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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

Critics' Picks Competition

Programme

10 films

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Apart

1974. When Turkey invades Cyprus, young Eleni escapes through an arranged marriage to a fellow Greek-Cypriot in apartheid South Africa. They begin to build a life together but a secret from her past forces her to make a decision that could change her life forever.

(Country: Greece; Year: 2026; Director: Stelana Kliris)

World premiere

The Great Family (La Gran Familia)

Follows a teenager who is sent to La Gran Familia, a sprawling shelter for hundreds of disadvantaged children.

(Country: Mexico, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Matías Meyer; Writer: Matías Meyer, Israel Cárdenas; Stars: Alán Hernández Vázquez, Miguel Sánchez Paredes, Raquel Rojas)

World premiere

IOU

One grumpy debt collector, two unstoppable kids, and a Chinese New Year miracle nobody saw coming.

(Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Steven Zhang Zhonghua; Writer: Steven Zhang Zhonghua; Stars: Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, Amy Zhao, Liang Zongyao)

World premiere

Jimoto Loop

Time-loop mystery where escaping home may be the hardest and most wonderful journey of all.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Masaya Tsutsumi; Writer: Masaya Tsutsumi; Stars: Hitomi Uneda, Shinma Okazaki, Moerinu, Nobuhiko Kunimi, Kuniko Nakanishi, Ippei Uesugi, Sayuna Hama, Yoji Minagawa)

World premiere

Kidney

A minor family dispute spirals into deadly revenge.

(Country: India; Year: 2026; Director: Aakarsh Sansanwal, Agrim Sansanwal; Writer: Agrim Sansanwal; Stars: Simran Tandon, Rudrashish Majumdar, Nitin Kumar Singh, Prabhat Mishra, Manish Devkunsh, Rakesh Kumar, Praveen Kumar)

World premiere

Mo Amor

A photographer turns a modern fairy tale into a deeply personal story of love, identity, and transformation.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Eeva Mägi; Writer: Eeva Mägi; Stars: Ester Kuntu, Jarmo Reha, Tambet Tuisk, Andres Mähar, Sander Roosimägi, Ivor Mikker)

World premiere

One Month (Edin Mesec)

As her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary approaching, 45-year-old Sarah is given an ultimatum: she has one month to leave the family home.

(Country: Bulgaria, Romania, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Maya Vitkova; Writer: Maya Vitkova; Stars: Miroslava Gogovska, Mariana Krumova, Marin Yanev, Plamen Velikov, Yordan Rasin)

World premiere

Rahma

A childless couple’s life changes when a Syrian refugee arrives, carrying a secret that alters everything.

(Country: Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy; Year: 2026; Director: Faysal Soysal; Writer: Faysal Soysal)

World premiere

Until Dawn

Sixteen-year-old Hamid sits alone on a small boat in the port of Kenitra, flashbacks show us how he came to this moment.

(Country: Morocco; Year: 2026; Director: Mohamed Zineddaine; Writer: Olivier Bombarda, Mohamed Zineddaine; Stars: Rida El Hadi, Hafça El Khal, Pietro Ragusa, Asmâa El Hadrami, Aya Jabrane, Mustapha Rachidi, Yassir Kazzouz, Mehdi El Mellouk)

World premiere

When I Existed (Cuando yo existía)

Black comedy about a retiree declared dead who must fight bureaucracy to reclaim his life.

(Country: Uruguay, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Alejandro Damiani, Martín Avdolov; Writer: Alejandro Damiani, Martín Avdolov; Stars: César Troncoso, Silvia Kutika, Néstor Guzzini, Mónica Gonzaga, Eduardo Miglionico, Ariel Caldarelli, Mirella Pascual)

World premiere