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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

Rebels With A Cause

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14 films · 1 review

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21 Paradise (21 Paraíso)

Tale of a pair of naturists who make a living sharing their intimate moments on OnlyFans.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Néstor Ruiz Medina; Writer: Fernando Barona, María Lázaro, Néstor Ruiz Medina; Stars: María Lázaro, Fernando Barona)

Black Kisses

Introduces us to four witnesses of the devil seeking refuge in faith from the torments of love.

(Country: Colombia, Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Alejandro Naranjo; Writer: Alejandro Naranjo, Omar Razzak; Stars: Gladys Rodríguez, Andrés Tirado, Rick Nekro, Edgar Kerval)

The Coffee Table (La mesita del comedor)

Review preview for The Coffee Table

It’s cleverly written, beautifully performed and quite unforgettable, and yet I hesitate to recommend that anybody watch it.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
Black comedy about a couple facing a tricky moment in their relationship.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2022; Director: Caye Casas; Writer: Cristina Borobia, Caye Casas; Stars: Eduardo Antuña, Paco Benjumea, Itziar Castro, Estefanía de los Santos, Cristina Dilla, Clàudia Font, Emilio Gavira, David Pareja, Claudia Riera, Josep Riera, Josep Maria Riera)

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How Dare You Have Such A Rubbish Wish

A hybrid documentary considering pre-Revolutionary films in Iran, before the censorship of the current regime.

(Country: Iran, Canada, UK; Year: 2022; Director: Mania Akbari; Writer: Mania Akbari, Ehsan Khoshbakht; Stars: Mania Akbari)

Out of competition

In Bed (Ke'elu En Machar)

After a shooting at a gay Pride event two friends take a third man home, who is in shock, entering a night of drugs and paranoia.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2022; Director: Nitzan Gilady; Writer: Nitzan Gilady; Stars: Israel Ogalbo, Dean Miroshnikov, Moran Rosenblatt, Tom Baum, Dalia Beger)

I Haven't Done Anything

A YouTuber tries to uncover the story of a man standing alone with a picket sign saying “I haven't done anything yet”.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Park Sang-min; Writer: Park Sang-min; Stars: Oh Tae-kyung)

Out of competition

Job Interview (Entrevista Laboral)

Gabriel is a young rapper who lives in the outskirts of Bogota. We follow his daily struggles as he tries to fulfil his dreams.

(Country: Colombia; Year: 2022; Director: Carlos Osuna; Writer: Carlos Osuna; Stars: Yeyo Cardoso, Claudia Yurley Quintero, K-NO, Jocsan García, Zombra)

The Limits Of Consent

A woman who helps men pick up women in bars grapples with problems in her own love life.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Michael Keerdo-Dawson; Writer: Michael Keerdo-Dawson; Stars: Karin Rask, Rain Tolk, Jaanika Arum, Jaanus Tepomees, Maria Paiste)

Long Time No Sleep (Hace mucho que no duermo)

A chain of events unfolds surrounding a backpack.

(Country: Colombia, Argentina; Year: 2022; Director: Agustín Godoy; Writer: Agustín Godoy; Stars: Agustín Gagliardi, Agustina Rudi, Ailín Salas, Marcelo Pozzi, Mateo Pérez)

Rebelión

Biopic of salsa music star Joe Arroyo.

(Country: Colombia, Argentina; Year: 2022; Director: José Luis Rugeles; Writer: José Luis Rugele, Chucky García, Martín Mauregui; Stars: Jhon Narváez, Angie Cepeda, Martín Seefeld, Ronier Matias Agresott Taborda)

Roving Woman

A break-up leaves Sara reeling and directionless, standing alone on her ex's doorstep in a ballgown. Following her impulses, she starts to drive through the desert and makes unexpected connections along the way.

(Country: Poland, US; Year: 2022; Director: Michal Chmielewski; Writer: Lena Gora, Michal Chmielewski; Stars: Lena Gora, John Hawkes, Chris Hanley, Brian McGuire, Ed Mattiuzzi)

Out of competition

Solastalgia

Hybrid film about activism against climate change.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Marina Hufnagel; Writer: Marina Hufnagel; Stars: Marie Tragousti)

Three Thousand Numbered Pieces (Háromezer számozott darab)

A white director rehearses a play with five young Roma actors... with the play seeking to exploit them, they quit, only to find that the show has been sold leaving. An exploration of racism and white guilt.

(Country: Hungary; Year: 2022; Director: Ádám Császi; Writer: Franciska Farkas, Kristóf Horváth, Christopher Pászik; Stars: Kelvin Acquah, Ágota Benedek, Dávid Csányi, Sena Dagadu, Zsigri Dávid, Bari Eduárd, Ferenc Elek, Franciska Farkas, Csaba Gerner, Erwin Giese, Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Horváth, Szilvási István, Ruszó Kornél, Alexis Latham)

Your Lovely Smile

Road trip sees a director visit cinemas to see which ones are prepared to show arthouse films.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2022; Director: Lim Kah-Wai; Writer: Lim Kah-Wai; Stars: Hirobumi Watanabe, Shogen, Hikaru Hirayama, Hironobu Tanaka, Yoshi Yatabe)