Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
‘LifeLike,’ Partly Shot in VRChat, Tells the Story of a Fractured Family’s Struggle With Mortality
Turkish writer-director Ali Vatansever's third feature, world premiering in the main competition program at Tallinn, was inspired by a controversial case in Turkey and uses a new cinematic language.
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Welcome to ‘Versalles,’ Where a Mexican Politician and His Wife Reinvent Themselves as Monarchs (Exclusive Tallinn Clip)
Cuauhtli Jiménez and Maggie Civantos star in the PÖFF competition world premiere from director Andrés Clariond and producer Pimienta Films (‘Roma’) that explores power and how perception shapes reality.
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Giant Films Founders on Debuting With ‘Think of England’ and the “Made for Cinema” Movement
Poppy and Nick O'Hagan discuss the benefits of theatrical windows and community in the age of Netflix and A24, launching with director Richard Hawkins' Tallinn-premiering title, and their next projects.
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‘The Frog and the Water’ Director on Exploring a Unique Bond and Enticing Viewers to Look Closer
Thomas Stuber ('In the Aisles') discusses his Tallinn-premiering road movie about a German man with Down syndrome and a Japanese tourist, Buddhism and why he likes a slow cinematic pace.
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In Estonia’s Oscar Submission ‘Rolling Papers,’ Young People Face Existential Questions
Writer-director-editor Meel Paliale, 27, also handled the score for the film inspired by the real-life search for purpose: "The aim was to create something that's authentic and real that people could relate to."
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Tallinn Industry Head Marge Liiske on What’s New, TV Drama Growth, AI, and Hollywood Guests
She also discusses the busy schedule and packed attendance of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival industry strand and her team's focus on building long-lasting partnerships.
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‘Mo Papa’ Director on Her Unscripted Drama About Inescapable Trauma and Trusting “Divine Impulse”
Eeva Mägi's new feature film, featuring a young man just released from 10 years of prison, opens the Critics' Picks lineup of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, but she has more creative projects to come.
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‘The Activist’ Director on Challenging Stereotypes, the Far-Right’s Surprising Modernity, and His Queer Trilogy
Romas Zabarauskas talks about his Lithuanian hit noir thriller, which is getting its international premiere at Tallinn, how arthouse cinema "oftentimes preaches to the converted," and what's next for him.
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Tallinn Rocks: Music Docs Put Fest Spotlight on Baltic Bands BIX, aka “Almost Nirvana,” and Velikije Luki
Indrek Spungin's 'Happiness Is Living in Our Land' tells the story of Estonian punks, while Emilis Vėlyvis' 'BIX Almost Nirvana' goes backstage, and on tour, with a famous Lithuanian band and an inflatable pig.
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‘Decorado’ Director on His Animated Dystopia Reflecting Our “Ultracapitalist World”
Alberto Vázquez explains how Disney, Google, Amazon, Orwell, Buñuel, 'The Truman Show,' social media, and "megalomaniac leaders" inspired the film about a mouse struggling in a world ruled by a corporation.
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‘Not Made for Politics’ Doc Shows “Female Resistance Against Patriarchal Tyranny” in Belarus
Belarusian filmmaker Volia Chajkouskaya discusses her documentary, world premiering at Tallinn, the dictatorship of Alexander Lukashenko, working with HBO, and her own political journey.
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“Cultural Bridges Are So Much Needed in Our World”: Catalan Musician Maria Arnal on Opening Tallinn Film Fest and “Ethical” AI
The 29th edition of the festival kicks off with the Catalan film 'They Will Be Dust,' directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet, and a performance from the singer that are part of its program focus on Catalonia.
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