Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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Anna LOL (Country: Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Ivars Tontegode)
Portrait of a teenager searching for a soulmate while exploring the double standards of tolerance in Latvian society.
Black Velvet (Country: Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Liene Linde; Writer: Liene Linde; Stars: Inga Tropa, Kaspars Bekeris, Baiba Broka, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Iveta Pole, Inga Silina, Sabine Tikmane, Gatis Ungurs, Karpars Varanavicius)
A wannabe film director sees her personal life intertwine with her movies.
Drowning Dry (Seses) (Country: Lithuania, Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Laurynas Bareisa; Writer: Laurynas Bareisa; Stars: Gelmine Glemzaite, Karolis Kasperavicius, Paulius Markevicius, Giedrius Kiela, Agne Kaktaite)
Two familes try to cope with trauma after a weekend getaway turns sour.
The End (Country: Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Maris Maskalāns; Writer: Maris Maskalāns, Ilmārs Tīrmanis, Pauls Bankovskis; Stars: Kristians Brekte, Edgars Dreijers, Anna Ginteri, Arnis Ginteri, Ilmārs Tīrmanis)
This philosophical and claustrophobic tale explores the consequences of death.
Flow (Country: Latvia, Belgium, France; Year: 2024; Director: Gints Zilbalodis)
An animated adventure about a group of animals who must work together to survive a catastrophe in a post-human world.
In The Land That Sings (Zeme, kas dzied) (Country: Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Maris Martinsons; Writer: Dainis Ivans, Maris Martinsons; Stars: Priit Pius, Edmunds Rags, Andris Keiss, Bohdan Graczyk, Marta Lovisa Jancevska, Sergey Podymin, Ainars Ancevskis, Braiens Martinsons, Arunas Valinskas, Karlis Zahovskis, Vilis Daudzins, Emils Kivlenieks, Andris Bulis, Girts Kesteris, Ivars Brakovskis)
Musical celebration of the Latvian Song Festival.
I Was Born In A Garage (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Arko Okk)
Documentary about architect Emil Urbel.
Life & Love (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Helen Takkin; Writer: Martin Algus, Helen Takkin; Stars: Karolin Jürise, Mait Malmsten, Loviise Kapper, Ursel Tilk)
In 1933, a young woman chases her dream of becoming a writer in the city. She begins a relationship with a printing house owner and their love story unfolds against the backdrop of a divided society.
Lioness (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo; Writer: Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo; Stars: Katariina Unt, Teele Piibemann, Ivo Uukkivi, Joonas Mikk, Elina Masing, Margo Teder, Nils Mattias Steinberg, Karl Pärtel, Doris Tislar, Raimo Pass, Kristo Viiding, Külli Reinumägi, Erik Vellermann, Diana Toom, Herta Marie Aadli)
My Partners (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Eva Kübar)
Three couples from Estonia and Germany navigate the uncharted territory of free love.
Never Alone (Ei koskaan yksin) (Country: Finland, Estonia, Austria, Germany, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Klaus Härö; Writer: Klaus Härö, Jimmy Karlsson; Stars: Ville Virtanen, Kari Hietalahti, Rony Herman, Naemi Latzer, Nina Hukkinen, Peter Kanerva, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Carl-Kristian Rundman)
The story of Abraham Stiller's struggle to protect Jews from deportation to the Nazis.
Paradise Not Lost (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Linas Mikuta; Writer: Linas Mikuta)
Autistic teenager Gabriel witnesses the slow collapse of his parents’ relationship.
Rebel With A Bow Tie (Gabrielius iš neprarasto Rojaus) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Jaan Tootsen; Writer: Jaan Tootsen)
Documentary about Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
Tasty (Country: Estonia; Year: 2024; Director: Egle Vertelyte; Writer: Irena Kuneviciute, Egle Vertelyte; Stars: Vytautas Rumsas, Natalija Janichkina, Liubomiras Laucevicius, Renata Kutinaite, Darius Gumauskas, Aiste S. Gram, Kipras Masidlauskas, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Danguole Ragazinskaite, Elena Ozarinskaite, Agnieska Ravdo, Lina Rastokaite)
When two friends join a cooking contest, matters are complicated by one of the judges.
Touched By Eternity (Country: Latvia; Year: 2024; Director: Mārcis Lācis)
Self-proclaimed cryptocurrency expert Fatso is a middle-aged curmudgeon frittering away his days with video games and conspiracy theory videos. Obsessed with the concept of eternal life since childhood, he experiments with various quack theories in the hopes of becoming immortal,. Then he meets two strangers who invite him to become a vampire.
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