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The Young Arsonists

Sheila Pye
2022

Jeremy Clarke - 19-11-2022

Four teenage girls spend the summer in the abandoned house where one of them used to live with their family - Canadian drama with a genuine vision, albeit unfocused, premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tallinn 2022 Kids Animation Programme – part 3

Marion Jamaults, Sonia Gerbeaud, Guilia Martinell, Jan Gaderman/Sebastian Gadow and Marina Rosset
2022

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2022

The final programme of this year’s kids animation shorts at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival contains a selection of five stirring little films [Read More...]

Tallinn 2022 Kids Animation Programme – part 2

Timon Leder, Piret Sigus/Silja Saarepuu, Brunella De Cola, Jelena Droz and Isabelle Favez
2021-2

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2022

Read Jeremy Clarke's take on the second of three programmes of this year’s impressive kids animation shorts at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tallinn 2022 Kids Animation Programme – part 1

Britt Raes, Isabelle Favez and Marita Mayer
2021-2

Jeremy Clarke - 18-11-2022

The first of three programmes of this year’s kids animation shorts boasts a stronger selection than you might expect – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Exit

Lee Sang-geun
2019

Jeremy Clarke - 26-10-2019

A skilled climber must help his trapped family escape from a skyscraper surrounded by a rising cloud of toxic gas – from the London East Asia Film Festival (LEAFF), on now [Read More...]

Night Hunter

David Raymond
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 05-09-2019

A castrator of paedophiles using a teenage girl as bait helps a detective estranged from his family catch a serial sex killer - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Gloria Bell

Sebastián Lelio
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 04-06-2019

Lelio remakes his Chilean drama about the eponymous 50-something divorcee with Julianne Moore in the title role - in cinemas from Friday, June 7th [Read More...]

1985

Yan Ten
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 17-12-2018

Not just another colourful Christmas movie! Beautifully shot in grainy black and white, family drama explores the Aids epidemic and Christian values in Texas in the 1980s - in cinemas from Thursday, December 20th, and then on VoD on Monday, December 24th [Read More...]

Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku)

Hirokazu Koreeda
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 02-11-2018

Sleight of hand. A family of small time criminals takes a little girl into their care when her parents appear not to want her – Palme d'Or winner is now available on VoD [Read More...]

A Crimson Star (Makka Na Hoshi)

Aya Igashi
2018

Jeremy Clarke - 29-09-2018

Bonding above the clouds. An emotionally damaged teenage girl reconnects with a former nurse now working as a prostitute, and a crimson paraglider becomes a symbol of their smooth yet distant relationship – from the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Mad World (Yat Nim Mou Ming)

Wong Chun
2016

Jeremy Clarke - 20-11-2017

Mental health is no child's play: all the odds seem to be stacked against a father’s struggles to care for his bipolar adult son, in a film that's a sharp comment on Hong Kong's failure to care for its most vulnerable [Read More...]

Metalhead (Málmhaus)

Ragnar Bragason
2013

Jeremy Clarke - 15-11-2017

This is hardcore! Teen compensates for her brother’s untimely death by adopting his heavy metal music albums, clothing and guitar playing, in Icelandic drama – watch it now on VoD [Read More...]