• ECFA Award for the Best European Children’s Film (for the director)
• Just Film #youngfilmmaker's Jury Best Film Award (for the director)
• Up to two (2) Special Mentions per Competitive Programme

PÖFF Shorts

International Live-Action Competition

• Jury prize for Best Film
• Jury prize for Best Student Film (New Talents)

International Animation Competition

• Jury prize for Best Film
• Jury prize for Best Student Film (New Talents)
• Jury prize for Best Children's Film

National Competition

• Jury prize for Best Film

Juries will also decide upon one European film in eligible competitions with a candidacy in the short film category of the European Film Awards.
European according to the rules of the European Film Academy, meaning both EU and non-EU and shall include Israeli and Palestinian.