Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020

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Wendy Wendy
Wendy and Slalom
50 Or Two Whales Meet On The Beach (50 (o dos ballenas se encuentran en la playa)) (Year: 2020; Director: Jorge Cuchi; Writer: Jorge Cuchi; Stars: José Antonio Toledano, Karla Coronado, Gerardo Trejoluna, José Antonio Toledano, Karla Coronado, Gerardo Trejoluna)
Call Me Blackbird (Country: Russia; Year: 2020; Director: Pavel Mirzoev)
A boy struggling to make friends finds one online...
Kratt (Year: 2020; Director: Rasmus Merivoo; Writer: Rasmus Merivoo; Stars: Ivo Uukkivi, Jan Uuspõld, Mari Lill, Juhan Rodrik, Roland Treima, Marek Tammets, Nora Merivoo, Venno Loosaar, Paul Laasik, Mari-Liis Lill, Elise Tekko, Harri Merivoo, Jaanus Mehikas, Ivo Uukkivi, Jan Uuspõld)
Children are left to grandma’s without smartphones. Real life seems boring until they find instructions for kratt - magical creature who will do whatever its master says. All they have to do now, is to buy a soul from the devil...
Masha (Country: Russia; Year: 2020; Director: Anastasiya Palchikova; Writer: Anastasiya Palchikova; Stars: Anna Chipovskaya, Sergey Dvoynikov, Polina Gukhman, Iris Lebedeva, Aleksandr Mizev, Maksim Sukhanov)
A teenager in 90s Russia tries to break away from her past.
My Life As A Comedian (En komikers uppväxt) (Country: Sweden; Year: 2019; Director: Rojda Sekersöz; Writer: Jonas Gardell; Stars: Jakob Eklund, Arvin Kananian, Johan Rheborg, Gizem Erdogan, Fredrik Hallgren, Anna Bjelkerud, Leif Edlund, Maria Sid, Teo Dellback, Loke Hellberg, Ulla Skoog, Kerstin Gandler, Cilla Thorell, Klara Zimmergren, Ulf Rönnerstrand)
A comic who used to be a class joker gets a visit from an old friend that forces him to return home and deal with his past.
Needle Park Baby (Platzspitzbaby) (Country: Switzerland; Year: 2020; Director: Pierre Monnard; Writer: André Küttel, Michelle Halbheer, Franziska K. Müller; Stars: Luna Mwezi, Jerry Hoffmann, Sarah Spale, Anouk Petri, Esther Gemsch, Michael Schertenleib, Caspar Kaeser, Delio Malär, Thomas Hostettler, Jorik Wenger, Lea Whitcher, Emilio Marchisella, Luna Mwezi, Jerry Hoffmann, Sarah Spale)
A girl and her heroin addict mum are relocated to the countryside, where the youngster forms new friendships.
The Pack (Smecka) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia; Year: 2020; Director: Tomas Polensky; Writer: Tomas Polensky; Stars: Tomás Dalecký, Tomás Mrvík, Anastázie Chocholatá, Denisa Biskupová, Jennifer Baluchová, Patrik Dergel, Pavel Handl, Dominik Hasek, Vlastina Svátková, Václav Vasák, Jirí Vyorálek, Tomás Dalecký, Tomás Mrvík, Anastázie Chocholatá, Denisa Biskupová)
Bullying drama set in the world of ice hockey.
Promise Of Pisa (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2019; Director: Norbert ter Hall; Writer: Robert Alberdingk Thijm, Mano Bouzamour; Stars: Nadia Abdelouafi, Aziz Akazim, Mostafa Benkerroum, Mano Bouzamour, Thor Braun, Rachida Chbani, Nora El Koussour, Shahine El-Hamus, Noureddine Farihi, Simone Giel, Monic Hendrickx, Cees Heyne, Tine Joustra, Olivia Lonsdale, Fabrizio Manfredi)
Moroccan Sam is admitted to the prestigious Amsterdam Music Academy on the day that his older brother Mo is arrested by the police.
Slalom (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2020; Director: Charlène Favier; Writer: Charlène Favier; Stars: Noée Abita, Axel Auriant, Muriel Combeau, Marie Denarnaud, François Godart, Catherine Marchal, Jérémie Renier, Maïra Schmitt)
Coming-of-age tale about a young skier who is drawn into an abusive relationship.
Tell Her (Country: Russia; Year: 2020; Director: Aleksandr Molochnikov; Writer: Aleksandr Molochnikov, Alexander Talal, Ilya Tilkin; Stars: Artyom Bystrov, Wolfgang Cerny, Igor Chernevich, Annaka Fourneret, Kay Aleks Getts, Marina Ignatova, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Marik Knight, Mark Krenik, Lloyd McCullough, Kenneth J. Morgan, Laurie Morgan, Irina Romasheva, Irina Rozanova, Aleksey Serebryakov)
Tug-of-love drama.
Wendy (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Benh Zeitlin; Writer: Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin; Stars: Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gavin Naquin, Gage Naquin, Shay Walker, Tommie Lynn Milazzo, Stephanie Lynn Wilson)
Lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up. The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic.
Young Hearts (Country: US; Year: 2020; Director: Sarah Sherman, Zachary Ray Sherman; Writer: Sarah Sherman; Stars: Anjini Taneja Azhar, Quinn Liebling, Alex Jarmon, Ayla Carda, Kelly Grace Richardson, Eric Martin Reid, Tanner Orcutt, Kasey Brown, Morgan Demetre, Tristian Encinas, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Danny Garrison, Teshia Gore, Sydney Michelle Groves, Chinenye Igwe)
A brainy 14-year-old embarks on an awkwardly heartfelt first love with her brother’s best friend while exploring her budding feminism and a gender double standard at their high school.
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