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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...]
The Narrow Bridge Four Israeli and Palestinian individuals who have lost their loved ones find the will to forge ahead without becoming intoxicated by hate, in this heartwarming documentary - from the UK Jewish Film Festival [Read More...]
Embers In Christian Cooke’s therapeutic drama, a sexual surrogate helps an incarcerated, deeply disturbed man break out of himself in order to make parole - dirty gem of a British drama premieres at the 31st edition of Raindance [Read More...]
Foremost by Night (Sobre Todo de Noche) Film programmer Víctor Iriarte's directorial debut is an intriguing revenge tale about stolen babies and sorority, and the near-perfect blend of noir and art cinema - from the 68th Valladolid International Cinema Week [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...]
Catching Dust Two combustible marriages reach breaking point in the Texas desert – director Stuart Gatt’s feature debut premieres at the 31st Raindance Film Festival [Read More...]