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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2013

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2013

Tridens Competition

Competition comprising films from the Nordic and Baltic region.

Programme

12 films · 6 reviews

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Above Dark Waters (Över mörka vatten)

Child's-eye vew of growing up.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2013; Director: Peter Franzén; Writer: Peter Franzén; Stars: Olavi Angervo, Samuli Edelmann, Matleena Kuusniemi, Ismo Kallio, Marja Packalén, Peter Franzén, Mari Perankoski, Milja Tuunainen, Mio Hamari, Ellen Tervaharju, Tommi Raitolehto, Jonna Järnefelt, Janne Kinnunen, Vieno Saaristo, Markku Köngäs)

Before Snowfall (Før snøen faller)

Review preview for Before Snowfall

Zaman is not looking to rush to judgement of his characters but to explore what makes them tick and give a feel for how traditions get passed down the generations.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A youngster from Kurdistan tracks his sister across Europe after she flees before her wedding.

(Country: Norway, Germany, Iraq; Year: 2013; Director: Hisham Zaman; Writer: Kjell Ola Dahl, Hisham Zaman; Stars: Billey Demirtas, Eva Medusa Gühne, Suzan Ilir, Nazmi Kirik, Jin Musa, Bahar Ozen, Volga Sorgu, Abdullah Taher, Mohammed Tejir, Birol Ünel)

Full review

The Gambler

Paramedic Vincentas is a passionate gambler, who is forced to make radical decisions to return the debts. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Love, life and death will be at stake.

(Country: Lithuania, Latvia; Year: 2013; Director: Ignas Jonynas; Writer: Ignas Jonynas, Kristupas Sabolius; Stars: Vytautas Kaniusonis, Oona Mekas, Giedre Giedraityte, Simas Lindesis, Lukas Kersys, Valerijus Jevsejevas, Romuald Lavynovic, Jonas Vaitkus, Rimas Blockis, Arturas Sablauskas)

Home (Hemma)

Review preview for Home

For Hult, home is a place where you can be yourself and where you'll always be welcome, no change required.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
The discovery of a grandmother she never knew she had prompts a life-change for a twentysomething.

(Country: Sweden, Iceland; Year: 2013; Director: Maximilian Hult; Writer: Maximilian Hult; Stars: Lia Boysen, Simon J. Berger, Anita Wall, Moa Gammel, Elin Petersdottir, Lars Lind, Erik Lundqvist)

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Intimate Parts (Intimnye mesta)

Middle-class Muscovites all harbour secrets.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2013; Director: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova; Writer: Alexey Chupov, Natasha Merkulova; Stars: Pavel Artemiev, Yuliya Aug, Timur Badalbeili, Nelli Blinova, Alexey Chupov, Mikhail Gurovich, Natalia Iohvidova, Ksenia Katalymova, Anastasia Kholodniakova, Yuriy Kolokolnikov, Masha Krekshina, Ekaterina Osotova, Ekaterina Scheglova, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Nikita Tarasov)

Life Feels Good (Chce sie zyc)

Chronicle of the life a man with cerebral palsy.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2013; Director: Maciej Pieprzyca; Writer: Maciej Pieprzyca; Stars: Dawid Ogrodnik, Dorota Kolak, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Helena Sujecka, Mikolaj Roznerski, Kamil Tkacz, Tymoteusz Marciniak, Anna Nehrebecka, Katarzyna Zawadzka, Anna Karczmarczyk, Agnieszka Kotlarska, Janusz Chabior, Gabriela Muskala, Lech Dyblik, Dariusz Chojnacki)

Lisa Limone And Maroc Orange, A Rapid Love Story

A sweet and sour animated romance.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2013; Director: Mait Laas; Writer: Kati Kovács, Peep Pedmanson; Stars: Andero Ermel, Risto Joost, Kati Kovács, Ülo Krigul, Mihkel Mäekalle, Omar Nõmm, Jaan-Eik Tulve, Iiris Vesik, Peeter Volkonski, Hardi Volmer)

Mother, I Love You (Mammu, Es Tevi Milu)

Review preview for Mother, I Love You

Nords gets an excellent performance from Konovalovs - contrasting the enjoyment of the wide open spaces of his home city at night with the stress that waits for him inside his home or school.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Desperate not to disappoint his mother, an introverted boy gets into increasingly difficult situations.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2013; Director: Janis Nords; Stars: Kristofers Konovalovs, Vita Varpina, Matiss Livcans, Indra Brike)

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Northwest (Nordvest)

Review preview for Northwest

A well-shot and occasionally sweaty run around the same old block.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A teenager gets sucked into a turf war.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2013; Director: Michael Noer; Writer: Rasmus Heisterberg, Michael Noer; Stars: Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Hamza Al.Jaburi, Oliver Altman, Kevin Andersen, Irina V Babenko, Jelena Bundalovic, Lene Maria Christensen, Sandra El-Hussein, Nick Philip Engel, Monika Paula Fasula, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Jacob Wagner Guldager, Carsten Hartmann, Nicholas Westwood Kidd)

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Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss)

Review preview for Of Horses and Men

Cinematographer Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson captures Iceland at its wildest and yet this is also a tale of intimacy without romanticism.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human.

(Country: Iceland; Year: 2013; Director: Benedikt Erlingsson; Writer: Benedikt Erlingsson; Stars: Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Maria Ellingsen, Helgi Björnsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Steinn Ármann Magnússon, Charlotte Bøving, Kjartan Ragnarsson, Sigríður María Egilsdóttir, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Erlingur Gíslason)

Full review See: Benedikt Erlingsson interview about Of Horses And Men

Sanctuary (Faro)

Review preview for Sanctuary

This is a film that is worth looking closely at, as everything shows signs of great care and consideration, and Sanctuary is certainly worthy of it.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A man on the run escapes, along with his daughter, into a dream.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Fredrik Edfeldt; Writer: Karin Arrhenius; Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Clara Christiansson, Maria Heiskanen, Göran Stangertz, Gunnel Fred, Per Burell, Lena Carlsson)

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Two Mothers (Zwei Mütter)

A married couple who long for a child find most sperm banks won't help same sex couples, so try a less official route.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Anne Zohra Berrached; Stars: Karina Plachetka, Sabine Wolf)