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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2024

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

First Feature Competition

Programme

11 films · 4 reviews

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Ciao Bambino

A young man from a working-class neighbourhood in Naples, embarks on a forbidden romance with a street worker he's supposed to be protecting.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Edgardo Pistone; Writer: Edgardo Pistone, Ivan Ferone; Stars: Marco Adamo, Anastasia Kaletchuk, Luciano Pistone, Pasquale Esposito (III), Salvatore Pelliccia, Sergio Minucci, Luciano Gigante, Attilio Peluso, Antonio Cirillo, Rosalia Zinno)

Corina

A young woman with a sheltered existence steps out of her comfort zone.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2024; Director: Urzula Barba Hopfner; Writer: Urzula Barba Hopfner, Samuel Sosa; Stars: Naian González Norvind, Ariana Candela, Carolina Politi, Mariana Giménez, Mónica Bejarano, Elena Gore, Alejandro Mendicuti, Ruth Ramos, Gerardo Trejoluna)

The House With No Address

Alper is a young and upcoming prosecutor in a land where anyone found guilty of a major crime is erased from society. But when his mother is convicted, Alper begins to question the rules he once fought to uphold.

(Country: Turkey, Greece; Year: 2024; Director: Hatice Askin; Writer: Hatice Askin; Stars: Boran Kuzum, Zeynep Tugçe Bayat, Osman Sonant, Aykut Temel, Janset, Arin Kusaksizoglu, Betül Çolak)

Lotus

Review preview for Lotus

Flitting from scene to scene with an increasing disregard for the constraints of logic, the film beguiles hesitant viewers with its gorgeous sets and costumes.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
A silent film director forms a bond with a woman who has a hidden agenda.

(Country: Latvia, Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Signe Birkova; Writer: Luis Enrique Vanegas; Stars: Severija Janušauskaite, Baiba Broka, Vilis Daudziņš, Mārtiņš Kalita, Rēzija Kalniņa)

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Mongrels

Skilled hunter and animal-whisperer Sonny arrives in Canada, hoping to build a brighter future for his daughter and son, all the while grappling with deep grief after the loss of his wife.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Jerome Yoo; Writer: Jerome Yoo; Stars: Sein Jin, Jae-Hyun Kim, Da-Nu Nam, Candyce Weir, Morgan Derera, Jedd Sharp, Sangbum Kang, Cassidy Karin, James Corwin Bryant, Katelyn Vanier, Joliana Francisco, Alan Ramon Ward, Megs Calleja, Duke Murrdodge, Chris Byron)

No Dogs Allowed

A teenager with dark fantasies is groomed by an older man.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Steve Bache; Writer: Stephan Kämpf; Stars: Finlay Deavin, Sean Douglas, Ole Eisfeld, Vera Gallmann, Bineta Hansen, Ralph Hönicke, Richard Kipp, Carlo Krammling, Franz Ferdinand Krause, Katharina Ley, Sithembile Menck, Lisa Riesner, Sammy Schrein, Katharina Marie Schubert, Robin Sondermann)

Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump

Review preview for Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump

Avraam doesn’t spoon-feed us details, letting the various issues Smaragda is facing emerge organically.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Portrait of a middle-aged woman facing choices and change.

(Country: Cyprus; Director: Emilios Avraam; Writer: Emilios Avraam; Stars: Niovi Charalambous, Foivos Papakostas, Eleni Sidera, Paris Erotokritou, Patrick Myles, Liana Halkia, Andreas C. Tselepos, Pampos Charalambous, Alexandros Parisis, Dante, Giorgos Sofokleous, Alice Kalopedi, Marlen Hadjimoysi, Michael Pingas, Andreas Raphael)

Full review See: Emilios Avraam and Niovi Charalambous on Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump

Sun Never Again

Vid, considered the world's greatest hero by his son Dule, is deeply troubled by the expansion of a nearby mine, which threatens their home and way of life.

(Country: Serbia; Director: David Jovanovic; Writer: David Jovanovic, Djordje Kosic; Stars: Rastko Racic, Dusan Jovic, Natasa Markovic, Radovan Miljanic, Joakim Tasic, Vidoje Nestorovic, Svetozar Cvetkovic, Milos Milosevic, Ljubisa Nikolic, Petar Mihajlovic, Draza Mihajlovic, Sergej Prvulovic, Sinisa Jovanovic, Tisa Lapadatovic, Miroslav Novakovic)

Two Of Me

Comedy drama about a pair of twins.

(Country: Estonia; Director: Raul Esko, Romet Esko; Writer: Raul Esko, Romet Esko; Stars: Amanda Hermiine Künnapas, Priit Pius, Einar Kuusk, Mirtel Pohla, Reimo Sagor, Märt Pius, Markkus Pulk, Tom Olaf Urb, Rain Tolk, Tigran Gevorkjan, Lil Till)

The Weeping Walk (Waarom Wettelen)

Review preview for The Weeping Walk

A slowly driven road movie that blends comedy and drama, while it milks its laughs, some of them very loud, from the perfect timing of the revelations and from the perfectly nuanced relationships between the characters

Marko Stojiljkovic · 3.5 out of 5
A family goes on a pilgrimage to honour a matriarch's last wish.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Dimitri Verhulst; Writer: Dimitri Verhulst; Stars: Peter Van den Begin, Hilde Heijnen, Tom Vermeir, Dominique Van Malder, Tine Roggeman, Marijke Pinoy, Zouzou Ben Chikha, Sieber Marly, Lukas Bulteel, Bert Haelvoet, Emiel Vandenberghe, Klaartje Pedersen, Pieter-Jan De Smet, Amara Reta, Cami Moonen)

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A Yard Of Jackals

Review preview for A Yard Of Jackals

Figueroa’s genre-infused approach that suits the topic very well.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 3.5 out of 5
A quiet man’s life is shattered by sinister neighbours.

(Country: Chile; Year: 2024; Director: Diego Figueroa; Writer: Diego Figueroa; Stars: Néstor Cantillana, Blanca Lewin, María Jesús Marcone, Pablo Schwarz, Juan Cano, Consuelo Holzapfel, Rodrigo Pérez, Grimanesa Jiménez)

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