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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

Official Selection - Competition

Programme

12 films

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The Assignment (De Opdracht)

A thought-provoking story of becoming a man, where the scars of the recent Second World War are felt at every step.

(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)

World premiere

Caballé

The beloved opera star Montserrat Caballé faces a challenge that takes her back to the beginning of her career.

(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)

World premiere

Drumskin (Cuero)

Thriller exploring desire, obsession, and revenge through one woman's psychological transformation.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2026; Director: Joaquín Cambre; Writer: Juan Pablo Basovih Marinaro; Stars: Justina Bustos, Daniel Elías, Silvia Pérez, Máximo Pardo)

World premiere

I Just Want To Talk To My Mom (فقط می‌خوام با مامانم حرف بزنم)

Her mother is in Tehran. War has cut the line. In Istanbul, every unanswered call feels like a verdict.

(Country: Iran, Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Mohsen Rabiei; Writer: Mohsen Rabiei; Stars: Reyhaneh Parsa)

World premiere

A Job Well Done (Un travail exemplaire)

In Geneva, social workers helping refugees confront an asylum system where compassion may become an act of defiance.

(Country: Switzerland; Year: 2026; Director: Fred Baillif; Writer: Joanne Giger, Fred Baillif; Stars: Sewit Abadi, Sabbel Ceesay, Rebecca Baillif, Claudia Grob, Selam Tesfu)

World premiere

The Matriarch (Die Matriarchin)

A 17-year-old enters her mother’s trafficking business, pushing the limits of family loyalty in search of her love.

(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)

World premiere

No Me Without You

Grief pulls two sisters close. Behind their silence, one truth waits to tear the family apart.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Janno Jürgens; Writer: Anti Naulainen, Janno Jürgens; Stars: Mari Abel, Eva Koldits, Katariina Unt, Andres Mähar, Ingrid Isotamm)

World premiere

One Sweet Hour

A bittersweet comedy about two estranged brothers travelling through central Ireland.

(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)

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)

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...

(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)

World premiere

Sinless (A pokol élővilága)

One lavish dinner. Generations of buried crimes. Henrik came to expose them – but who is hunting whom?

(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)

World premiere

Where Is My Son?

A wedding shimmers in the summer heat. Then a son vanishes and one family’s secrets begin to surface.

(Country: Kazakhstan; Year: 2026; Director: Dias Bertis; Writer: Dias Bertis, Alen Rakhmetaliev; Stars: Danagul Temirsultanova, Aknur Rakhat, Azat Seitmetov, Aibar Saly, Shakarim Almasbek)