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The Limits of Consent (Läheduse Raamid)
Psychosexual thriller about a high-tech wing woman helping randy lonely men to seduce and to f**k women offers viewers nine different endings - from REC Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Daaaaaali!
Played by five actors, a very unpleasant Salvador Dali repeatedly stalls a journalist's attempts to interview him - Quentin Dupieux's filthy genius nee comedy in in the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Twittering Soul 3D (Čiulbanti Siela 3D)
Snakes, spells, growing rocks and a flying corpse come together in this esoteric blend of fantasy drama and visual arts experiment from Lithuania - from the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

Amal
Spectacular Belgian drama exposes the ugly face and the devastating consequences of religious radicalisation in schools - live from Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Observing (Opazovanje)
A paramedic must deal with the aftermath of a man being kicked unconscious, while the incident is streamed live on social media - deeply harrowing drama is in the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Everything Will Be Alright (Viss Būs Labi!)
Observational documentary from Latvia discovers its heart in a son’s empathy for his mother - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Relic (Viimane Reliikvia)
Insightful and compelling documentary about Russia’s future interrogates the politics far beyond her borders - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Land Where Winds Stood Still (Zhel Toqtaghan Zher)
A Kazakh mother made homeless by Soviet policy must protect her two sons in the harsh environment of the steppes – from the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Skunk
A teenager from a broken home has to confront their demons, in this compelling adaptation of a Geert Taghon novel - from the International Youth Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Old Man and the Land
As he works on the land, an ageing farmer hears his two adult children talk on the phone about the future of the family farm - wondrous British drama premieres in the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

All, Or Nothing at All
In this bold Chinese commentary on mass consumerism, audiences are forced to ask difficult questions about their lives - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

I Trust You (En Vos Confio)
Argentinean director recounts the mysterious disappearance and the murder of a woman that shook his native Argentina, in a real-life crime drama that subverts audience's expectations - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Stairway to Heaven (Taevatrepp)
Time travel is possible! This peculiar Estonian film demonstrates that we can communicate with ourselves in two disparate timelines - from the the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Taurins Senior
Bickering father and son must contend with one another inside a crammed little flat, in this Latvian drama - live from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ten Months
An Israeli woman refuses to terminate her false pregnancy, despite her knowledge that the gestation is entirely psychological - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

White Flag
Lesbian couple contends with dark forces in order to forge a living in the remote Mongolian steppe - poignant queer survival drama is in the Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Good Savage
Two American artists seek solace and inspiration in neighbouring Mexico, in this quirky comedy mocking the obsessions of liberals (and with Wes Anderson's trademarks all over) - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mrs.
After getting married, a woman is expected to work cheerfully from dawn to dusk waiting on the menfolk of the house hand and foot - live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Fez Summer '55
An 11-year-old boy navigates the rooftops of a Moroccan city while insurgents plot the overthrow of French colonialists - dirty gem premieres in the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Giant's Kettle (Hiidenkirnu)
A man and a woman go on about their daily lives in a series of static shots, in a superlative achievement of modern-day silent cinema - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Teresa
Loose biopic of Spanish saint Teresa of Avila is dogged by a contrived script and cliches, and misses the opportunity to provide real insight into the life of a subversive reformer - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Eastern Front (Idarinne)
Mostly handheld, guerrilla-style documentary takes audiences to the heart of the Ukraine War; the outcome is haunting - live from the Rebels With A Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tentigo
In this batty Sri Lankan film, a family have to deal with daddy's dead body and... ermmm... his throbbing boner - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Quiet Maid (Calladita)
Playfully quiet critique of class and prejudicial power dynamics becomes an interpersonal war story, in this entertaining film from Spain - live from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Cat Call (Cicaverzum)
Fáni has never been lucky in love, but she's finally found a doting (and meowing) partner who she can introduce to her mother - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Winter Howl (Aullido De Invierno)
Pinochet's German "school" from hell (where children were routinely tortured and murdered) makes for a disturbing and fascinating watch - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ben-Joe
A bulimic university student gets admitted to a creepy dietary institution, where her life descends into unfathomable horror - completely bonkers Japanese film is in the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festivalwacky [Read More...]

Endless Summer Syndrome (Le Syndrome de l’Eté Sans Fin)
A young lawyer living the perfect life receives a phone call that throws her existence into disarray - accomplished, taboo-busting French drama premieres at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Supermarket
Experimental Montenegrin comedy about man living in supermarket is packed with offbeat and absurdist tone - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life and Death of a Christmas Tree
Jack-of-all-trades documentary investigates the strange life cycle of the gigantic fir trees of Georgia - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Fisherman's Daughter (La Estrategia del Mero)
A trans woman returns to the Caribbean island from which she escaped, in a compassionate movie about acceptance - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Once Again (For The Very First Time)
Masterful hip-hop fantasy meditates on love through enchanting dance moves and fiery slam poetry - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Your Mother's Son (Anak Ka Ng Ina Mo)
An intense cocktail of polyamorous and incestuous relationships erupts into jealousy, betrayal and violence, in this sexually explicit allegory of nepotism in Filipino politics - from the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Body Odyssey
Bodybuilder Mona takes extreme measures In order to become Miss Universe, egged on by her manager as well as her sexual fantasies about a handsome teen - live from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Invisible Windows
A peace-loving "madman" communicates with the dead in a mortuary, in this exuberant Indian drama with a touch of Weerasetakul's magical realism - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

King Khat
An Israeli entrepeurneur stumbles onto something big when he creates a product that's almost as colourful as the film it's in - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Light Falls
A Greek island, a lesbian couple from LA, migrant Albanian workers, a racist cop, and an abandoned brutalist hotel... just what could possibly go wrong??? Live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Slow (Tu Man Nieko Neprimeni)
Dirty gem from Lithuania reveals that asexuality does not preclude tenderness and intimacy - from REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

The Magnet Man (De Magneet Man)
Belgian fantasy drama about a literal magnetic man is doused in charm and nostalgia, while also paying an ode to the wacky performance acts of yore - from the Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Ice that Still Supports Us
Experimental, philosophical and ironic documentary from Estonia takes viewers on a chaotic journey along an elusive ice road - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Peasants
In this impressive and colourful adaptation of a Nobel Prize winning book, a Polish woman must face the consequences of her decisions - on various VoD platforms on Monday, March 25th [Read More...]

