Black Nights Latest Reviews

Pyre
In the Himalayan Mountain range, a rural village loses its inhabitants to the city’s allure while an elderly couple, Padam Singh and Tulsi, live in desolate isolation.
The Colors Within
The adventures of a high school girl who can see the colours of emotions within other people.
Maria
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
A Real Pain
Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair's old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
A man quits work to care for his dying grandmother, motivated by her fortune. He schemes to win her favour before she passes.
Porcelain War
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
Conclave
Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
Portrait of a middle-aged woman facing choices and change.
Johatsu
A ship explodes. A man dies. A man disappears without a trace. Is it an accident or a cover-up?
The Boy With Pink Pants
Film based on the story of a real cyberbullying incident in Italy.
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Features

'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Family ties and trauma
Laurynas Bareisa on relationship dynamics in award-winning drama Drowning Dry
Tests of love
Dennis Iliadis and his star Konstantina Messini on twisty meet-the-parents thriller Buzzheart
Innocence lost
Sebastián Parra R on growing up too fast and world building in Seed Of The Desert
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
A little unpredictability
Payal Kapadia on cinematic inspirations and All We Imagine As Light
'I like to say that as long as there’s a laugh, there is hope'
Teemu Nikki on creating Finnish sahti comedy Western 100 Litres Of Gold
Jumping into a life
Emilios Avraam and Niovi Charalambous on Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin And I Can't Jump
Reflections of a cat
Gints Zilbalodis on Hayao Miyazaki, fairy tales and Latvia’s Oscar submission, Flow
Storytelling and psychology
Wet Monday’s Justyna Mytnik and Luiza Skrzek on what hides behind the happily-ever-after
Art, friendship and nature
Tilda Swinton on dressing for Pedro Almodóvar, and The Room Next Door
Behind the scenes of Blueberry Dreams
Elene Mikaberidze on bringing her farming documentary to fruition
Lord of misrule
Fernando Coimbra on drawing on Shakespeare and subversive ideas for Carnival Is Over
Life lessons
Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls
An epic work of art
Alessandro Nivola on Brady Corbet and The Brutalist
Marriage of creativity
Husband and wife Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on their latest collaboration Pooja, Sir
A stylised world
Alessandro Nivola on Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door
Concrete ideas
Alessandro Nivola on Costantino Nivola, Le Corbusier, and The Brutalist
Growing pains and gains
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
All the buzz
Sander Maran and Peeter Maran on Chainsaws Were Singing
Measuring happiness
Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó on their latest documentary collaboration
Home truths
Intercepted director Oksana Karpovych on aggression and resistance in Ukraine
'I really wanted to make a movie for the younger version of myself'
Anthony Schatteman on love, authenticity and acceptance in Young Hearts
Sorting fact from fiction
Roman Bondarchuk on fake news, politics and the situation in Ukraine in The Editorial Office

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