Matsalu Nature Film Festival (Estonian : Matsalu loodusfilmide festival, abbreviated MAFF) is an Estonian film festival which is focused on nature films. [1]
MAFF predecessors were Nature Film Days, which took place 1983-1989 in Tallinn, and was led by Rein Maran. [1]
First MAFF took place in 2003. The first MAFF lasted 3 days and 23 films from 7 countries were shown. [1]
In 2019, over 1,000 films from 80 countries were shown. [1]
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