I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me (No Voy a Pedirle a Nadia que me Crea)
Dark and stylised Spanish-Mexican thriller about a young man captured by the mafia paints Barcelona as a city you never saw before - from the Rebels with a Cause section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nobody Leaves Alive (Ninguém Sai Vivo Daqui)
A woman's hold on reality begins to disintegrate after she is is incarcerated in Brazil’s notorious Colonia psychiatric hospital because she is pregnant outside of marriage - live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

THE END (Artificial Fragments of Humankind)
This series of fragmented stories that resembles an indecipherable dream logic, risks abandoning experimentation for indulgence - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dilli Dark
A black man from a former British colony experiences prejudice in a film that tips its hat at Indian mythology - from the the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Consent (Consentement)
Extraordinary French drama based on a real-life story questions the limits of consent, freedom of expression and transgression without lapsing into sexphobic cliches - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Milky Way (Halav)
A cash-strapped mother gets a job in a factory breast-pumping human milk for rich clients - from the Critics' Picks Section of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania (Penkios su Puse Meilės Istorijos, Nutikusios Viename Vilniaus Bute
Five sad, tragic and humorous stories take place inside the vibrating walls and falling plaster of an AirbnB flat (with a Shakesperean twist) - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Inpaintings
A precocious Turkish woman gets a new lease of life when she's asked to restore an old painting - live from First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Natasha's Dance (De Dans van Natasja)
Two misfits (a Dutch man and a Russian woman) embark on a journey of self-discovery, in this quirky art film about complicity and friendship - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Bad Actor (Un Actor Malo)
A handsome, prosperous actor has to answer for his inappropriate actions in this strong but uneven drama - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pelikan Blue
Three friends wanting to travel from Communist Hungary to the West stumble onto a lucrative scam of forging rail tickets - innovative animation doc premiered in the Critics’ Picks Competition at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Writer (Kirjanik)
Former lovers reunite in an engaging, conversational film set inside an apartment, which deftly blends cinema and theatre devices - queer drama from Lithuania premieres at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Familiar
Obstinate Romanian filmmaker wishes to make a movie about his ethnically German parents, jeopardising his most precious relationships - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mr and Mrs Stodola
The real-life story of a Czech couple that went on a shocking, unrepentant killing spree becomes a tight and tense thriller - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Her Body (Její Telo)
Olympic diving champion Andrea Absolonová, forced by injury to abandon that career, reinvents herself as a porn actress - from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Forever Hold Your Peace (Živi i Zdravi)
Marriage from hell takes place in Montenegro as bride suddenly confesses that she wishes to "kill" the broom, in this explosive little comedy - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Everything, Everywhere
A woman meets, loses then searches for a film director who makes movies by constantly travelling, finding new places and meeting new people - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

October Metafiction (Haneulyeondal Seumunal)
Warm and tender South Korean movie sets out to challenge the norms of conventional storytelling - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Brazen (Bezkaunīgie)
Aik Karapetian’s latest psychodrama lets a family role-play their problems in an insect-infested old house in the woods, in a movie with flavours of Lars von Trier - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mars Express
In the 23rd Century, a private investigator and her resurrected robot assistant go to Mars in order to investigate the murder of a cybernetics student – bravura sci-fi animation shows at the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

Lessons of Tolerance (Uroky Tolerantnosti)
LGBT+ awareness training course gives homophobia its comeuppance in this filthy genius comedy from Ukraine - live from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kalman's Day
(Kálmán-nap)

In Kálmán and his wife’s house, another couple gather to celebrate his birthday in what turns out to be a devastating drama about relationships falling apart and coming to an end - from the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The G
Rugged granny gets kidnapped and tortured by sadistic pension fraudsters, in this all-American, Coen-ish revenge thriller - from the Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Moon is Upside Down
New Zealand indie tries to unite the despair of three very different women into in one compelling and tidy story, but does not reach its full potential - live at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Waves, The Sand, and Two Lovers in the Middle Of…
Two Korean girls spend their night on the beach, in this non-narrative, meditative and inquisitive experimentation with cinematic minimalism - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Book of Solutions (Le Livre des Solutions)
This greasy movie about a director whose life is a mess marks Michel Gondry's expressive and quirky return to feature filmmaking - from REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Misericordia
Italian prostitutes raise a mentally handicapped man as if he was their baby, in this raw and tender tale of motherly affection in the most unlikely of places - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Falling Into Place
A German lady and a Scottish man live out their memories on the streets of London, in this highly accomplished German film - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Spit in my Face (Sülita Mulle Näkku)
A real-life Statler and Waldorf siphoned through tea, vodka, smoking and rye bread charm and horrify viewers in equal measures - filthy documentary premieres in the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life's a Bitch (Chiennes de Ville)
Absurd Belgian comedy builds its own mini universe full of twisted charm, reminding viewers that life’s a bitch (whether you’re walking on two legs or four) - from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Andrea's Love (El Amor de Andrea)
Fifteen-year-old Spanish girl seeks paternal affection, in this quietly moving tale of family secrets and abandonment - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Ghosts Cult And Big Brother: Mad On The Final Black Night
Korean film uses explicit sex and exuberant visuals as peculiar gauge if war, without prescribing to Western storytelling - live from the Rebels With a Cause Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

My Freedom (Mana Brīvība)
A historical drama concerning a Polish-born journalist, politician and prominent voice in the Latvian independence movement of the late 1980s is in the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Great Sertão (Grande Sertão)
The relationship between a man and his friend constantly shifts against the backdrop of street gang and army wars - filthy genius Brazilian drama premieres at the Critics' Picks Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Man from Rome (De Man uit Rome)
Italian priest investigates a crying Virgin Mary statue in the Netherlands, in the familiar and yet inconclusive battle between faith and science - from the Official Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dark Paradise (Tume Paradiis)
Beneath the provocation of sex, drink, drugs and violence lies a tender of self-loss - live from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Test
Batshit crazy characters make up for the imperfections in Ramūnas Cicėnas's black comedy - from the Baltic Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Unmoored
Can a seemingly happy and loving marriage survive after the husband has been accused of sexual assault? British indie raises uncomfortable questions at the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Mo Mamma
Impressive Estonian feature starts out as a Beckettian horror before turning into something endearing and heartfelt - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Oxygen Station (Kysneva Stantsiia)
The little-known history of Crimean Tatars is the backbone of this disjoined tale of romance and political dissent - from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Patient#1
Creepy allegory of Soviet authoritarianism and political delusion is aesthetically and narratively compelling - live from the Official Selection of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Vera and the Pleasure of Others (Vera y el Placer de los Otros)
Argentinian coming-of-age drama features sex scene after sex scene, with a bizarre twist of Jean-Luc Godard thrown in - from the First Feature Competition of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

One Life
Anthony Hopkins stars as the "British Schindler", a London stockbroker who saved hundreds of Czechoslovakian children from almost certain death at WW2 - in cinemas on Monday, January 1st [Read More...]

