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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

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10 films · 4 reviews

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Bonnie

Profile of casting director Bonnie Timmermann.

(Country: US, France; Year: 2022; Director: Simon Wallon)

Dreaming Walls (Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel)

Review preview for Dreaming Walls

Dreaming Walls is less a documentary than an attempt at a sense memory.

Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
Documents a critical juncture in the Chelsea Hotel's history, as it prepares to evict longtime residents and transform into a luxury hotel.

(Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Maya Duverdier, Amélie van Elmbt; Writer: Maya Duverdier, Amélie van Elmbt)

Full review See: Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier in conversation on Dreaming Walls: Inside The Chelsea Hotel

Eternal Spring

Following the hijacking of a TV station and police raids in Changchun City, comic book illustrator, Daxiong, a Falun Gong practitioner, is forced to flee. He arrives in North America, blaming the hijacking for worsening violent repression, but his views are challenged when he meets the lone surviving participant to have escaped China, who is living in Seoul, South Korea.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Jason Loftus)

A House Made Of Splinters

Review preview for A House Made Of Splinters

There’s a rare intimacy about it.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
In eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont)

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How To Save A Dead Friend

Together, two young lovers create an unbreakable bond within a destructive world.

(Country: Sweden, Norway, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Marusya Syroechkovskaya)

Innocence

Tackles the issue of militarisation and its impact on the lives of young Israeli people who are forced to serve against their own identity and values.

(Country: Israel, Iceland, Denmark, Finland; Year: 2022; Director: Guy Davidi)

Karaoke Paradise

Exploring the Finnish passion for karaoke.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2022; Director: Einari Paakkanen)

Mariupolis 2

Documentary about everyday life in the shadow of invasion for the people of Mariupol.

(Country: Lithuania, France, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius, Hanna Bilbrova, Mantas Kvedaravicius)

Nothing Compares

Review preview for Nothing Compares

Finds a strong propulsive narrative with an emotional core.

Jeremy Mathews · 3.5 out of 5
The story of Sinéad O'Connor's phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and subsequent exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on Sinéad's prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film reflects on the legacy of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.

(Country: UK, Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Kathryn Ferguson; Writer: Eleanor Emptage, Kathryn Ferguson, Michael Mallie; Stars: Sinéad O'Connor)

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