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What Remains
What Remains
During the 1990s, at a Scandinavian psychiatric hospital, a man known as Mads Lake confessed to multiple murders and was convicted. However, the uneasy triumvirate of Mads, therapist Anna Rudebeck and policeman Soren Rank all have a vested interest in unearthing the truth, while a deepening co-dependency threatens to consume them all.
Hesitation Wound
Hesitation Wound
A criminal lawyer faces difficult moral and emotional choices.
Much Ado About Dying
Much Ado About Dying
Looking after his gay actor uncle, filmmaker Simon is engulfed in a whirl of Shakespeare and clutter, as uncle David lends his credit card to neighbours, greets visitors in the nude and teaches Simon a profound lesson on dying happy
Cat Call
Cat Call
An architect finds her search for love complicated by the fact that whenever she falls for someone she forsees their death.
The Invisible Fight
The Invisible Fight
A kung-fu comedy set in an Orthodox Monastery in 1970s Soviet Union.
Close Your Eyes
Close Your Eyes
A TV show looking into the mysterious disappearance of an actor leads a director on a journey into his own past while making discoveries in the present.
Omen
Omen
When a man who was cast out as a child after being considered a sorceror returns home, he faces prejudice.
Mr And Mrs Stodola
Mr And Mrs Stodola
The story of a husband and wife's killing spree.
Falling Into Place
Falling Into Place
A romance between two people, who met too briefly over a winter weekend while on the run from themselves.
Tentigo
Tentigo
Absurdist comedy that sees a family try to cope after the patriarch dies with an erection that won't go away.
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Features

Never say die
Ilango Ramanathan and Hiranya Perera on the remarkable journey of Tentigo
In search of liberty
Rodrigo Moreno on freedom and character development in The Delinquents
Now is now
Wim Wenders on Yasujirō Ozu, Anselm Kiefer, Ingeborg Bachmann and Perfect Days
Unconscious symbolism
Wendy Chuck on Alexander Payne’s multiple Golden Globe-winning The Holdovers
Taking flight
Alexander Payne on WC Fields, Artie Shaw and The Holdovers composer Mark Orton
Layers of mystery
llker Çatak in conversation on Oscar shortlisted The Teachers’ Lounge, Wim Wenders, and the films that inspired him
What’s in a name?
Alexander Payne on Paul Giamatti, Carrie Preston, Westward The Women and The Holdovers
From the inside out
Wendy Chuck on Alexander Payne’s multiple Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers
Enjoy the trip
Uri Marantz on making King Khat.. and why it's not a documentary
A gran plan
Karl R Hearne on The G's inspiration, those who target the old and the portrayal of female sexuality as a radical act
Personal politics
Romas Zabarauskas on political debate and identity in The Writer
Circus attraction
Gust Van den Berghe on world creation and comedy with weight in The Magnet Man
Putting The G in Vengeance
Dale Dickey on her role as a gran bent on revenge and the resolution of the actors' strike
A sporting chance
Julia Fuhr Mann on exploring athletic bias and looking beyond the binary in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
A series of tonal decisions
Todd Haynes on May December
A smouldering story
Thomas Schubert on imposter syndrome and tonal ambiguity in Afire
Targets of desire
Christian Petzold on An Affair To Remember, summers and Afire
The eyes of the world
Alex Winter on the changing social media landscape and The YouTube Effect
Steeling the Blade
Inodchine star Vincent Perez on being back behind and in front of the camera with duelling drama
In his mind
Christian Petzold on summer movies and Afire
Disembodied
Reuben Hamlyn on non-consensual deepfake pornography and Another Body
Heat and light
Anna Hints on capturing the soul of the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Hitting back at domestic abuse
Spanish writer-director Iciar Bollain talks about her award-winning film Take My Eyes

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Tallinn introduces dedicated documentary competition
Doc@PÖFF will celebrate the best in factual film
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Italian film takes top prize in Tallinn
Dryholm heads jury as Tallinn full line-up revealed
Festival will screen 185 features including 51 world premieres
Tallinn announces competition line-up
20-title showcase includes 13 world premieres
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