Another Body
Vital documentary shares a personal account of being a victim of deepfake pornography - in cinemas on Friday, November 24th [Read More...]

All of Us Strangers
Gentle queer romance descends into elaborate trip down memory lane, as British filmmaker Andrew Haigh blurs the lines between the physical, the imaginary and the supernatural - in cinemas on Friday, January 26th [Read More...]

Ferrari
Michael Mann’s first feature film in nearly a decade is fascinated by the significance, both personal and historical, that name carries for its chief figures - in cinemas on Tuesday, December 26th [Read More...]

Coup de Chance
Woody Allen’s first French-language feature is a morality tale about writers, adultery, murder and, of course, chance; while not a masterpiece, his 50th (and most likely last) film is a worthy addition to his extensive filmography [Read More...]

Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos repackages history with an exquisite singularity as well as a faux-provocative attitude, fearful of pushing audiences to look beyond their own bodies - Golden Lion winner is in cinemas on Friday, January 12th [Read More...]

Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos)
Victor Erice returns to filmmaking after a three-decade hiatus, crafting a protracted, moody and profound reflection on memory, cinema and reconnection (with a twist) - showing at the BFI as part of a season devoted to the Spanish director [Read More...]

Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi)
A Turkish lawyer has to contend with a number of moral dilemmas as she defends a vulnerable client, while also grappling with the fate of her vegetative mother - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Afire (Roter Himmel)
Christian Petzold's new creation is an inventive and profound meditation on the deceitful machinations of the creative mind - now on all major VoD platforms [Read More...]

Critical Zone (Montagheye Bohrani)
Drug dealer offers comfort, redemption and liberation to some of the most vulnerable people of Tehran - ultra-subversive, scream-out-loud Iranian movie wins the Golden Leopard at the 76th Locarno Film Festival; showing at Tallinn Black Nights [Read More...]

Baan
Two tormented young women bond through their afflictions and pains, in this unusually structured Portuguese drama - from the Best of Festivals section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Stepne
Ukrainian man returns to his precarious countryside village in order to tend his sick mother, in this beautiful yet monotonous riff on departure - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Do not Expect too Much from the End of the World (Nu Astepta Prea Mult de la Sfârsitul Lumii)
Raju Jude presents his unsightly, messy and completely bonkers new movie, a caustic satire of a Romania intoxicated by film wizardry - in cinemas on Friday, March 6th [Read More...]

Kokomo City
Fresh, frank and unapologetic documentary about four trans women was directed by a trans music-producer-turned-filmmaker struggling to make ends meet - on VoD on Monday, September 11th [Read More...]

Tiger Stripes
Completely bonkers, female-made Asian horror about schoolgirl slowly morphing into a tiger neither scares nor astounds viewers - from the 3rd Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Estonian women tell their life stories, share their joys and pains, purge their demons, and make peace with themselves inside a tiny, steamy sauna - on VoD on Monday, January 8th [Read More...]

Chimera
Italian director becomes increasingly recognised for her idiosyncratic style, now moving further away from poetic territory into quirky zone - from Rotterdam [Read More...]

The Old Oak
Ken Loach's portrayal of poverty, xenophobia and failed refugee integration in Northern England is authentic and captivating; he gets to the roots of racism without condoning it - in cinemas on Friday, September 29th [Read More...]

Perfect Days
Wim Wenders returns to what he does best with this observational and meditative drama about a toilet cleaner forging ahead his lonely routine in Tokyo - in cinemas on Friday, February 23rd [Read More...]

The Taste of Things/ aka The Pot-au-Feu (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant)
A cook and her boss savour an intense romance for more than 20 years, in this slow-cooked culinary drama from France/Belgium (featuring a delectable Juliette Binoche) - in cinemas on Wednesday, February 14th [Read More...]

Kidnapped (Rapito)
In mid-19th century Italy, a six-year-old Jew is forcibly converted into Catholicism - Marco Bellochio's insightful historical drama shows in the 53rd edition of Rotterdam [Read More...]

Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet Lehdet)
A romcom on benzodiazepines? Aki Kaurismäki's latest film is romantic, lethargic and delightful to watch - in cinemas on Friday, December 1st [Read More...]

May December
Overconfident in its dramatic and subversive abilities, Todd Haynes new film is but an average story of love outside the traditional American family - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival/ in cinemas on Friday, November 17th [Read More...]

Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une Chute)
Impressive courtroom drama starring a dazzling Sandra Hüller mercilessly dissects a complex female character, while also keeping audiences thoroughly immersed - on VoD on Tuesday, January 9th [Read More...]

The Zone of Interest
Officer in charge of Auschwitz attempts forge a normal existence with his wife and children, in the most human, palpable and - precisely for those reasons - affecting representation of Nazis that you will probably ever see; Jonathan Glazer's astounding new drama is in cinemas on Friday, February 2nd [Read More...]

20,000 Species of Bees (20,000 Especies de Abejas)
Eight-year-old transgender girl seeks acceptance from her family of Basque beekeepers, in this award winning, tender and warm debut feature - on various VoD platforms on Monday, March 18th [Read More...]

Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey into the Desert (Ingeborg Bachmann - Reise in die Wueste)
Austrian poet releases herself from the shackles of marriage as she grapples with multiple loves - Margarethe von Trotta presents her gentle new biopic (starring Vicky Krieps) at the 73th Berlin International Film Festival (and then at Tallinn Black Nights) [Read More...]

