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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival · 2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

Special Screenings

Programme

7 films · 1 review

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Dangerous Liaisons

Review preview for Dangerous Liaisons

As the story glides gracefully from pitch-black comedy to complicated tragedy, you are in no doubt this is a film which happened at the right time in the careers of its two central stars, and for cinema.

James Benefield · 4 out of 5
Making a game out of sex, love and relationships has dire consequences in eighteenth century France.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1988; Director: Stephen Frears; Writer: Christopher Hampton, based on the book by Choderlos de Laclos.; Stars: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred Natwick, Uma Thurman, Peter Capaldi)

Full review

JJ: Every Inch a King (Jüri Järvet: Iga toll kuningas)

Documentary about Jüri Järvet, Estonia’s most internationally successful and best-known actor.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Taavi Arus)

World premiere

Joy Will Prevail

Louis Kahn is an architectural icon. This is the story of his final building.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Max Korman; Writer: Max Korman; Stars: Griffin Dunne, Alexis Bledel, Jennifer Beals, Ben Rosenfield, Molly Ephraim, Jeremy Gabriel, Zak Corrigan, Mike Spara)

International premiere

The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd

A teacher finds work at a maximum security prison. It’s there that she encounters an inmate whose arresting charisma and unexpected tenderness pierce the emotional armour she cultivated over the course of her abusive marriage.

(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Tim Blake Nelson; Writer: Tim Blake Nelson; Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Scoot McNairy, Wunmi Mosaku, Devyn Tyler, Missi Pyle, Grant Harvey, William Jackson Harper, Tim Blake Nelson, Elizabeth Marvel)

A Photographer In Cannes (Un photographe à Cannes)

A glimpse into the life of red carpet photographer Erlend Štaub.

(Country: Estonia; Year: 2026; Director: Kullar Viimne)

World premiere

Red Snow

A vampire posing as Santa Claus invades the home of a family whose rebellious teenage daughter wants only one thing: to become a vampire herself and escape her miserable life.

(Country: Finland, Estonia, Sweden; Year: 2026; Director: Ilja Rautsi)

Estonian premiere

Slava: Shooting With Music

After completing more than 200 concerts for the troops, Slava was encouraged to take his band on a worldwide tour in order to bolster the morale of Ukrainian refugees living abroad. An international coalition of artists stepped-up to support them.

(Country: UK; Year: 2026; Director: Jacqui Morris, David Morris)

World premiere