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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2022

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022

Youth Programme

Programme

6 films · 2 reviews

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The Fence

A teenager tries to track down his stolen motorbike.

(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: William Stone; Writer: William Stone; Stars: David Perkins, Eugene Simon, Sally Phillips, Jayde Adams, Lee Armstrong, Alexander Lincoln, Joe Sims, Neil Berrett, Marc Bessant, Tomas Budin, Paul Cooper, Marc Danbury, Guy Davies, Kitty Douglas, Deshaye Gayle)

Girls Girls Girls (Girls, Girls, Girls, Girl Picture)

Review preview for Girls Girls Girls

The performances are all first class, with any one of the three leads capable of carrying a film on her own.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Mimmi, Emma and Rönkkö are girls at the cusp of womanhood, trying to draw their own contours. In three consecutive Fridays two of them experience the earth-moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced before: pleasure.

(Country: Finland; Year: 2022; Director: Alli Haapasalo; Writer: Ilona Ahti, Daniela Hakulinen; Stars: Oona Airola, Mikko Kauppila, Elias Westerberg, Linnea Leino, Henrikki Haavisto, Fathi Ahmed, Jantsu Puumalainen, Oksana Lommi, Aamu Milonoff, Cécile Orblin, Yasmin Najjar, Amos Brotherus, Pablo Ounaskari, Pietu Wikström, Eleonoora Kauhanen)

Heartbeast

A teenager finds herself in a power game with her new step-sister.

(Country: France, Finland, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Aino Suni; Writer: Aino Suni; Stars: Carmen Kassovitz, Elsi Sloan, Adel Bencherif, Camille, Chilla, Lucille Guillaume)

Paula

A teenager faces eating problems after becoming part of an online community.

(Country: Argentina, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Florencia Wehbe; Writer: Florencia Wehbe; Stars: Lucía Castro, Lara Griboff, Julieta Montes, Tiziana Faleschini, Liz Correa)

So Damn Easy Going (Så Jävla Easy Going)

While desperately trying to find ways to get her ADHD medication, 18-year-old Joanna is trying to figure out her newfound feelings towards her classmate Audrey, but also towards herself.

(Country: Sweden, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Christoffer Sandler; Writer: Christoffer Sandler, Lina Åström, Jessika Jankert; Stars: Tuva Albino, Emil Algpeus, Mats Blomgren, Gorki Glaser-Müller, Nikki Hanseblad, Annelie Hansson)

Streamline

Review preview for Streamline

Miller is a talented young actor and does his best with the material, while Isaacs, though he gets very little screentime, is impressive as always.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
A teenage swimming prodigy self-destructs after his father is released from jail.

(Country: Australia; Year: 2021; Director: Tyson Wade Johnston; Writer: Tyson Wade Johnston; Stars: Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Jake Ryan, Laura Gordon, Tasia Zalar)