Laurence Boyce was born in Leeds, UK and began his career in 1999 at the Leeds International Film Festival. He relocated to Tallinn, Estonia in 2010 and works for the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and is the head of Programme (Live Action) for PÖFF Shorts, the short film section of the festival. Tallinn Black Nights is a FIAPF accredited A-LIst film festival and the short section is an Academy Award, EFA, BAFTA and Goya qualifying event. He is also an award winning film journalist who writes for numerous publications amongst them Screen International, Talking Shorts, Sight and Sound and Cineuropa. He is a member of FIPRESCI, the London Critics Circle, the European Film Academy and BAFTA. He is currently the chair of the board of the Short Film Conference, a network of short film organisations from across the globe.