Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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100 Litres Of Gold (Country: Finland, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Teemu Nikki)
A home brew plan causes comic complications in the run-up to a wedding.
The Boy With Pink Trousers (Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa, The Boy With Pink Pants) (Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Margherita Ferri; Writer: Roberto Proia; Stars: Claudia Pandolfi, Andrea Arru, Sara Ciocca, Samuele Carrino, Corrado Fortuna, Maurizio Jiritano, Barbara Bovoli)
Film based on the story of a real cyberbullying incident in Italy.
Buzzheart (Country: Greece, US; Year: 2024; Director: Dennis Iliadis; Writer: Dennis Iliadis; Stars: Evelina Papoulia, Yorgos Liantos, Konstantina Messini, Claudio Kaya, Evelina Gourna)
A boyfriend faces a series of increasingly bizarre tests to prove his worth to his girlfriend's parents.
Can I Get A Witness (Country: Canada; Year: 2024; Director: Ann Marie Fleming; Writer: Ann Marie Fleming; Stars: Sandra Oh, Cassandra Sawtell, Jovanna Burke, Andre Anthony, Joel Oulette, Reece Presley, Oscar Chark, Tedra Rogers, Ben Immanuel, Naika Toussaint, Yuki Morita, Jude Wilson, Ally Battaggia, Keira Jang, Kymo Van Oers)
In a future where humans must die at 50, teenage artists bear witness to their final moments.
Deaf Lovers (Kurdid armastajad) (Country: Estonia, Serbia; Year: 2024; Director: Boris Guts; Writer: Boris Guts; Stars: Anastasia Shemyakina, Daniil Gazizullin)
A young woman and man meet in Istanbul. Both are Deaf and start to fall for one another - but one is from Ukraine and the other from Russia.
Empire Of The Rabbits (Country: Turkey, Mexico, Croatia; Year: 2024; Director: Seyfettin Tokmak; Writer: Seyfettin Tokmak; Stars: Alpay Kaya, Sermet Yeşil, Kubilay Tunçer, Perla Palamutçuoğullari, Emrullah Çakay)
A daring boy’s journey against the cruel entanglements of deception and disabilities of the adult world.
The Exalted (Country: Estonia, Greece, Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Juris Kursietis; Writer: Liga Celma-Kursiete, Juris Kursietis; Stars: Katariina Unt, Johanna Wokalek, Pekka Strang, Hanna Hilsdorf, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Juris Zagars, Judith Hofmann, Gerda Embure, Egons Dombrovskis, Dainis Grube, Erika Eglija)
A woman's world is rocked when her husband becomes embroiled in a corruption scandal.
Girl America (Country: Czechia; Year: 2024; Director: Viktor Taus; Writer: David Jarab; Stars: Pavla Beretová, Lucie Zácková, Klára Melísková, Tomás Psenicka, Magdaléna Borová)
A girl in an orphanage employs fantasy as a means of escape.
The Loop (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Gabe DeGrazia, Kurt Reynolds; Writer: Kurt Reynolds; Stars: Myles Jordan, Kitty Timbers, Nicholas Trotter, Travis Wagoner)
A bullied boy's suicide triggers an unexpected series of events.
The Mousetrap (Country: Ukraine; Year: 2024; Director: Serhii Kastornykh; Writer: Serhii Kastornykh; Stars: Andrey Isaenko, Hanna Birzul, Yuri Kulinich)
During war a man becomes trapped in a bunker with only a rat as a companion.
Out Of Control (Dis-moi juste que tu m'aimes) (Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Anne Le Ny; Stars: Omar Sy, Vanessa Paradis, Élodie Bouchez, José Garcia, Marie Ayissi)
A wife's insecurities surface when an old flame of her husband's arrives in town leading her to an affair with unintended consequences.
Pink Lady (Country: Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Nir Bergman; Writer: Mindi Ehrlich; Stars: Gal Malka, Sara von Schwarze, Nur Fibak, Uri Blufarb, Michal Weinberg)
A ultra-Orthodox couple find their marriage strained after the husband falls victim to blackmail.
Pyre (Country: India; Year: 2024; Director: Vinod Kapri; Writer: Vinod Kapri; Stars: Padam Singh, Heera Devi)
In the Himalayan Mountain range, a rural village loses its inhabitants to the city’s allure while an elderly couple, Padam Singh and Tulsi, live in desolate isolation.
Reading Lolita In Tehran (Country: Italy, Israel; Year: 2024; Director: Eran Riklis; Writer: Marjorie David, Azar Nafisi; Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mina Kavani, Reza Diako, Arash Marandi, Catayoune Ahmadi, Sina Parvaneh, Lara Wolf, Raha Rahbari, Ash Goldeh, Isabella Nefar, Abbas Fasaei, Hamid Karimi, Bahar Beihaghi, Shahbaz Noshir)
A teacher gathers students to read classic books, despite the threat from the authorities.
Seed Of The Desert (Semilla del Desierto) (Country: Colombia; Year: 2024; Director: Sebastián Parra R; Writer: Sebastián Parra R; Stars: Sebastian Damian, Maria Ibarra Peña, Andres Agreshot, Ilber Oñate)
In a deserted land, Chelina and Caviche face a difficult decision when in fear of a violent father they decide to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. To fund the abortion, they become gasoline smugglers and embark on a challenging journey.
The Shadow (Vari) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Jaak Kilmi; Writer: Indrek Hargla; Stars: Pääru Oja, Rain Simmul, Karol Kuntsel, Kersti Heinloo, Peeter Tammearu, Riho Kütsar, Ago Anderson, Andres Mähar, Alice Siil, Tarmo Tagamets, Meelis Rämmeld, Veiko Jänes, Audra Mishinite, Lena Barbara Luhse, Indrek Sammul)
Thriller charting Estonian poet Juhan Liiv's fight for freedom.
Silent City Driver (Country: Mongolia; Year: 2024; Director: Sengedorj Janchivdorj; Writer: Nomuunzul Turmunkh, Sengedorj Janchivdorj; Stars: Tuvshinbayar Amartuvshin, Narantsetseg Ganbaatar, Bat-Erdene Munkhbat)
An enigmatic hearse driver navigates the solitude and injustice that haunt his tormented life.
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking (Country: Philippines, Italy, Singapore; Year: 2024; Director: Petersen Vargas; Writer: Petersen Vargas; Stars: Jomari Angeles, Argel Saycon, Tommy Alejandrino, Gold Aceron, Miguel Odron)
When an old man dies the sex worker he was with decides to fulfil his last wish.
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