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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

International Youth Competition

Programme

10 films

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The Bitch Pack

After a conflict with her father, Luna Garcia Martinez is sent to a juvenile detention centre for 13 months. In this new and strictly controlled environment, music becomes a way out.

(Country: Spain, Denmark, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Claudia Estrada Tarascó; Writer: Claudia Estrada Tarascó; Stars: Valeria Estrada Tarascó, Huda, Vanessa Aisha, Sara Martínez, Àlex Brendemühl)

World premiere

The Bully Club

Two victims of bullying decide to take revenge, but have to face unexpected consequences.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Eunhye Hong Kim; Writer: Eunhye Hong Kim; Stars: Park Moon-a, Woo Hyun-jin, Ko Se-bin)

World premiere

Change Of Heart

Maia lives and works on her grandmother Nora’s cattle farm in rural Denmark. She loves her job, her small community and the animals she cares for every day. However, when her grandmother considers selling the family farm to a large company due to financial troubles, Maia delves deeper into agricultural practices and becomes greatly concerned for the future of our world.

(Country: Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Hannah Elbke; Writer: Hannah Elbke, Amalie Kjeldergaard; Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Karen-Lise Mynster, Elias Budde Christensen, Signe Thielsen, Henrik Birch, Rasmus Botoft, Dan Boie Kratfeldt, Jakob Femerling Andersen)

World premiere

Henry's Ebb

Henry runs away from his unstable mother, while his best friend Ebb becomes increasingly dangerous.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Thomas Mendolia; Writer: Thomas Mendolia; Stars: Kingston Rumi Southwick, Banks Repeta, Ashley Shelton, Will A. Holland, Rebecca Koon, Austin Willard)

World premiere

Holy Light

On Easter, 10-year-old Mircea and his father travel from a small Romanian mountain village to the city to bring back the Holy Fire, which is flown in from thousands of kilometres away every year. On the way back, Mircea loses sight of his father and tries to find his way back alone in the dark, while protecting the flame.

(Country: Romania, Slovakia, Moldova; Year: 2026; Director: Marian Crișan; Writer: Marian Crișan; Stars: Andrei Voicu, Marius Cordos, Ofelia Popii)

World premiere

Joe Speedboat

When a boy wakes from a coma, he has lost the ability to walk and speak with the exception of one arm, but when Joe Speedboat arrives in the village, his friendship offers hope.

(Country: Netherlands; Year: 2026; Director: Sam de Jong; Writer: Sam de Jong; Stars: Daan Buringa, Tobias Kersloot, QiQi van Boheemen)

International premiere

Liquid States

Nina spends the summer in the countryside, where she has to face her changing family and her own transformation.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2026; Director: Maria Wider; Writer: Maria Wider, Magdalena Kućka, Aleksandra Arent; Stars: Julia Totoszko, Wiktoria Węglowska, Jacek Borcuch, Roma Gąsiorowska, Jan Sałasiński, Filip Rogowski, Klementyna Karnkowska)

International premiere

One Of Them

A young woman meets a group of football ultras, but their team spriit pushes to extremes.

(Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Marie Rosselet-Ruiz; Writer: Marie Rosselet-Ruiz, Vincent Mariette; Stars: Céleste Brunnquell, Veerle Baetens, Camille Rutherford, Paul Beaurepaire, Louis Memmi, Mamadou Sidibé, Alexandre Anne)

International premiere

Such A Vivid Imagination

Twelve-year-old Celia’s carefree childhood begins to crumble when she discovers her mother’s love affair. Feeling increasingly out of place at home, she seeks refuge in long summer days with her cousins Kerry and Hannah. One day, Celia and Kerry find a dead body in the woods.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Ina Lüders)

International premiere

Will You Care If I Die?

A youth worker gives everything to save a young basketball talent from the slums of Malmö.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Rojda Sekersöz; Writer: Wiktor Ericsson; Stars: Peshang Rad, Rudwan Socdal, Timbuktu, Sandra Stojiljkovic, Maria Grudemo El Hayek)

International premiere