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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2025

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

Special Screenings

Programme

3 films · 3 reviews

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California Schemin'

Review preview for California Schemin'

The lads’ delight at their early success is engaging, and both stars acquit themselves well.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Two Scottish lads from Dundee conned the music industry by pretending to be an established Californian rap duo, bagging a record deal and appearing on MTV until their scam unraveled.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2025; Director: James McAvoy; Writer: Gavin Bain, Elaine Gracie, Archie Thomson; Stars: James McAvoy, Seamus McLean Ross, Amber Anderson, Samuel Bottomley, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong)

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Club Zero

Review preview for Club Zero

The narrative proceeds at a controlled pace set to a jangling score of percussion and chants, which is enough to set viewers on edge without the disturbing scenes of food being tentatively eaten and then disgorged.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
A teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship which eventually takes a dangerous turn.

(Country: Austria, UK, Germany, France, Denmark; Year: 2023; Director: Jessica Hausner; Writer: Jessica Hausner, Géraldine Bajard; Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Sam Hoare, Camilla Ritherford, Amanda Lawrence, Elsa Zylberstein)

Full review See: Jessica Hausner in conversation on costume designer Tanja Hausner, cinematographer Martin Gschlacht, Sidse Babette Knudsen, and Peter & the Wolf in Club Zero , Jessica Hausner in conversation on Club Zero, Elsa Zylberstein and Mathieu Demy as parents, and the Pied Piper of Hamelin

Sisu: Road To Revenge

Review preview for Sisu: Road To Revenge

I was entertained, in much the same way but not to the same extent as the first outing.

Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless cross-country chase ensues

(Country: Finland; Year: 2025; Director: Jalmari Helander; Writer: Jalmari Helander; Stars: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake, Einar Haraldsson, Jaako Hutchings, Ergo Küppas, Anton Klink)

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