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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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Holy Cow! Holy Cow!
Holy Cow! and A New Kind Of Wilderness
Don't Worry (Country: Luxembourg, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Solange Cicurel; Writer: Solange Cicurel; Stars: Lanna de Palmaert, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane De Groodt, Sonia Bekam, Lisa Du Pré, Lily Dupont, Emmanuelle Galabru, Tania Garbarski, Nlandu Lubansu, Kassim Meesters, Elodie Barthels)
Confident and popular sixteen-year-old Emma is in a coma. Why? What happened to her? To find out, she becomes an invisible “ghost” for a few days.
Fighting Demons With Dragons (Country: Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2024; Director: Camilla Magid; Writer: Camilla Magid)
Documentary about a boarding school where children play role-playing games to help them cope with trauma and the world.
The Girls At The Station (Las Chicas de la Estación) (Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Juana Macías; Writer: Juana Macías, Isa Sánchez; Stars: Julieta Tobío, Salua Hadra, María Steelman, Arantxa Aranguren, La Fanny, Xoán Fórneas, Elena Gallardo, Carla Gris, Pepo Llopis, Daniel Mantero, Saida Santana, Elena Sithixay, Asier Tartás)
Drama inspired by real events of three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention centre.
Holy Cow! (Vingt Dieux!) (Country: France; Year: 2024; Director: Louise Courvoisier; Writer: Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie; Stars: Clément Faveau, Maïwène Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bertrand, Dimitry Baudry), Trailer
After the sudden death of his father an 18-year-old finds himself looking after his sister... and changing his life.
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My Killer Buddy (Io e il Secco) (Country: Italy, Croatia; Year: 2024; Director: Gianluca Santoni; Writer: Gianluca Santoni, Michela Straniero; Stars: Andrea Lattanzi, Francesco Lombardo, Barbara Ronchi, Swamy Rotolo, Andrea Sartoretti)
A boy hatches a plan to try to save his mum from his father's violence but it's not as easy as it seems.
A New Kind Of Wilderness (Country: Norway; Year: 2024; Director: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen)
In a forest in Norway, a family lives an isolated lifestyle in an attempt to be wild and free, but a tragic event changes everything, and they are forced to adjust to modern society.
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Skill Issue (Der Fleck) (Country: Germany, Switzerland; Year: 2024; Director: Willy Hans; Writer: Willy Hans; Stars: Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch, Shadi Eck, Felix Maria Zeppenfeld, Darja Mahotkin, Malene Becker, Charlotte Hovenbitzer, Lasse Stadelmann, Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Sina Genschel, Rumo Wehrli, Matthias Neukirch)
Coming of age tale set on a lazy summer day by the river.
Toxic (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Writer: Saulė Bliuvaitė; Stars: Vesta Matulytė, Eglė Gabrėnaitė, Ieva Rupeikaitė, Giedrius Savickas)
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.
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Two Heart (Country: Republic of Korea; Year: 2023; Director: Jeong Yu Sin; Stars: Jeong, Man Sik, On Ju Wan, Shin So Yul, Lee Eun Ju)
Drama set in a children's transplant ward.
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