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 shared by the Director and Producer)
• Two Special Jury Prizes

Rebels with a Cause Competition

• The Award for Best Film (award for Director and Producer)
• The Award for Best Director
• Award for Best Rebel with a Cause Short Film

Critics' Picks Competition

• The Award for Best Film (award for Director and Producer)
• The Award for Best Director

Baltic Film Competition

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

Doc@PÖFF Competition

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

Additional Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Audience Award (Grant of 3,000 Euros, the award for the Director)* Award can be presented for either film from the main Festival and/or 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)
• Dennis Davidson Spotlight Award
• NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) Jury Award

Just Film

• Just Film Grand Prix, International Youth Competition (Grant of 3,000 Euros)
• Just Film Youth Jury Best Film Award
• Just Film Children’s Jury Best Film Award
• Just Film Juniors’ Jury Best Film Award
• ECFA Award for the Best European Children’s Film
• Just Film #youngfilmmaker's Jury Best Film Award
• 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.