January
Two men and a bird are trapped within the confines of a remote rural house, in this highly elliptical, meditative Bulgarian film dotted with folklore references - exquisite winter treat is in cinemas on Friday, January 27th [Read More...]

Lovable (Milulis)
A man’s conscience is stirred by a nine-year-old orphan in a technically bold and captivating Latvian drama (despite the absence of a sympathetic lead) - from the Baltic Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Upon Entry
US border officers put young Spanish woman and her Venezuelan partner through the wringer, in a deeply dehumanising interrogation procedure - dirty gem shows at REC, Tarragona International Film Festival [Read More...]

Amar Colony
A tale of repressed eroticism unfolds between the tenants of a dilapidated apartment in this strikingly original Indian debut – from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Rebelión
Biopic of celebrated Columbian singer and songwriter Joe Arroyo uses fiction in order to get close to the captivating truth behind the man - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Suna (Suna Kahevahel)
A 50-year-old woman finds herself in conflict with conservative values when she moves in with a widower - astonishing Turkish drama premieres at the brand new Critics' Picks strand of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Letter from Helga (Svar við bréfi Helgu)
Love burns red hot smoke in this strangely charming depiction of romance from the 1940s - in the Baltic Competition from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Other Child
Supernatural horror from South Korea blends Christian faith with the disappearance of a disabled child, but the outcome is mostly messy and convoluted – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Double Life (Topeltelu)
A solitary wife yearns for the affection of a man she has hired to impersonate her husband - minimalistic Japanese film premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Typist Artist Pirate King
Psychiatric nurse drives an artist with mental health issues from London to an open entry exhibition in the North – dirty gem of a British road movie is on VoD on Friday, December 8th [Read More...]

The Rise & Fall Of Comrade Zylo (Shkelqimi Dhe Renia E Shokut Zylo)
The career of an Eastern Bloc, State Socialist bureaucrat is seen through the eyes of his hapless, self-doubting speechwriter – premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Unbalanced (Zošalieť)
Nadia's dream home turns into a nightmare after a neighbour from hell pushes her over the edge - Slovakian blend of comedy and horror premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Coffee Table (La mesita del comedor)
A couple disagree about purchasing a table in this wickedly funny and f***ed up dirty gem of a black comedy from Spain - at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Jailbird
Can we escape our inner turmoils? Giancarlo aches to goes back to the prison cells that nurtured him, but the cost of his return could be too dear - Italo-Ukrainian film premieres at the Official Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wastetown (Shahere Khamoush)
Iranian filmmaker delivers magnificent piece of black and white, slow cinema about a mother released from prison and desperate to be reunited with her son - from the Official Competition at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Punch
New Zealand drama blends boxing with gay romance, in a story that hits viewers right in the face - from the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Accident (O Acidente)
Inspired by a true "accident", this debut Brazilian feature delves straight into challenging subject matter, grabbing you from the very beginning of a story that grows into a compelling moral maze - from the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ginji the Speculator
A noble child vegetable seller grows up to become a powerful and sly trader at the rice exchange, in 18th century Japan - cutesy fable is in Offical Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Cold as Marble (Mermer Soyugu)
A ruthless father is released from prison only to torment his adult son's life, in this quietly disturbing psychosexual drama from Azerbaijan - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

About Us But Not About Us
When a gay academic takes a student out to lunch, their discussion at table opens up several cans of worms – Filipino drama premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Plastic Symphony (Plastiksümfoonia)
A cellist plays Beethoven beneath a plastic sheet on the streets of Vienna, in a cinematic marvel of simplicity with an emotional punch - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

January
Young Latvian filmmaker uses his camera as a weapon of resistance against Soviet occupiers, in this sombre lover letter to the art of cinema - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Chambermaid (Sluzka)
A chambermaid in a wealthy German household pre-WW1 Prague falls into a lesbian relationship with the daughter who is roughly her own age – period drama premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Three Thousand Numbered Pieces (Haromezer Szamozott Darab)
Theatre director and Roma actors discuss their traumatic life, in this ambitious play-within-a film story - Hungarian drama premieres at the Rebel with a Cause strand of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Job Interview (Entrevista Laboral)
Experimental to the extreme, this dirty gem from Colombia portrays a young rapper and the impressive urban landscape that surrounds him - from the Rebel with a Cause strand of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Lucky Girl
A shock diagnosis for a cruel media celebrity seduces the cold and distant audience to feel empathy, in an emotionally impactful survivalist nightmare - German Ukrainian film is in the Official Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Wake Me (Zbudi Me)
A man suffering memory loss tries to reconnect with his past, which looks to hold some unpleasant home truths – Croatian/Serbian/Slovenian co-production premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

And Yet We Were All Blind (Toi Non Plus Tu n'As Rien Vu)
French courtroom drama investigates a very little known tragedy that befalls a small yet very real number of women and their families: pregnancy denial - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Servus Papa, See You in Hell
Imagine growing up in a place where sex is allowed, but love forbidden? Well, there was once a commune in Vienna where just that happened... in the Official Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Childless Village (Sonsuz)
The village’s documentary filmmaker returns to the subject of local infertility for which the village’s women beat him up two decades earlier – gentle Iranian comedy shows at the 2nd Rea Sea International Film Festival [Read More...]

Night (Natt)
A horrible disease befalls the mother of two small children, sending her on a quest to get a divorce before she dies - extremely clumsy Norwegian drama premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Solastalgia
Reality and fiction merge in a captivating experimental work about humanity’s fast expiring choice to preserve a future – German docufiction premieres from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Call Of God (Kõne Taevast)
The romantic adventure of a woman in a black and white dream state is the final film of late Kim Ki-duk, the bad boy of South Korean cinema – live from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

In The Morning Of La Petite Mort
The urban lives of a beautiful young prostitute, a homeless food delivery boy, a Filipino cleaning lady and a building superintendent meet and transform each other – Taiwanese drama premieres in the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Remember to Blink
French couple adopts two Lithuanian children, in a multilayered and clever psychodrama packed with an explosion of emotions - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Man Without Guilt
A hospital cleaner becomes the caretaker of the man who once destroyed her life - moving tale of forgiveness premieres at the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Aurora's Sunrise
Filthy genius documentary offers very some harrowing and compelling insight into the Armenian Genocide of 1915, and it's on animation - from the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

