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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

Official Selection

Programme

23 films · 3 reviews

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578 Magnum (578: Phat dan cua ke dien)

A truck driver goes on a revenge mission.

(Country: Vietnam; Year: 2022; Director: Dung Luong Dinh; Writer: Dung Luong Dinh; Stars: Jessica Minh Anh, Anh Tuan Hac Martial Art, Alexandre Nguyen, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, H'Hen Niê, Nguyen Lam Thao Tam)

And Yet We Were All Blind (Toi non plus tu n'as rien vu)

After a newborn is found a woman finds herself on trial, claiming she didn't know she was pregnant.

(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Béatrice Pollet; Writer: Béatrice Pollet; Stars: Fatima Adoum, Kelly Bellacci, Grégoire Colin, Pascal Demolon, Ophélia Kolb, Roman Kolinka, Géraldine Nakache, Cécile Rittweger, Maud Wyler)

Ann

Tale following a pregnant teenager, who is about to give birth.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2022; Director: Ciaran Creagh; Writer: Ciaran Creagh; Stars: Eileen Walsh, Zara Devlin, Ian Beattie)

Bungalow (Bangalo)

A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Lawrence Côté-Collins; Writer: Alexandre Auger, Lawrence Côté-Collins; Stars: Sonia Cordeau, Guillaume Cyr, Geneviève Schmidt, Ève Landry, Benoit Mauffette)

Cold As Marble

When a father is unexpectedly released from prison after serving ten years for killing his wife, his son wants to find out why he did it.

(Country: France, Azerbaijan; Year: 2022; Director: Asif Rustamov; Writer: Roelof Jan Minneboo, Asif Rustamov; Stars: Natavan Abbasli, Elshan Askerova, Gurban Ismailov)

A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On

Review preview for A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On

Additional plot developments reveal a complex web of psychology between the two men.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
Deaf twin brothers find their world closing in after a devastating diagnosis.

(Country: Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Gentian Koçi; Writer: Gentian Koçi; Stars: Edgar Morais, Rafael Morais, Drita Kabashi)

Full review See: Gentian Koçi in conversation about A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On

Driving Mum (Á Ferð með Mömmu)

Review preview for Driving Mum

Oddson maintains a melancholy mood and finds ways to shift his narrative from everyday absurdity to full-on surreality and back again.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The death of Jon's mum forces him to take a trip with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish, with a dog along for the ride.

(Country: Estonia, Iceland; Year: 2022; Director: Hilmar Oddsson; Writer: Hilmar Oddsson; Stars: Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hera Hilmar, Tómas Lemarquis, Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Pálmi Gestsson, Björn Stefánsson, Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir, Ágúst Þór Ámundason, Magnús Ólafsson, Halldór Gylfason, Kjartan Bjargmundsson, Harpa Arnardóttir, Jóhann Sigurðsson, Guðlaug Elísabet Ólafsdóttir)

Full review See: Hilmar Oddsson on the music and use of theatre in Driving Mum , Getting Driving Mum on the road - Hilmar Oddsson on his absurdist comedy

Ducks, An Urban Legend

Black comedy set in Tel Aviv about five characters across three interwoven stories.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Shahar Rozen; Writer: Dudu Busi, Shahar Rozen; Stars: Roi Miller, Diana Abramov, Erez Drigues, Rinat Matatov, Sarel Piterman)

The Fox (Der Fuchs)

Story of a young soldier's friendship with a fox, which leads to his past catching up with him.

(Country: Germany, Austria; Year: 2022; Director: Adrian Goiginger; Writer: Adrian Goiginger; Stars: Simon Morzé, Maximilian Reinwald, Karl Markovics, Karola Niederhuber, Marko Kerezovic)

Ginji The Speculator

A farm boy tries to make it big at the rice exchange in this historical comedy drama.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Ryuichi Mino; Writer: Ryuichi Mino; Stars: Yu Uemura, Yuki Morinaga, Sei Matobu, Hikari Kuroki, Tomoya Maeno)

Hit Big

A former Miss Finland runner-up who is running a bar in Spain embarks on an unexpected heist.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2022; Director: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; Writer: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää; Stars: Pääru Oja, Johannes Holopainen, Outi Mäenpää, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Ilkka Heiskanen, Jari Pehkonen)

Jailbird

A boy who was born in and grew up in prison, ventures out into the world.

(Country: Italy, Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Andrea Magnani; Writer: Andrea Magnani, Nicos Panayotopoulos; Stars: Adriano Tardiolo, Giovanni Calcagno, Nina Naboka, Barbora Bobulova, Maksim Kostyunin, Orest Syrvatka, Aylin Prandi, Stefano Cassetti, Gianluca Gobbi)

Lucky Bird

Nina is a young and successful TV star. She has everything in her life, until her life suddenly changes after she is receives a diagnosis.

