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29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Main Competition: 20 publications

Our verdict of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

 

Victor Fraga - 22-11-2025

As the latest edition of Northern Europe's most exciting film festival draws to a close, we share the winners, our exclusive coverage of the event's seven competitive strands, and much more [Read More...]

Sisa

Jun Robles Lana
2025

Victor Fraga - 21-11-2025

Filipino women resist American occupation and genocide, in Jun Robles Lana's riff on female power and colonisation - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Moon is a Father of Mine (Mtvare Mamaa Chemi)

George Ovashvili
2025

Victor Fraga - 20-11-2025

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...]

The Frog and the Water (Der Frosch und das Wasser)

Thomas Stuber
2025

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2025

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...]

The Muralist

Sengedorj Janchivdorj
2025

Victor Fraga - 19-11-2025

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...]

No Comment (Ingen Kommentar)

Petter Næss
2025

Victor Fraga - 18-11-2025

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...]

Our dirty questions to Andrés Clariond

 

Nataliia Serebriakova - 18-11-2025

Natalia Serebriakova interviews the Mexican director of Versalles, a sharp satirical drama about a politician and his wife morphing into fantasy monarchs - live from the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mira

Nour-Eddine Lakhmari
2025

Victor Fraga - 18-11-2025

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...]

Duality (Doganeh)

Abbas Nezamdoost
2025

Victor Fraga - 17-11-2025

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...]

Veins (Nervures)

Raymond St-Jean
2025

Victor Fraga - 17-11-2025

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...]

Versalles

Andrés Clariond
2025

Nataliia Serebriakova - 17-11-2025

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...]

The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky
2025

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2025

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...]

LifeLike (Bir Arada Yalnız)

Ali Vatansever
2025

Victor Fraga - 16-11-2025

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...]

The Imaginary Dog and the Lying Cat

Yukihiro Morigaki
2025

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2025

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...]

The Good Daughter (La Buena Hija)

Júlia de Paz Solvas
2025

Victor Fraga - 15-11-2025

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...]

Think of England

Richard Hawkins
2025

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2025

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...]

The Dashed Lines (As Liñas Descontinuas)

Anxos Fazáns
2025

Victor Fraga - 14-11-2025

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...]

18 Holes to Paradise (18 Buracos para o Paraíso)

João Nuno Pinto
2025

Victor Fraga - 13-11-2025

Portuguese family test their values, ambitions and allegiances as they spend one last summer together in their posh villa - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Hungarian Wedding (Magyar Menyegző)

Csaba Káel
2025

Victor Fraga - 13-11-2025

Young Hungarian rocker asks for the hand of Romanian girl in exchange for a very peculiar something, in this music-infused and harmless crowdpleaser - from the Official Competition of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

PÖFF announces Official Competition titles

 

Victor Fraga - 13-10-2025

Northern Europe's most exciting film festival announces its main line-up of 17 worldly movies, with some recognisable names, familiar geographies and a lovely surprise from the United Kingdom [Read More...]