Piece of my Heart
Friendship between two ballerinas is repeatedly tested by competition, invidiousness, strenuous dance routines and a lot of drugs - impressive Dutch drama premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Pensive
Billed as the first slasher to come from Lithuania, this greasy movie is a visually inventive foray into a well-worn genre - from the Baltic Competitio at 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Hatcher (Matecznik)
A young man grows under the authoritarian gaze of a severe mother-figure in a secluded flat – Polish parable premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

578 Magnum (578: Phat Dan Cua Ke Dien)
Extremely formulaic action thriller from Vietnam adds absolutely nothing new to the well-worn genre - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kalev
Estonian film tells the the true story of KK Kalev, the basketball team that won the 1990-91 USSR league, in a resounding victory against communism - sports drama premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Everybody Wants To Be Loved (Alle Wollen Geliebt Werden)
Immature family members take advantage of a mother with a giant heart; German dramedy has touching performances, as well as the ability to portray domestic life with naturalism – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

River of Desire
Three brothers living on a riverside Amazon town become romantically involved with the same woman - spectacularly Brazilian drama oozing swagger and sensuality premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Other Widow
Israeli blend of comedy and drama offers a refreshing take on grief from the perspective of the mistress – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On (Nje Kafe Dhe Kepuce te Reja Veshur)
Deaf identical twin brothers are suddenly afflicted with a shocking disease - extremely tragic and quietly innovative Albanian co-production premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Bone Breakers (Spaccaossa)
A gang of criminals in Palermo runs an insurance fraud operation involving the breaking of people’s bones – Italian film inspired by real facts premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Roxy (Roxy)
When a taxi driver’s latest clients retain his services, both end up getting much more than they bargained for – premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Parade (Paraad)
Family comedy from Lithuania has a very interesting premise, and a brand of humour edging on the parodic - from the First Feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ducks - An Urban Legend
Dark romcom from Israel sets out to mock societal paradigms, but instead slips up into tedious platitudes - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Klokkenluider
Awkward guests mingle in a claustrophobic Belgian holiday home - dark British comedy with a vital political message shows in the First feature Competition of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

The Fox (Der Fuchs)
The incredible real story of the unyielding friendship between an Austrian soldier and a fox during World War II is profound, inspiring and heart-wrenching - in the Official Competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Conversations On Hatred (Conversaciones Sobre El Odio)
There’s a great deal of bad blood between two ageing actresses when they meet in the apartment of one of them – Spanish Argentinean film that should have been a play premieres the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Land Within (Osa Mullast)
The excavation of a mass grave triggers the resurfacing of the past, in this deeply moving tale of impossible love, of yearning for a homeland tarnished by memories of war - Swiss Kosovar production shows at the Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]

The Good Person
Against her better judgement, a film producer on the lam agrees to produce a film about King Saul for a former movie-star-turned-rabbi planning a comeback – stylish Israeli drama premieres the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Young Arsonists
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...]

Pelican
Absurdist Croatian film with a unique sense of humour features a depressed goalkeeper desperate to change his ways after a ski accident – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Driving Mum (Á Ferð með Mömmu)
Middle-aged loner drives his mother's corpse to her desired resting place, encountering curious characters and ghosts of the past along his journey - exquisite Icelandic drama with flavours of Bergman is in cinemas on Friday, March 1st [Read More...]

Amusia
Dramedy from Italy has an interesting premise, however it remains too focused on the grandeur of its aesthetics in order to convey a meaningful tale of love – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Hit Big (Hertki Lyo)
Three Finnish lowlifes move to the Spanish coast in order enjoy the sun, cheap alcohol and thrills, and end up embarking on a criminal life - blend of comedy and crime caper premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Punishment (El Castigo)
Young couple have an emotional catharsis as their seven-year-old child goes missing in the woods - very simple and effective Chilean Argentinean drama premieres at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Bungalow
Young couple buys a house with conducting an inspection, only to find out that it is falling into disrepair, much like their very own relationship - charming French Canadian comedy premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Poet (Poetas)
This gorgeous historical drama set in Stalinist times does not shy away from tarnishing the often-times misguided faith in art and in the creative individual – Lithuanian film premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tallinn 2022 Kids Animation Programme - part 3
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
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
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...]

Storm
An impressive, slick and well-produced Norwegian debut film which sadly becomes nothing more than the sum of its parts – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Sashenka
Ukraine presents a very twisted horror tale with a Norman Bates type of protagonist grappling with tragic motherhood, failed masculinity, disability and... erm... cross dressing - from the Official Competition at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Until the Branches Bend
A minimalist and intimate Canadian debut that sets up an ambitious critique of contemporary life under capitalism – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Theo: A Conversation With Honesty (Theo: Eine Konversation mit der Ehrlichkeit)
The lives of two teens are turned upside down after a brief and extremely awkward sexual encounter, in clever Swiss film raising questions about the nature of consent - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Ann
Irish teen pregnancy misery fest will keep you wincing and writhing for almost the entire duration of the film, but the pain will go away as soon as the movie is finished - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Perfect Number (Liczba doskonała)
A touching confessional film from a veteran Polish filmmaker whose life-long obsession has been the exploration of science, vocation and personal relationships – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Festival [Read More...]

Stiekyt
Straight-actor-turned-drag-queen has to juggle his failed marriage and financial woes with his new job and flamboyant colleagues, before embarking on a bizarre murder spree - from the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Sanaa
Unwanted pregnancy shakes the life of a single female professional in India to the core, as her country grapples to reconcile modernity and tradition - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

EO (IO)
This poetic and strikingly beautiful return to form from Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski is also a deeply personal and desperate plea for animal rights - on VoD on Monday, April 24th [Read More...]