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Marysia Nikitiuk; Writer: Marysia Nikitiuk; Stars: Ksenia Khyzhniak, Oleksiy Tritenko, Maxym Panchenko, Liliya Nesterenko, Kseniya Braginets, Igor Koltovskiy)

Night

A neurologist gets a diagnosis that turns her life on its head and she finds herself trying to stop her ex-husband from gaining custody of their children.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Mona J Hoel; Writer: Mona J Hoel; Stars: Henrik Rafaelsen, Jørgen Langhelle, Guri Glans, Marie Louise Tank)

Piece Of My Heart

A friendship between two ballet dancers is tested by ideas of toxic beauty.

(Country: Belgium, Netherlands; Year: 2022; Director: Dana Nechushtan; Writer: Roos Ouwehand; Stars: Elaine Meijerink, Roos Englebert, Katelijne Damen, Peter Paul Muller, Daniël Boissevain)

Plastic Symphony (Applause)

A frustrated muscian struggles to find happiness.

(Country: Slovakia, Czechia, Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Juraj Lehotský; Writer: Juraj Lehotský; Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Vojtěch Zdražil, Sabin Tambrea, Judit Bárdos)

The Punishment (El Castigo)

Ana and Mateo search for their son after leaving him alone for a few minutes as a punishment for misbehaving.

(Country: Argentina, Chile; Year: 2022; Director: Matías Bize; Writer: Coral Cruz; Stars: Antonia Zegers, Néstor Cantillana, Yair Juri, Catalina Saavedra, Santiago Urbina)

River Of Desire (O Rio Do Desejo)

Captain Dalberto quits his job and buys a boat after falling in love with Anaíra. The newlywed couple moves in with Dalberto’s two close brothers. At first, the situation is harmonious, but an inevitable family tragedy unfolds when the three men find themselves completely in love with the same woman.

(Country: Brazil; Year: 2022; Director: Sérgio Machado; Writer: Sérgio Machado, George Walker Torres, Maria Camargo, Milton Hatoum; Stars: Sophie Charlotte, Daniel De Oliveira, Gabriel Leone, Romulo Braga)

Sanaa

A successful woman battles hidden trauma.

(Country: India; Year: 2022; Director: Sudhanshu Saria; Writer: Sudhanshu Saria; Stars: Radhika Madan, Sohum Shah, Pooja Bhatt, Shikha Talsania, Nikhil Khurana)

Sashenka

After a double murder, the secret life of a family is revealed.

(Country: Ukraine; Year: 2022; Director: Olexandr Zhovna; Writer: Olexandr Zhovna; Stars: Milena Kompaniiets, Dmitry Orlov, Dmitry Nizhelsky, Oxana Burlay-Piterova, Viktor Rybchinskiy)

Servus Papa, See You In Hell

Drama set within a cult commune revolving around a woman who falls in love in an environment where love is forbidden.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Christopher Roth; Writer: Christopher Roth, Jeanne Tremsal; Stars: Clemens Schick, Jana McKinnon, Aenne Schwarz, Hanns Zischler, Ina Paule Klink, Julia Anna Grob, Julia Hummer, Steffen Wink, Jeanne Tremsal, Arsseni Bultmann, Patrick Schorn, Anne-Marie Lux, Miriam Schiweck, Silva Bieler, Stefanie Früchtenicht)

Stiekyt

A struggling actor becomes a lip-synching drag queen in secret leading to a fresh set of challenges.

(Country: South Africa; Year: 2022; Director: Etienne Fourie; Writer: Etienne Fourie; Stars: Llandi Beeslaar, Jacques Bessenger, Paul du Toit, Charlton George, Roberto Kyle, Herman Lensing, Albert Pretorius, Wessel Pretorius, Illse Roos, Cintaine Schutte, Carla Smith, Frannie van der Walt)

The Wastetown

Review preview for The Wastetown

The tension is built upon a looping repetition, from the graceful repeated camera moves from Masud Amini Tirani and Bahrami's plotting to Foad Gharemani’s baleful score.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
Bemani has spent ten years in jail for killing her husband. Her child was taken away in prison and allegedly given to her husband’s family. Temporarily released, she immediately starts looking for her son.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2022; Director: Ahmad Bahrami; Writer: Ahmad Bahrami; Stars: Baran Kowsari, Ali Bagheri, Babak Karimi, Behzad Dorani)

Full review See: Ahmad Bahrami on The Wastetown and making films in Iran