Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

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Caballé Caballé
Caballé and I Just Want To Talk To My Mom
The Assignment (De Opdracht) (Country: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands; Year: 2026; Director: Patrice Toye; Writer: Patrice Toye, Peter Seynaeve; Stars: Mathisse De Sutter, Thibaud Dooms, Felix Heremans, Luka Michielsens, Tibo Vandenborre, Greet Verstraete, Jarne Heylen, Xander Creemers, Pepijn Vandelanotte, Milton Riche, Eran de Vlam, Otta Peeters, Julia Brown, Julian Jan Daenen, Kaspar Proot)
A thought-provoking story of becoming a man, where the scars of the recent Second World War are felt at every step.
World premiere
Caballé (Country: Spain, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Patricia Ortega; Writer: Marta Armengol, Eduard Sola; Stars: Begoña Alberdi, Mercè Arànega, David Bagés, Ivan Benet, Marina Comas, Carles Francino, Gio Garcia, Pep Munné, Pep Pla, Núria Prims, Ana Saavedra)
The beloved opera star Montserrat Caballé faces a challenge that takes her back to the beginning of her career.
World premiere
Drumskin (Cuero) (Country: Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Joaquín Cambre; Writer: Juan Pablo Basovih Marinaro; Stars: Justina Bustos, Daniel Elías, Silvia Pérez, Máximo Pardo)
Thriller exploring desire, obsession, and revenge through one woman's psychological transformation.
World premiere
I Just Want To Talk To My Mom (فقط می‌خوام با مامانم حرف بزنم) (Country: Iran, Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Mohsen Rabiei; Writer: Mohsen Rabiei; Stars: Reyhaneh Parsa)
Her mother is in Tehran. War has cut the line. In Istanbul, every unanswered call feels like a verdict.
World premiere
A Job Well Done (Un travail exemplaire) (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Fred Baillif; Writer: Joanne Giger, Fred Baillif; Stars: Sewit Abadi, Sabbel Ceesay, Rebecca Baillif, Claudia Grob, Selam Tesfu)
In Geneva, social workers helping refugees confront an asylum system where compassion may become an act of defiance.
World premiere
A Job Well Done A Job Well Done
A Job Well Done and Sh*t Happens
The Matriarch (Die Matriarchin) (Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Alison Kuhn; Writer: Alison Kuhn; Stars: Tuyen Do, Viet Pham, Trang Le Hong, Long Dang Ngoc, Benjamin Kramme, Artur Andrzejczuk, Nadine Rosemann, Yung Ngo, Lissy-Marie Nguyen, Marlon Minh-Hai Leyck)
A 17-year-old enters her mother’s trafficking business, pushing the limits of family loyalty in search of her love.
World premiere
No Me Without You (Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Janno Jürgens; Writer: Anti Naulainen, Janno Jürgens; Stars: Mari Abel, Eva Koldits, Katariina Unt, Andres Mähar, Ingrid Isotamm)
Grief pulls two sisters close. Behind their silence, one truth waits to tear the family apart.
World premiere
One Sweet Hour (Year: 2026; Director: Declan Recks; Writer: Eugene O’Brien; Stars: Gary Lydon, Brían F. O'Byrne, Sofia Moloney, John Kavanagh, Michael Hough, Helen Behan, Dawn Bradfield, Darragh O'Toole, Gail Fitzpatrick, Philip Judge, Ali White, Máire Ní Ghráinne, Donna Anita Nikolaisen, James O'Quinn)
A bittersweet comedy about two estranged brothers travelling through central Ireland.
World premiere
On Top Of The Cliff (Sobre el Acantilado) (Country: Mexico, Peru, Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Enrica Pérez; Writer: Enrica Perez; Stars: Bianca Buchelli, Renata Canales, Liliana Trujillo, Manuela Biedermann, Amaranta Kun, Abigail Dalens, Luciana Giraldo, Uma Mikati, Nicole Perdomo)
World premiere
Sh*t Happens (Comemierda) (Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2026; Director: José María Cabral; Writer: Miguel Yarull, Natalia Peralta; Stars: Fele Martínez, Lizbeth Santos, Cindy Galán, Isabel Spencer, Leonor Forero)
When a microbiotic treatment with a secret ingredient offers hope to the daughter of a wealthy household, the cure becomes the one thing everyone wants but then the miracle takes a turn...
World premiere
No Me Without You No Me Without You
No Me Without You and Sinless
Sinless (A pokol élővilága) (Country: Hungary; Year: 2026; Director: Attila Hartung; Writer: Attila Hartung, Attila Veres; Stars: Márk Nagy, Róbert Alföldi, György Cserhalmi, Anna Mészöly, Réka Tenki, Anna Háy, Tamás Lengyel)
One lavish dinner. Generations of buried crimes. Henrik came to expose them – but who is hunting whom?
World premiere
Where Is My Son? (Country: Kazakhstan; Year: 2026; Director: Dias Bertis; Writer: Dias Bertis, Alen Rakhmetaliev; Stars: Danagul Temirsultanova, Aknur Rakhat, Azat Seitmetov, Aibar Saly, Shakarim Almasbek)
A wedding shimmers in the summer heat. Then a son vanishes and one family’s secrets begin to surface.
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