Trains
Sifting through an archive of past images, Maciej J. Drygas pieces together a work bolstered by scenes of locomotives in action - from the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival [Read More...]

Anna LOL
Latvian teen on the path to self-destruction seeks help from shamans, healers and fortune-tellers, before turning to men with highly questionable intentions - from the Baltic Competition of Tallinn Black Nighs Film festival  [Read More...]

Contact Lens
Contact lenses become a proxy for both liberation and imprisonment, in this Chinese tribute to Chantal Akerman's most famous film - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

With My Open Lungs
A war survivor and a cancer patient battle their demons together, as they gradually open their lungs and their hearts to the outside world - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Buzzheart
Dennis Iliadis's latest creation, a film about behaviourism and human testing, is a solid addition to the Greek Weird Wave - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Loop
Korean student becomes prime suspect in the murder of his Filipino classmate, in this elliptical allegory of school bullying - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Occhio
The road towards eye damage recovery is a protracted and painful one, eye-opening documentary finds out - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Being John Smith
Possessing the most common name in the Anglophone world isn't quite an advantage, British artist finds out - from the PÖFF Shorts section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life & Love
Romantic drama set during the Great Depression navigates the psychology of desire, power dynamics, and the pains of love - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Okamoto
Failing to kill his darlings, Soujiro Sanada spins his gonzo and surreal Japanese film into a protracted mess - from the Rebels with a Cause Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nobody Likes Me (Nikdo Mne Nemá Rád)
Military woman develops full-blown physical relationship with an outsider, in a deeply provocative European drama with a touch of Nicolas Roeg - from the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

My Partners
Estonian director asks in her contrived documentary whether polyamorous relationships are entirely voluntary - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival  [Read More...]

Alien 2 or The Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters (Tulnukas 2 Ehk Valdise Tagasitulek 17 Osas)
Gross, crude and irreverent sci-fi comedy drags us back to the 2000s, while men and women treat each other like s*** - from Tiff Romania [Read More...]

Ice Aged
In this charming exploration of age and sport, six skaters take to the ring in order to prove that passion triumphs over ageism - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF Competition at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Boy with the Pink Pants (Il Ragazzo dai Pantaloni Rosa)
Nerdish teen endures horrific bullying due to his perceived homosexuality, in this tragic real-life story from Italy - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump (Smaragda – Mul On Paks Nahk Ja Ma Ei Oska Hüpata)
Cypriot drama follows the trials and tribulations of a vulnerable and yet quietly fierce middle-aged, single and childless woman - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pyre
Old Himalayan couple long for their son to return before they depart this life, in this extraordinarily beautiful and heartbreaking ode to hope - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Freight
Adolescents board a ship, traipsing on a long and demanding external journey, as well as a vital trip of self-discovery - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mongrels
Korean immigrants in Canada seek to exterminate "big bad rodents", in a very twisted and sick pursuit of power - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Shadow (Vari)
Estonian poet Juhan Liiv becomes a proxy for Baltic nationalism, in this very conventional historical drama - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tesa Man
Highly audacious, experimental and "silent" film captures post-metal band from Latvia performing in the middle of nowhere - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Can’t Have Sex (No Puedo Tener Sexo)
Argentinian woman seeks emotional healing by making a documentary about her sexless life - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Seed of the Desert
Exquisitely painted and finely acted Colombian petrol gangster drama is a real delight to watch - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Body (Il Corpo)
The body of a rich industrialist’s wife vanishes from the morgue after her death – filthy genius giallo premieres in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Fishgirl (Alucina)
Enter the surreal world of a young Ecuadorian woman beset by bizarre visions of a giant fish following her down the streets - recipient of a Special Mention in the Critics’ Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Streets of Glória (Ruas da Glória)
Brazllian man mourning his grandmother embarks on a wild relationship with an escort - dirty gem premieres in the Critics' Picks Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Touched by Eternity
Latvian vampires up the ante by combining immortality and livelihood, in Mārcis Lācis's blood-sucking comedy - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Yellow
Oliver Hirschbiegel and Albert Oehlen’s experimental broad-strokes biopic paints Vincent van Gogh as an artist caught between his own and our times - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The End (Beigas)
Māris Maskalāns’s documentary shows, through five people working close to death, the meaning of mortality - reflective Latvian film is in the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The House With No Address (Adresi Olmayan Ev)
Justice system punishes criminals by erasing their existence, in Turkish director's dystopian and Kafka-esque debut - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Deaf Lovers
Deaf Ukrainian woman and Russian man start a fiery relationship in Istanbul, in this well-meaning, audacious and vaguely cumbersome anti-war statement - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pink Lady
Orthodox Jewish community brutally suppresses both male and female desire, in this deeply humanistic and superbly constructed LGBT+ film from Israel - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Torn
Estonian tower builder uses his immediate surroundings in order to overcome a very personal tragedy, in this slow and holistic creation - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Never Alone (Ei Koskaan Yksin)
Finnish hero fights in order to stop authorities from handing Jews over to Nazis, in this very familiar battle of good versus evil - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Lioness (Emalõvi)
Estonian filmmaker explores the fragile relationship between a mother and her rebellious daughter, with some shocking truths bubbling just beneath the surface - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ciao Bambino
Stylish and energetic crime story from Italy has a gluttonous appetite to combine drama, philosophy and art - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Reading Lolita in Tehran
Literature professor and her students confront the Islamic regime, just as it first seeks to normalise female oppression - real-life drama is in the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Everything That Will Happen has Happened Already
Anthology divided into three short films filmed during the pandemic offers a world view as seen through the lens of globalisation, capitalism, and migration - from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Sip of Hell (Un Trago de Infierno)
Pilar Boyle and Mariano Asseff’s psychodrama sees an actress finding her part and losing herself - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Girl America (Amerikánka)
Czechoslovakian girl fantasises about [Read More...]

Out of Control
Adultery morphs into something far more sinister, in this simple and very effective French drama - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

100 Litres of Gold
Sisters are ruining it for themselves, in Teemu Nikki’s tragicomic allegory of a nation unable to recognise or shake its own alcoholic tendencies - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Black Gold (Ouro Negro)
Directed with attention to detail, Takashi Sugimoto allows his native Japanese stylings guide this beautiful depiction of rural India - from the brand new Doc@PÖFF section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Rebel with a Bow Tie (Kikilipsuga Mässaja)
Jaan Tootsen’s insider documentary offers an intimate, often very funny look at a very unconventional world leader - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Carnival is Over (Os Enforcados)
Brazilian blend of psychosexual thriller, gangster caper, horror and Neo-noir reveals a little-known facet of Rio de Janeiro - from the Best of Festivals section of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Empire of the Rabbits
Children and rabbits bond in complicity as they evade their tormentors, in this poetic drama from Turkey - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Yard of Jackals (Patio de Chacales)
The Chilean junta is seen through the prism of horror, in a movie that explores the limitations of cinema - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Full Support
In this mostly clean documentary, Israeli women reveal their breasts and their truths to an unsuspecting viewership - from the Doc@PÖFF Competition at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Was Born In A Garage (Ma Sündisin Garaažis)
Arko Okk’s experimental 3D documentary offers a tour of Tallinn with one of its leading architects as guide - from the Baltic Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Filn Festival [Read More...]

The Exalted
Corruption allegations rock the relationship of a powerful Latvian businessman and his German organist wife, in this cringe drama about religion, tradition and cultural divides - from the Official Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]