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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2025

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

Youth Programme

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10 films · 3 reviews

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Beef

A young rapper must confront her mother to succeed in the world of freestyle.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Ingride Santos)

Bidad (Bezpráví)

Seti loves music and singing, and she yearns for her voice to be heard. But in Iran, it is against the law for women to perform in public, and so the young girl decides to engage in her own personal protest. The street becomes her stage, and random passers-by become her enthusiastic audience.

(Country: Iran; Year: 2025; Director: Soheil Beiraghi; Writer: Soheil Beiraghi; Stars: Sarvin Zabetian, Amir Jadidi, Leili Rashidi)

Christy

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Touching, compelling and full of humanity.

Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
Two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system suddenly find themselves living under the same roof.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2025; Director: Brendan Canty; Writer: Alan O'Gorman; Stars: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Alison Oliver, Helen Behan, Chris Walley, Cormac De Bhál)

Full review See: Ireland’s debut filmmaker Brendan Canty picks up plethora of prizes

DJ Ahmet

Review preview for DJ Ahmet

The artifice takes over, making the desired authenticity completely fake.

Marko Stojiljkovic · 2.5 out of 5
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia find refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and first love.

(Country: North Macedonia, Czechia, Serbia, Croatia; Year: 2025; Director: Georgi M Unkovski; Writer: Georgi M Unkovski; Stars: Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Aksel Mehmet, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Selpin Kerim, Atila Klince)

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The Girl Who Stole Time

A cheerful girl from a fishing village, obtains a mysterious pendant, the Time Dial, which gives her the power to control time. But her new ability attracts danger, including an assassin.

(Country: China; Year: 2025; Director: Yu Ao, Zhou Tienan; Stars: Liu Xiaoyu, Wang Junkai, Zhou Shen, Huang Bo)

Kevlar Soul

Alex and Robin are inseparable brothers, growing up in a small Swedish town under the domestic terror of their violent alcoholic father but when Alex sees an opportunity to break free trouble looms.

(Country: Sweden, Norway, Finland; Year: 2025; Director: Maria Eriksson-Hecht)

Olivia And The Invisible Earthquake

Twelve-year-old Olivia, her little brother Tim, and their mother are forced to leave their apartment and move to a new neighbourhood. In an attempt to shield Tim from the distress of the situation, Olivia convinces him that it is all part of a film.

(Country: Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Chile, France; Year: 2025; Director: Irene Iborra, Irene Iborra Rizo)

The Prank

A prank gone wrong. A day gone mad. And one last trick to make it right.

(Country: Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2025; Director: Benjamin Heisenberg)

Skiff

Teenage tale of first love.

(Country: Belgium, Netherlands; Year: 2025; Director: Cecilia Verheyden)

Wild Foxes (La Danse des Renards)

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The Belgian filmmaker quickly proves to be a director who is quite nimble with a feint in his own terms, so that when his punches come they often hit in unexpected places.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
At a sports boarding school, talented young boxer Camille is knocked back by an accident that starts to make him question his place inside the ring.

(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2025; Director: Valéry Carnoy; Writer: Valéry Carnoy; Stars: Samuel Kircher, Yoann Blanc, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Frédéric Clou, Faycal Anaflous) , Trailer

Full review See: Valéry Carnoy talks toxic masculinity, memory, confidence and Belgian 'soft-power' in Wild Foxes