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Tag: 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: First Feature Competition

First time around, in more ways than one

 

Paul Risker - 25-11-2024

Paul Risker, who attended PÖFF for the first time, looks back on an impressive First Feature Competition lineup filled with riches from the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Sun Never Again (Sunce Nikad Više)

David Jovanović
2024

Paul Risker - 23-11-2024

Art, narrative and politics are threaded together in this deeply humanistic and captivating Serbian film - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Lotus

Signe Birkova
2024

Paul Risker - 23-11-2024

Full-blooded arthouse film about cinema and propaganda revels in the contradictions of what a movie can be - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Weeping Walk (Waarom Wettelen)

Dimitri Verhulst
2024

Paul Risker - 23-11-2024

A funeral procession takes an unplanned walk across the countryside, in a sensitive and reflective drama evoking the literary form - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Corina

Urzula Barba Hopfner
2024

Paul Riskeer - 23-11-2024

Mexican woman breaks away from her tight bubble, in this charming and energetic tale of empathy and compassion - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Two of Me (Mind on Kaks)

Raul Esko and Romet Esko
2024

Paul Risker - 22-11-2024

Filmmaking twins from Estonia dare to dream big and to turn their aspirations into reality, in this piece of meta-cinema - from the First Feature Competition of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

No Dogs Allowed (Koertele Keelatud)

Steve Bache
2024

Paul Risker - 22-11-2024

Teen establishes a genuine friendship with a much older paedophile, in this tough German film about judgment errors and self-made prisons - from the First Feature 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)

Emilios Avraam
2024

Paul Risker - 19-11-2024

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...]

Mongrels

Jerome Yoo
2024

Paul Risker - 18-11-2024

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 young, the bold and the beautiful

 

Redmond Bacon - 18-11-2024

On the ground at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Redmond Bacon looks at the picture of state funding for Europe's young and emerging talent, and reveals the best springboards for their gorgeous and audacious creations [Read More...]

The House With No Address (Adresi Olmayan Ev)

Hatice Aşkın
2024

Paul Risker - 17-11-2024

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...]

Ciao Bambino

Edgardo Pistone
2024

Paul Risker - 16-11-2024

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...]

A Yard of Jackals (Patio de Chacales)

Diego Figueroa
2024

Paul Risker - 15-11-2024

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...]

Witness the beginnings: Tallinn announces First Feature Competition titles

 

Paul Risker - 17-10-2024

Ahead of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Paul Risker takes a glimpse at the always exciting First Feature Competition of Northern Europe's favourite cinema bonanza - just as he prepares to attend the very familiar event in person for the first time [Read More...]