Elusive Landscapes (Neidsaare hoo peal)
An abstract documentary from Estonia which will test viewers' patience but which offers rewarding moments if one is willing to let go - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

World War III
Clunky Iranian dramedy about filmmaking, a very strange Hitler and a deaf woman fails to enrapture and captivate viewers, instead slipping into dippiness - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Six Weeks (Hat hét)
Touching social realist film from Hungary follows the existential questioning of a teenage girl as she gives up her baby for adoption – live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Why on Earth
Though the imperial glasses: well-meaning documentary about animal cruelty and endangered species presents the US as trailblazer in conservationism - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Taste of Whale
The clash between Faroese whale hunters and animal rights activists poison the waters and the global reputation of the charming self-governing nation of the North Atlantic - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Suro
This rural story of an ill-advised return to nature and Catalan homesteading is invigorated the exploration of zeitgeist-relevant themes - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Alcarras
A family of Catalonian farmers scrabble to find a purpose in their existence as they face imminent eviction - moving tribute to rural traditions is now on Mubi and Amazon Prime [Read More...]

Motherhood (La Maternal)
Motherhood isn't a quite a walk in the park for a 14-year-old living in a shelter in Barcelona - honest drama shows at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

One Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin)
Mia Hansen-Løve's tale of a young widow, her married love and and her ailing father is bursting with humanity and sensibility - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Sparta
Austria's enfant terrible Ulrich Seidl punched San Sebastian in the stomach earlier this year with a depiction of paedophilia that's tender and grotesque in equal measures; his latest masterpiece is now at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

My Neighbor Adolf
Offensive in its inoffensiveness, awkward comedy about a Holocaust survivor in Colombia and his strange new neighbour fails to impress one of our writers - showing at the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Generation of Evil (Piktuju Karta)
Lithuanian thriller about deeply flawed police commissioner is fun, pacy and unexpectedly pleasant to watch - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

An American Prayer
The American dreams morphs into a nightmare, hallucination or mere "bullshit", as marginalised citizens recall their experience - heartfelt doc premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Belfast
Kenneth Branagh remembers the Troubles and the pain of departing from his birth city at the age of just nine, in this lukewarm childhood memoir - now available on various platforms [Read More...]

Quake (Rappumine)
Engaging Icelandic mystery-drama about a fearful yet resilient woman strikes beats of positivity and inspiration - from the Current Waves section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The King of all the World (El Rey de todo el Mundo)
Octogenarian filmmaker and DOP join forces in order to create a film exuding youth, while also paying tribute to Spanish/Mexican music and dance - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Killing the Eunuch Khan
The seductive aesthetic of a nightmarish vision fails to engage with ideas and themes - rudderless Iranian film plays in the Official Competition section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wait (Odotus)
Slow and straightforward drama set during Finnish summer meditates on love, betrayal and brutal honesty - from the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Wedding Day (Wesele)
Humorous beats of debauchery at a wedding offsets the visceral memories of ethnic cleansing in Poland - plays in the Official Competition section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running from 12-28th November. [Read More...]

Big Night
One of the Philippines' most prolific and audacious directors takes aim at Rodrigo Duterte's catastrophic war on drugs with a very fast-paced comedy - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Zuhal
Turkish comedy with shades of Murakami uses a lost cat to explore contemporary Turkish society — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival! [Read More...]

Make the Devil Laugh
Modern, heart-wrenching samurai fable exposes a ruthless and deeply xenophobic Japanese society driven by greed - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Alice, Through the Looking: À la recherche d’un lapin perdu (In Search of a Lost Rabbit)
British cinema gets an injection of French philosophy in this bizarre, meandering, metafictional post-Brexit extravaganza [Read More...]

Her Way (Une femme du monde)
Veteran theatre, TV and film actress Laure Calamy is finely directed in this powerful debut film exploring the cross-border German-French sex work industry - live from Tallinn! [Read More...]

Feature Film About Life (Ilgo metro filmas apie gyvenimą)
A young woman is suddenly thrust into adulthood in this bittersweet reflection on life and death - expanding the auto-fiction form in novel ways. [Read More...]

The Red Tree (El árbol rojo)
This Colombian road trip is both an exploration of nation and character, a modest yet touching drama — live from Tallinn Film Festival! [Read More...]

Zeria
The first human being born in Mars returns to Earth in order to meet his grandfather, in this expressionist Belgian sci-fi - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dear Thomas (Lieber Thomas)
Biopic of East German writer and filmmaker Thomas Brach reveals a deeply subversive artist who finds comfort on neither side of the Wall - from the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Immersion (Inmersión)
This Chilean drama is the kind of well-made thriller that makes you think while you squirm — live from Tallinn Film Festival. [Read More...]

Dozens of Norths (Ikuta no Kita)
The long-awaited first feature from a legend of Japanese animation, this trip through the darkest places on earth more than meets expectation. [Read More...]

The Shape of Things to Come (Tiempos Futuros)
A man and his son are hell-bent on bringing rain to the dry and dusty capital of Peru, in this contemporary sci-fi drama - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Fest [Read More...]

A Place Called Dignity (Un Lugar Llamado Dignidad)
Child abuse, torture, Nazism and religious mortification come together to horrifying results, in this shockingly powerful Chilean film based on real events - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Memoria
One of the 21st century's greatest directors returns with, unsurprisingly, another masterful work of slow cinema - now on various VoD platforms [Read More...]

The Score
Watching this film is like being promised a gourmet steak but the food arrives late and straight out of the microwave. [Read More...]

Blind Love
This impressive Kenyan debut explores magic and alcoholism in fascinating ways — straight from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Songs for a Fox (Dainos Lapei)
Lithuanian fantasy drama investigates the power of dreams; sadly the outcome is soporific rather than oneiric - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Life Suits Me Well (La vie me va bien)
A touching portrait of mental deterioration and its effect on family in 1990s Morocco. Live from the Tallinn Film Festival! [Read More...]

No Looking Back
Mother and grandmother fight over a child with all weapons available, in this blood-soaked slapstick comedy from Russia - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Herd Immunity
Drinking from the same well as French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, Kazakh director creates an invigorating gangster picture - from the Official Competition section of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Other Cannibals (Altri Cannibali)
The spirit of Ben Wheatley is transplanted to South Tyrol in this effective horror-comedy blend - live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

The List of Those Who Love Me (Beni Sevenler Listesi)
As his business deteriorates, a high-end drug dealer is forced to seek new suppliers and grapple with a string of louche characters - Turkish tribute to Scorsese and the Nouvelle Vague premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Precious Ivie (Ivie wie Ivie)
The Afro-German experience is captured with great sensitivity in this must-watch drama debut — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

The Gentiles (Las Gentiles)
Two Spanish girls contemplate a suicide pact as they grapple with the malaises of adolescence, in this tender and realistic drama - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Who is Sleeping in Silver Grey (Bai tian zong shi tai guo man cahng)
Beautiful yet baffling, this Chinese arthouse film is a transportive yet frustrating experience — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival! [Read More...]

