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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

12 November – 28 November 2021

The Black Nights Film Festival runs from November 12 to 28 and will be an in-person event. It opens with The Story Of My Wife.

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  • No. 10
    Review preview for No. 10

    A unique piece of cinema which delivers more than its share of surprises.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A man who was was a found in the forest and raised by a foster family begins to question his origins after an encounter with a stranger.
  • Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
    Review preview for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash

    With characters coming and going continually, the film is wildly uneven in tone, sometimes broadly comic, sometimes painfully dark. In many ways this suits its efforts to address the chaotic nature of life.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    The tale of an impotent man who tries to assert his masculinity through fighting but cannot come to terms with his past.
  • Hit The Road
    Review preview for Hit The Road

    Panahi and his actors shift through emotions so smoothly, you barely notice them until they have immersed you.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Drama based around a road trip in a borrowed car.
  • The Innocents
    Review preview for The Innocents

    The subtlety Vogt employs as a director pays off in spades as he gets as much creepy mileage from the disturbance of soil and water as any amount of CGI could muster.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking.
  • Bloody Oranges
    Review preview for Bloody Oranges

    Bloody Oranges is condemned to straddle between two half-baked tones.

    Antoni Konieczny · 2.5 out of 5
    A retired couple entering a dance contest, a corrupt politician, a girl eager to lose her virginity, and a young lawyer obsessed with social status - a seemingly benign look into these daily lives goes haywire in this shocking black comedy.
  • Songs For A Fox
    Review preview for Songs For A Fox

    Vildziunas' film never slackens in its imagination but it becomes increasingly self-indulgent as things progress.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    After his lover's death, a rock singer studies the art of lucid dreaming and descends into a netherworld in hopes of being together again.
  • Boiling Point
    Review preview for Boiling Point

    Given the state of the things, it's fair to say that some of the situations that will arise are telegraphed ahead of time, but that adds rather than detracts from the tension - after all, aren't all satisfying meals in some ways connected to anticipation?

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The shift has hardly begun for head chef Andy and he’s already behind with everything. His restaurant is overbooked, there’s a disgruntled inspector combing the kitchen and, if that weren’t enough, a culinary icon and a respected food critic have turned up for dinner.
  • Paris, 13th District
    Review preview for Paris, 13th District

    Audiard captures the fluid nature of relationships for a younger generation navigating both on and offline opportunities and, because this is French, it also features plenty of gracefully worked sexual encounters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
  • Wild Men
    Review preview for Wild Men

    Underscoring this film are potent themes about masculinity, identity and self-expression. There is also a fair bit of action, and not just of the mountain adventure variety.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man in the throes of a mid-life crisis who has decided to try to live like his Viking ancestors unwittingly befriends a robber on the run.
  • Red Rocket
    Review preview for Red Rocket

    The grooming of Strawberry may have some moments of levity but that, in many ways, makes it all the more uncomfortable.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A washed-up ex-porn star tries to get his life back together in his hometown, sparking trouble for those in his orbit.

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