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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2024

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

Children's Rights Programme

Programme

9 films · 3 reviews

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Don't Worry

Confident and popular sixteen-year-old Emma is in a coma. Why? What happened to her? To find out, she becomes an invisible “ghost” for a few days.

(Country: Luxembourg, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Solange Cicurel; Writer: Solange Cicurel; Stars: Lanna de Palmaert, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane De Groodt, Sonia Bekam, Lisa Du Pré, Lily Dupont, Emmanuelle Galabru, Tania Garbarski, Nlandu Lubansu, Kassim Meesters, Elodie Barthels)

Fighting Demons With Dragons

Documentary about a boarding school where children play role-playing games to help them cope with trauma and the world.

(Country: Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Camilla Magid; Writer: Camilla Magid)

The Girls At The Station (Las Chicas de la Estación)

Drama inspired by real events of three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention centre.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Juana Macías; Writer: Juana Macías, Isa Sánchez; Stars: Julieta Tobío, Salua Hadra, María Steelman, Arantxa Aranguren, La Fanny, Xoán Fórneas, Elena Gallardo, Carla Gris, Pepo Llopis, Daniel Mantero, Saida Santana, Elena Sithixay, Asier Tartás)

Holy Cow! (Vingt Dieux!)

Review preview for Holy Cow!

The action is pacy but that doesn’t mean Courvoisier skims the surface.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.

(Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Louise Courvoisier; Writer: Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie; Stars: Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry) , Trailer

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My Killer Buddy (Io e il Secco)

A boy hatches a plan to try to save his mum from his father's violence but it's not as easy as it seems.

(Country: Italy, Croatia; Year: 2024; Director: Gianluca Santoni; Writer: Gianluca Santoni, Michela Straniero; Stars: Andrea Lattanzi, Francesco Lombardo, Barbara Ronchi, Swamy Rotolo, Andrea Sartoretti)

Skill Issue (Der Fleck)

Coming of age tale set on a lazy summer day by the river.

(Country: Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Willy Hans; Writer: Willy Hans; Stars: Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch, Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch)

Toxic

Review preview for Toxic

The imagery is almost dream-like, feverish and intense without straying away from reality.

Andy Stoeva · 4 out of 5
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.

(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Writer: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Stars: Vesta Matulytė, Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Ieva Rupeikaitė, Giedrius Savickas)

Full review See: Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic

Two Heart

Drama set in a children's transplant ward.

(Country: Republic of Korea; Year: 2023; Director: Jeong Yu Sin; Stars: Jeong, Man Sik, On Ju Wan, Shin So Yul, Lee Eun Ju)