Troubled Minds (Nemierīgie prāti)
Two brothers bristle against in each other in both life and work in this searching yet surprisingly touching art-world satire. [Read More...]

Captain Volkonogov Escaped
Defector of Stalin's barbaric secret police seeks forgiveness from the family members of the people he executed, in this very bizarre political fable - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Vanishing Fog (Entre la Niebla)
Father and son cling to their misty and mystical land despite the constant menace from outsiders - strangely beautiful Colombian film premieres at Tallinn [Read More...]

Mukagali
Biopic of one of Kazakhstan's greatest poets is imbued with sadness, lyricism and stunning imagery - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Dark Heart of the Forest (Le coeur noir des forêts
The woods is a breeding ground for new potential in this moody Belgian drama — live from Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. [Read More...]

Tenzin
A character study of a Tibetan exile in Canada is rich in philosophy while ultimately lacking a sense of dramatic conviction. [Read More...]

Occupation (Okupace)
Czechoslovakian-Soviet relations are bitterly investigated in this taut black comedy thriller — live from Tallinn Film Festival. [Read More...]

The Radio Amateur (El radioaficionado)
A man with autism finds his mental difficulties come under great strain in this touching seaside drama from the Basque region. [Read More...]

What Went Wrong (Que Hicimos Mal)
Filmmaker seek to reconcile with her past dalliances in this highly confessional and inventive blend of fiction and documentary - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Perpetuity
Post-apocalyptic Hungarian drama set in a near-future reveals a Europe plagued with violence, and devoid of hope and solidarity - from the Tallinn Black Night Film Festival [Read More...]

Animals
Homophobia reveals its ferocious and bestial face, in this punch-in-the-face Belgian real-life drama that will stay with you for a long time - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Nr 10
A frustrated actor has more secrets in store than anyone could have anticipated, in this very bizarre and bewitching Dutch-Belgian production - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Cloud & The Man (Manikbabur Megh)
This whimsical Indian tale explores man's desire to break free from everyday monotony in surprising and strange ways. [Read More...]

Yanagawa
Chinese and Japanese sensibilities blend seamlessly, in this quiet and lyrical drama set in Yoko Ono's birth place - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Aloners
A loner reconsiders her attitude towards life after a number of sobering events - on Mubi on Monday, July 11th [Read More...]

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Biopic of gay-friendly and subversive televangelistic fallen from grace reveals a woman defined by faith, wealth and controversies - on various VoD platforms on Friday, May 6th [Read More...]

Jane by Charlotte (Jane par Charlotte)
Charlotte Gainsbourg gets behind the camera in order to capture her iconic mother in her most tender and yet lonely moments - from the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

All Eyes Off Me (Mishehu Yohav Mishehu)
A fascinating portrait of Israeli youth, the film splits into three distinct parts to cleverly bring into question the power of sexual liberation - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Brother's Keeper (Okul Tıraşı)
A boarding school turns into a type of colonial prison in this tastefully told East Turkey-set moral fable - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Last Forest (A Última Floresta)
The ancient Yanomami people live in harmony and balance with the environment, but their very existence is once again under threat thanks to Bolsonaro's murderous regime - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Dawn (Zora)
This Croatian dystopia set in a small village will haunt audiences long after its last image – from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

A Distant Place (Jeong-mal Meon Got)
Far away from bigotry: a gay couple seeks to build a peaceful family life in rural Korea, but their journey isn't as smooth as they anticipated - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Tooman
A bet gone wrong: "Scorsese-inspired" Iranian movie about gambling is so protracted and repetitive that it's barely watchable - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Thread of Return (Hilo de Retorno)
A quiet and reticent teen returns to her tragic and painful roots, in Colombian film bursting with authenticity and a peculiar vintage feel - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Final Report (Zarojelentes)
The heart's filthy lesson: a cardiologist returns to his hometown after his hospital is shut, but the locals aren't all nice and well-meaning - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Love Song 1980
A man and a woman fall in love and become inseparable, in a Chinese movie that feels just too literary for its cinematic broad-brush - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Armugan
A Spanish "finisher" helps people to depart from this world, in poetic movie raising philosophical and ethical questions about life and death - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Baby
Heroin addict sells her baby to eccentric lesbians living on a mountain, in this dirty and entirely dialogue-free fantasy movie from Spain - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Road to Eden (Akyrky Koch)
Old writer seeks to reconnect with his past as he senses his imminent departure, in this very fine piece of slow cinema from Kyrgyzstan - live from the Tallinn Black Night Film Festival [Read More...]

Sanremo
A touching Slovenian drama set in a nursing home explores the fragility of memory and the fleeting nature of love – from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Three
Delightful Russian rom-com shows a Russian sensibility little known to Western audiences more used to the country's raw and bleak cinema - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Bedridden
Young writer refuses to leave his bed as his seeks inspiration for his new book, in this laborious Mongolian drama - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

On the Water (Vee Peal)
Estonians hungry for cinema fill up the nation's largest theatre in order to savour the local produce: a vanilla comedy - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Submission (Submissão)
Impressive Portuguese courtroom drama dissects the structures of domestic abuse, supported by a dazzling performance from Iolanda Laranjeiro - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

When I'm Done Dying (Bir Nefes Daha)
Young Turkish rapper struggles to reconcile his career ambitions with addiction to a highly destructive and cheap drug - auspicious drama premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Black Milk (Schwarze Milch)
Germany and Mongolia clash in this heartfelt and searching nomad-based drama — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Ulbolsyn
A young woman fights off corruption and tradition in order to "save" her younger sister from an arranged marriage - Kazakh movie premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

