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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2018

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

Baltic Competition

Programme

11 films · 3 reviews

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100 Years Together (100 metu kartu)

Cinematic portrait of Lithuanian centenarians.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Edita Kabaraite; Stars: Veronika Gerasimaviciene, Jonas Jonaitis, Kazimiera Kirtikliene, Elena Kuklyte, Jurgis Kuzmickas, Elena Kvaracejiene, Antanas Kvosciauskas, Juozas Mereckas, Jonas Murauskas, Zinaida Naruskeviciene, Tekle Pacinskiene, Angele Petrauskaite, Karolina Pusvaskiene, Albina Ruzauskiene, Kazimieras Senkus)

International premiere

Ashes In The Snow

A tale of a group of people deported to the Siberian taiga during the Stalinist repressions of 1941.

(Country: US, Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Marius A Markevicius; Writer: Ben York Jones, Ben York Jones, Ruta Sepetys; Stars: Bel Powley, Sophie Cookson, James Cosmo, Martin Wallström, Peter Franzén, Sam Hazeldine, Jonah Hauer-King, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Adrian Schiller, Tom Sweet, Ieva Andrejevaite, Dolya Gavanski, Aiste Dirziute, Timothy Innes, Nadja Bobyleva)

International premiere

Bille

Drama charts the childhood years of the writer Vizma Belševica.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2018; Director: Inara Kolmane; Writer: Vizma Belsevica, Arvis Kolmanis, Evita Sniedze; Stars: Ruta Kronberga, Elina Vane, Arturs Skrastins, Gundars Abolins, Lauma Balode, Lolita Cauka, Vilis Daudzins, Maija Doveika, Peteris Liepins, Lilita Ozolina, Intars Resetins, Guna Zarina, Ruta Kronberga, Elina Vane, Arturs Skrastins)

International premiere

Breathing Into Marble (Kvėpavimas į marmurą)

The life of a three-member, middle-class family fundamentally changes with the arrival of six-year-old Ilja, a withdrawn little boy adopted from a children’s home.

(Country: Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Giedrė Beinoriūtė)

Bridges Of Time (Laika tilti)

Review preview for Bridges Of Time

both a love letter to the documentarians from the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania... and a dialogue between the period in which these poetic pioneers were working and the present day.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Essay documentary about the less remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave.

(Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristīne Briede)

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Captain Morten And The Spider Queen

Animation about a young boy who learns to take control of his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café.

(Country: Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, UK; Year: 2018; Director: Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt; Writer: Mike Horelick, Kaspar Jancis; Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Brendan Gleeson, Michael McElhatton, Susie Power, Ciarán Hinds, Brendan Gleeson, Michael McElhatton, Susie Power)

Foam At The Mouth (Ar putām uz lūpām)

An ex-cop's new project involving three service dogs goes awfully wrong.

(Country: Latvia, Poland, Lithuania; Year: 2017; Director: Janis Nords; Writer: Matthew A Gossett, Janis Nords; Stars: Indra Brike, Raimonds Celms, Vilis Daudzins, Ieva Puke, Indra Brike, Raimonds Celms, Vilis Daudzins, Ieva Puke)

The Little Comrade (Seltsimees laps)

Review preview for The Little Comrade

Reisner is a real find as the young star and Siimetsis gets a performance from her that has a summer's day brightness to it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A child's eye view of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Moonika Siimets; Writer: Moonika Siimets; Stars: Yuliya Aug, Maria Avdjushko, Maksim Demidov, Eva Klemets, Maria Klenskaja, Lembit Peterson, Helena Maria Reisner, Tambet Tuisk, Liina Vahtrik, Yuliya Aug, Maria Avdjushko, Maksim Demidov, Eva Klemets, Maria Klenskaja, Lembit Peterson)

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Summer Survivors (Išgyventi vasarą)

Review preview for Summer Survivors

This mixture of sharp observation and inadvertent clumsiness characterises a film whose director has obvious talent but needs experience.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Road trip follows an ambitious young psychologist who has agreed to transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Marija Kavtaradze; Writer: Marija Kavtaradze; Stars: Gelmine Glemzaite, Paulius Markevicius, Indre Patkauskaite, Sarunas Zenkevicius, Gelmine Glemzaite, Paulius Markevicius, Indre Patkauskaite, Sarunas Zenkevicius)

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Take It Or Leave It (Võta või jäta)

A struggling construction worker unexpectedly has to take on the role of a single father.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Liina Trishkina; Writer: Liina Triskina; Stars: Reimo Sagor, Mait Malmsten, Liis Lass, Egon Nuter, Andres Mähar, Epp Eespäev, Adeele Sepp, Reimo Sagor, Mait Malmsten, Liis Lass, Egon Nuter, Andres Mähar, Epp Eespäev, Adeele Sepp)

To Be Continued (Turpinājums)

Documentary follows three children with different social backgrounds during their first year in school.

(Country: Latvia; Year: 2018; Director: Ivars Seleckis; Writer: Dace Dzenovska)