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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

Critics' Picks Competition

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16 films · 3 reviews

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The Bone Breakers (Spaccaossa)

A criminal gang recruits people to have their bones broken in order to claim on the insurance.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Vincenzo Pirrotta; Writer: Ignazio Rosato; Stars: Vincenzo Pirrotta, Selene Caramazza, Aurora Quattrocchi, Antonino Bruschetta, Giovanni Calcagno, Simona Malato, Luigi Lo Cascio, Maziar Firouzi, Filippo Luna, Paride Cicirello, Maurizio Bologna, Gabriele Cicirello, Claudio Collovà, Rossella Leone)

Call Of God (Köne Taevast)

A young woman and an older man embark upon a relationship which becomes emotionally overwhelming for them both.

(Country: Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Kim Ki-duk; Writer: Kim Ki-duk; Stars: Abylai Maratov, Omurbek Nurdinov, Zhanel Sergazina, Artykpai Suyundukov)

Out of competition

The Chambermaid (Sluzka)

Melodrama about 15-year-olds Anka and wealthy-born Res who, though from opposite ends of the social ladder, fall in love but tragedy strikes.

(Country: Slovakia, Czech Republic; Year: 2022; Director: Mariana Čengel Solčanská; Writer: Mariana Čengel Solčanská; Stars: Dana Droppová, Radka Cadlová, Vica Kerekes, Zuzana Mauréry, Anna Geislerová)

A Childless Village (Sonsuz)

Twenty years ago, in a remote village, an old filmmaker named Kazem made a film on the sterility of the women villagers, but in order to protect their dignity, the women stole the footages and burnt them. Now, after two decades, the villagers find out that the men are barren and there is nothing wrong with the women. With the help of his assistant, Kazem tries to record some interviews with the infertile men to unfold the truth…

(Country: Iran; Year: 2022; Director: Reza Jamali; Stars: Hamdollah Salimi, Behrouz Allahverdizadeh, Maryam Momen, Safat Ahari, Naser Mohebi)

Conversations On Hatred (Conversaciones sobre el odio)

A real-time story of a farewell between two terminally ill women.

(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Vera Fogwill; Writer: Vera Fogwill; Stars: Cecilia Roth, Maricel Álvarez)

The Good Person

An art house producer on the brink of bankcruptcy gets an opportunity when she is asked to collaborate with a director who wants to make a comeback.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Eitan Anner; Writer: Eitan Anner; Stars: Moran Rosenblatt, Rami Heuberger, Lia Barnett, Uri Gottlieb)

In The Morning Of La Petite Mort

The intertwining stories of a Japanese food delivery man, a Taiwanese sex worker and a Filipino cleaner.

(Country: Taiwan; Year: 2021; Director: Wang Yu-Lin; Writer: Wang Yu-Lin; Stars: Yûsuke Fukuchi, Yunzhi Wang, Ivy Yin, Jan Hui-ling, King Jieh-Wen, Angie Wang, Cres Chuang)

Karaoke

A comedy about a married middle-class suburban couple in their 60s who are drawn to their new neighbour, a charismatic bachelor who has karaoke evenings at his apartment.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Moshe Rosenthal; Writer: Moshe Rosenthal; Stars: Sasson Gabay, Rita Shukrun, Lior Ashkenazi)

Out of competition

The Rise And Fall Of Comrade Zylo (Shkelqimi dhe renia e shokut Zylo)

Satire about an bureaucrat and a speechwriter.

(Country: Albania; Year: 2022; Director: Fatmir Koçi; Writer: Dritëro Agolli, Mike Downey, Fatmir Koçi; Stars: Aleks Seitaj, Donald Shehu, Amos Muji Zaharia, Enisa Hysa, Jorida Meta, Xhoana Karaj, Kastriot Çipi, Mateo Llupa, Endri Cela, Sokol Angjeli, Armand Xhuli, Petrit Malaj, Kastriot Çaushi, Samuel Vargu, Armin Vargu)

Roxy

A taxi driver finds himself involved with a group of Russians on the run... and their dog Roxy.

(Country: Germany, Belgium, Cyprus; Year: 2022; Director: Dito Tsintsadze; Writer: Dito Tsintsadze; Stars: Devid Striesow, Ivan Shvedoff, Waléra Kanischtscheff, Camilla Borghesani, Michele Rauhut, Vakho Chachanidze, Sandro Kekelidze, Valliamma Zwigart, Nicolos Tsintsadze, Raphael Zhambakiyev)

Sparta

A man in his 40s leaves his girlfriend, he moves to the hinterland. With young boys from the area, he transforms a decaying school into a fortress. The children enjoy a new, carefree existence. But the distrust of the villagers is soon awoken.

(Country: Austria, Germany, France; Year: 2022; Director: Ulrich Seidl; Writer: Veronika Franz, Ulrich Seidl; Stars: Georg Friedrich)

Out of competition

Suna

A depressed woman finds her life changing with the arrival of a new neighbour.

(Country: Turkey; Year: 2022; Director: Çigdem Sezgin; Writer: Çigdem Sezgin; Stars: Nurcan Eren, Tarik Pabuccuoglu, Firat Tanis, Erol Babaoglu, Erdem Akakçe)

Typist Artist Pirate King

Review preview for Typist Artist Pirate King

Much more of a natural crowd-pleaser than her previous works, this might be Morley’s most successful film to date.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A road movie which draws from the archives of artist Audrey Amiss.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Carol Morley; Writer: Carol Morley; Stars: Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Kieran Bew, Christine Bottomley, Judith Chandler, Gary Bates, Orla Cottingham, Dawn Butler, Kya Brame, Anand Toora, Pauline Whitaker, Neal Barry, Issam Al Ghussain, Gavin Kitchen)

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Wake Me (Zbudi me)

Review preview for Wake Me

Despite its urban realism, there’s also a strong sense of style.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A man suffering from memory loss finds himself facing up to unpalatable truths about his past actions.

(Country: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia; Year: 2022; Director: Marko Šantić; Writer: Marko Šantić, Goran Vojnović, Sara Hribar; Stars: Jure Henigman, Živa Selan, Timon Šturbej, Nataša Barbara Gračner, Jurij Drevenšek)

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The Young Arsonists

Four girls form an obsessive bond after trauma that will be tested over the course of a summer.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Sheila Pye; Writer: Sheila Pye; Stars: Maddy Martin, Jenna Warren, Sadie Rose, Madison Baines, Aaron Poole)