The Penultimate (Den næstsidste)
A deep dive into the darkest side of the human soul, this is a difficult yet rewarding experience — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Great Happiness
The longest film in the First Feature Competition is also the best film. This epic of the human heart is filled with bittersweet wisdom — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Erna at War (Erna i Krig)
Overprotective mother cross-dresses as a male soldier in order to join her "stupid" son in the trenches of WW1 - Danish drama starring Trine Dyrholm premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Fan Girl
Teenage girl meets her idol in a very awkward and compromising situation, in emotionally eviscerating drama from the Philippines - live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

As Far as I Know (Legjobb tudomásom szerint)
A shocking event provides a bitter rift between a married couple expecting a baby in this psychological drama — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Fear (Strah)
Widow and black refugee strike up a romance, thereby stirring up a hornet's nest in a tiny coastal community - Bulgarian comedy premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Kindred
This devilishly entertaining horror-thriller boasts three great central performances from Tamara Lawrence, Jack Lowdon and Fiona Shaw — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Fortuna – The Girl and the Giants (Fortuna)
Fantasy and reality collide to chilling effect in this moving Italian arthouse drama — live from Tallinn [Read More...]

Beasts (La Terre des Homes)
The subtle machinations of sexual abuse and deeply rooted patriarchal power structures are the central pillar of this quiet French drama - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Articles
The filmmaker, the writer and the queer
Romas Zabarauskas talks about the eclectic inspirations behind Lithuanian LGBT drama The Writer. not seeing cinema as creative expression, being careful about using metaphors, and much more - in exclusive interview [Read More...]

Our verdict of 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Victor Fraga reports on the various sections, the big winners and his dirty picks, just as one of his favourite film festivals in the world draws to a close after 17 days of very intense activity [Read More...]

Looking for love? These debut features are bursting with passion!
After many years covering the event remotely, one of our longest serving critics attended the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in person and reviewed the entire First Feature Competition (and more) exclusively for you; these are the highlights [Read More...]

PÖFF’s Critics' Picks Competition: pick me again
Jeremy Clarke anticipates his return visit to Tallinn to cover the second year of its Critics' Picks strand [Read More...]

PÖFF reveals its diverse and scrumptious movie selection
The 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces the line-up of their Official Competition strand: a bubbling cauldron of 20 films from the various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

A garden full of poetry: PÖFF announces First Feature Competition titles
Eoghan Lyng, one of DMovies' oldest writers, is due to attend the 27th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and unearth the dirty gems from the First Feature Competition; he takes a look at the programme and shares his first impressions [Read More...]

Raindance: "younger" and more audacious than ever?
As the UK's favourite indie festival announces its programme, with a strong focus on young and nascent filmmaking talent, we take a look at their selection, and ask the two artistic directors what is it that makes these directors special [Read More...]

Bruce LaBruce inside Pasolini: transgressive filmmaker is in London this April
Canadian provocateur travels to London this April for a string of events at the BFI, the Rich Mix, and a sexually explicit film/exhibition inspired by Pasolini's Theorem at arts organisation a/political - in partnership with DMovies and Doesn't Exist [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2022
Once again, it's that time of the year when we ask our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie of the year; the dirtylicious list is full of delightful surprises from various corners of the planet! [Read More...]

PÖFF’s Critics' Picks Competition: The Aftermath
Jeremy Clarke assesses his first visit to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and his views of the brand new Critics' Picks competitive strand [Read More...]

Our verdict of the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: the finest selection in five years
During the past two weeks, seven journalists from DMovies covered the most exciting and diverse film festival of Northern Europe; here are our main highlights! [Read More...]

PÖFF’s First Feature Competition: Reflections upon leaving Tallinn
Liván García-Duquesne describes his unforgettable experience at Northern Europe's most exciting and diverse film festival; he watched all the 18 films in the First Feature Competition! [Read More...]

Critics' Picks: a brand-new film selection hits Tallinn
Jeremy Clarke anticipates his first visit to 26th PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and its brand-new Critics' Picks strand [Read More...]

PÖFF's Main Competition showcases an audacious selection of world cinema
Now in its 26th edition, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces its truly diverse selection, once again reminding Europe and the world why the Estonian capital is the city of world cinema! [Read More...]

PÖFF's First Feature Competition: youthful insights from around the world
This year's exciting debut feature selection offers a vast catalogue of intriguing films set to put emerging filmmakers on the map! [Read More...]

Our top 10 dirty picks from the 66th BFI London Film Festival
The 66th edition of the largest film festival in the UK takes place between October 5th and 16th in multiple venues across London, and online screenings everywhere in the UK - here are the dirtiest movies picked exclusively for you! [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2021
It's finally that time of the year when we ask our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie of the year; the dirtylicious list is full of delightful surprises! [Read More...]

Dark is beautiful: read our final verdict of the Northern Europe's wildest film fest
The 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival showcased the very best world cinema during 17 days, with three journalists from DMovies unearthing the dirt from underneath the black carpet, in an event that takes pride in embracing darkness [Read More...]

Estonian Dispatch: The First Feature Competition Round-Up
A dark and damp November is once again spiced up by a fantastic First Feature Selection at Tallinn Film Festival. Here's our verdict! [Read More...]

Tallinn celebrates 25 years of showcasing the finest world cinema!
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival turns a quarter of a century with a diverse film selection, which firmly establishes the Estonian capital as a city of world cinema [Read More...]

First-time directors: the nascent talent set to shine next month in Tallinn!
Ahead of the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn between November 12th and 28th, we survey the return of the excellent first feature competition [Read More...]

Our top 10 dirty picks from the BFI London Film Festival
The 65th edition of the largest film festival in the UK takes place between October 6th and 17th in multiple venues across London, and online screenings everywhere in the UK - here are the dirtiest movies picked exclusively for you! [Read More...]

The top 10 dirtiest movies of 2020
It's once again that time of the year when ask our writers to pick their favourite dirty movie; the list remains as international, diverse and downright filthy as ever! [Read More...]

A film miracle in the Baltics!
As the 24th edition of the only A-Category Fiapf-accredited film festival of Northern Europe draws to a close, we look at the award winners, the dirtiest movies, and much more! [Read More...]

The light shines on first-time directors!
After providing the landscape for the blockbuster of the year, the Estonian capital sees an impressive selection of 21 debut feature films vie for three major prizes - Redmond Bacon reports live from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]