29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: First Feature Competition: 15 publications

Paul Risker - 22-11-2025

Paul Risker looks back at the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; he describes films filled with technical riches and an emphasis on imprisonment and entrapment [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 21-11-2025

Romanian woman reveals her soul through quiet observation, in this challenging yet extremely rewarding film - filthy genius drama is in the First Feature Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Paul Risker - 20-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risksr - 20-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 20-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 20-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 19-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 18-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 17-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 17-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 16-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 16-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 15-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 15-11-2025

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...]

Paul Risker - 16-10-2025

Ahead of the 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, between November 7th and 23rd, Paul Risker takes a glimpse at the 13 titles of the competitive debut strand [Read More...]