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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

Children's Rights Programme

Programme

9 films · 4 reviews

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The 9th Step

After a decade of addiction, a man's life is back on track... but then he finds himself living with his estranged teenage daughter.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Irma Puzauskaite; Writer: Egle Vertelyte; Stars: Valentin Novopolskij, Gerda Ciuraite, Kristupas Birzietis, Lina Brazau, Romas Buozys, Karolis Butvilas, Tauras Cizas, Algirdas Dainavicius, Angelina Daukaite, Jonas Golubovskis, Povilas Jatkevicius, Laurynas Jurgelis, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Viola Klimciauskaite, Andrius Kucinskas)

Beautiful Beings

Review preview for Beautiful Beings

Much of the film’s raw effectiveness is due to the young cast’s wisdom and effortless on-screen chemistry.

Antoni Konieczny · 3.5 out of 5
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, adopts a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits.

(Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czechia; Year: 2022; Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Writer: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson; Stars: Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Anita Briem, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalbjörg Emma Hafsteinsdóttir, Blær Hinriksson, Kristín Ísold Jóhannesdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson)

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Kalle Kosmonaut

Coming-of-age tale told across 10 years.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Christine Kugler, Günther Kurth; Writer: Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth)

Listen (Akouse me)

A hard of hearing teenager finds herself confronting prejudice, including her own, when she has to leave her school for a new one.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2022; Director: Maria Douza; Writer: Maria Douza; Stars: Evangelia Adreadaki, Yoanna Boukovska, Dimitris Kitsos, Nikos Koukas, Efthalia Papacosta, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos)

La Maternal

Review preview for La Maternal

Nothing in Palermo’s film is sugar-coated, although a sweetness runs through it.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Drama about a teenager who becomes unexpectedly pregnant and is sent to a centre to live with other expectant youngsters.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Pilar Palomero; Writer: Pilar Palomero; Stars: Rubén Martínez, Ángela Cervantes, Olga Hueso, Pepe Lorente, Neus Pàmies, Carla Quílez, Gal·la Sabaté, Jordan Dumes)

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One In A Million

Whitney is a rising star of the US gymnastics scene, who has a sizeable following on YouTube. Among them is Yara, who lives in Germany and is one of her biggest fans.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Joya Thome)

Palm Trees And Power Lines

Review preview for Palm Trees And Power Lines

Tucker's performance ripples like a mirage, all charm on the surface but with an air of something much less cuddly

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A bored 17-year-old falls for a man twice her age.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Jamie Dack; Writer: Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay; Stars: Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker, Auden Thornton, Armani Jackson, Kenny Johnston, Lily McInerny, Yvette Tucker, Michael Petrone, John Minch, Yolanda Corrales, Quinn Frankel, Timothy Taratchila, Rhied De Castro, Conn Bodkin, Angel Grey Cooper)

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Sonata

. Everyone is convinced that 14-year-old Grzegorz is on the autistic spectrum – except his new assistant, who discovers he is suffering from a severe hearing impairment rather than autism.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2021; Director: Bartosz Blaschke)

You Resemble Me (Tu Me Ressembles)

Review preview for You Resemble Me

Both girls deliver exceptional performances in the powerful opening section, and if the film struggles to make the same impact afterwards, that serves to bring Hasna’s loss into sharp relief.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Cultural and inter-generational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris.

(Country: US, France, Egypt; Year: 2021; Director: Dina Amer; Writer: Dina Amer, Omar Mullick; Stars: Lorenza Grimaudo, Ilonna Grimaudo, Grégoire Colin, Sabrina Ouazani, Zinedine Soualem, Dina Amer, Mouna Soualem, Hedi Bouchenafa, Tania Dessources, Nassima Benchicou, Elodie Rouprêt, Sana Sri, Nassima Benichou, Djino Grimaudo, Romain Royet)

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