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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]