Lithuanian filmmaker showcases a songwriter and his band at their most human and creative, In this clear and cohesive documentary - from the Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
An ornithologist is forced into the world of crime, in Lithuania's weird and porous border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mockumentary pokes fun at British privilege when a lonely aristocrat hosts a talent show at her mansion, and grabs her moment in the spotlight - in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
Quirky photographer of hands blows up a storm - black-and-white gem from Turkey is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
An irredeemable man fights to save his own skin in this terrifically dark tale of spectacular failure - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Ex-prisoner seeks to reconnect with a son who doesn't remember him - poetic drama from Georgia is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mokhtaria Badaoui and Nabil Ben Yadir’s Brussels-set meta-theatrical tragicomedy has four Muslim grandmothers restaging Shakespeare - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
A young man parties and stumbles through Paris, in this startling portrayal of modern-day life in Europe – from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Real life and fiction are interwoven in this heartfelt story about two estranged brothers reconnecting at old age - in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Young disabled woman "seizes the day", in this well-intentioned but preachy Norwegian film - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Woman in her 30s struggles with physical image, health and love, in this Latvian film drawing parallels the collapse of the body and of the country - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Teen swimmer finds peculiar way of getting a hormonal boost and fulfilling her career ambitions, in this slow and patient coming-of-age tale from Kazakhstan - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
German man with Down syndrome bonds with Japanese gangster, in this intriguing tale of fraternity - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Romanian o(d)dyssey offers a nostalgic family portrait and a kaleidoscope of distorted memories, in a movie that will have you wanting to watch it again - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Lonely, balloon-bearing artist seeks to inject colour into his life by painting a large mural, in this poetic Mongolian drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Latvian thriller points to heavenly justice, as a guilt-ridden police officer fails to deliver its earthly version - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Estonians wake up filthy rich and imbecilically squander their fortune, in a comedy featuring some of country's finest actors - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Woman and her nymphomaniac childhood friend reconnect and journey into the past, unearthing some very dirty secrets - German gem is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Black comedy about the pains of film writing pulls together genre tropes in order to create the perfectly silly movie - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Spin doctor rescues scandal-hit prime-minister from impeding doom, in this silly and loud comedy from Norway - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
A former kickboxer’s biggest battle is with himself, in this bold and emotional drama from Lithuania - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Supported by the forest ghost of her loving father, Moroccan girl fights for the protection of birds and immigrants - subversive children's movie is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Katsutoshi Furuya’s weightless multi-genre mash-up makes a spirit war and a monster movie of a young modern romance - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
First loves go unrequited and impossible, in this utterly vile "coming-of-age" tale from Estonia - in the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Improvised feature from Britain starring James McAvoy sees different artists coming together in a manor house haunted by a tragic history - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Claustrophobic thriller about a father trying to save his son shreds its audiences nerves with unrelenting suspense - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Experimental feature debut shows an apartment echoing with memories, and its occupant caught in lovesickness and loneliness - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Politics and sexuality clash in a compelling Mexican drama that feels ripped from the headlines - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Media workers go on a awkwardly uncomfortable hunger strike after the Soviet Union attacks a newly independent Lithuania - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
One car ride could change the fate of three people... or not! Visually dazzling drama from Iran is in the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Real life experience informs this hard-hitting story of systemic damage in a Taiwanese children’s home – from the Critics’ Picks section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mad doctor toys with the pains of vulnerable villagers, in this very finely-crafted and surprising body horror from Canada - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Glen Powell is miscast in this turgid adaptation of a Stephen King book - Edgar Wright's un-British new creation is on VoD on Thursday, January 1st [Read More...]
Set in the aftermath of a failed presidential bid, this sharp satirical drama from Mexico transforms political disappointment into grotesque pageantry - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
A very studious burglar films their victims from inside their own home, in this dark and voyeuristic German gem - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Danish soldier struggles with PTSD while trying to reconnect with his family, in this delicate and compassionate drama - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Harald Hutter’s abstract road movie takes two female friends on a trans-European odyssey towards war-torn Ukraine - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Egyptian director of Yomeddine intertwines personal stories with his country's history, in this heartwarming family drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ the 5th Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]
Young man with terminal cancer seeks comfort in VR, while his parents find diagonally opposite ways to reconcile with his looming death - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Gentle social realist drama from Greece packs a punch while offering a glimmer of hope in a world void of compassion - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Traditional Japanese family grapple with grief and guilt, in this long and meditative drama - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Young gay dancer risks losing himself as he cruises the virtual meat market, in this thoughtful drama from Spain - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Taiwanese parents panic after school rejects their small child, in a cleverly assembled story that toys with our curiosity and voyeurism - from the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Two relationship therapists watch their own marriage break into pieces, in this amusing Finno-Estonian co-production - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Teenage daughter quietly breaks down after their parents separate, in this very familiar tale of toxic masculinity told with infectious vigour - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Spiros Stathoulopoulos’ strange, quirky and at times irritant sort-of sex comedy finds in its present (and future) endless echoes of the past - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Ambitious first feature about trauma and femicide cold cases technically pops and stuns - from in the First Feature Competition at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Two officers from different sides of the world take on the Chinese mafia, in this South American thriller based on true events - from the Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
English actress is forced into making a pornographic movie for WW2 soldiers, in this colourful and ambitious riff on war and libido - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Mohamed Ali Nahdi’s heartbreaking drama explores strength in impossible circumstances – from Critics' Picks section of the 29th edition of the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
Middle-aged woman bonds with her house burglar on a very unexpected level, in this warm and tender LGBT+ Galician-language drama - from the Official Competition at the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ REC Tarragona [Read More...]
The final instalment of Romas Zabarauskas's queer trilogy is a multifaceted and inventive crime thriller - from the Baltic Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]
