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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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The Body (Country: Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Vincenzo Alfieri; Writer: Vincenzo Alfieri, Giuseppe Stasi; Stars: Claudia Gerini, Giuseppe Battiston, Andrea Di Luigi, Andrea Sartoretti, Amanda Campana, Anastassia Bianchi, Daniela Glasgow, Anna Terio)
A missing body, a suspicious widower, a relentless inspector. What if the dead aren’t really dead?
The Brothers Kitaura (Kitaurakyodai) (Country: Japan; Year: 2024; Director: Masaki Tsujino; Writer: Masaki Tsujino; Stars: Masaaki Nakano, Hirota Otsuka, Taka Takao, Yorie Yamashita, Man Kato)
After a man accidentally kills his dad, he calls in his brother with comic consequences.
Dreaming Of Lions (Country: Portugal, Spain, Brazil; Year: 2024; Director: Paolo Marinou-Blanco; Writer: Paolo Marinou-Blanco; Stars: Denise Fraga, João Nunes Monteiro, Joana Ribeiro, Victoria Guerra, Sandra Faleiro, Roberto Bomtempo, António Durães, Alexander Tuji Nam, Dinarte de Freitas, Assun Planas, Felipe Rocha, Beto Coville, Julia Bock, Esperança Motta, Maria Nasser)
Fishgirl (Country: Ecuador; Director: Javier Cutrona; Writer: Javier Cutrona; Stars: Jessica Barahona, Pablo Aguirre, Alejandro Bernal, Lucas Ortiz, Randi Krarup, Paula Fulton, Anahí Ruiz, Marcela Campos, Mao House, Gabriela Córdova, Hugo Landazuri, Santiago Martinez, Diego Rivera)
Hani (Country: Egypt; Year: 2024; Director: Mohamed Allam; Writer: AbdelRahman Denewer; Stars: Ahmed Malek, Ahmed Tarek, Amina Onsy)
I, The Song (Country: Bhutan, Norway, Italy, France; Director: Dechen Roder; Writer: Dechen Roder; Stars: Jimmie Wangyal, Tandin Bidha)
Johatsu (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2024; Director: Lina Lužytė, Nerijus Milerius; Writer: Lina Lužytė, Nerijus Milerius; Stars: Žygimantė Elena Jakštaitė, Laurynas Jurgelis, Valentinas Krulikovskis, Rasa Samuolytė, Dainius Gavenonis, Mindaugas Papinigis, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Martynas Nedzinskas, Valentin Novopolskij)
A ship explodes. A man dies. A man disappears without a trace. Is it an accident or a cover-up?
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Moor (Mavr) (Country: Kazakhstan, France; Year: 2024; Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov; Writer: Adilkhan Yerzhanov)
A war vetern bent on vengeance is determined to protect his brother's family.
Nobody Likes Me (Nikdo mne nemá rád) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia, France; Year: 2024; Director: Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb; Writer: Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb; Stars: Rebeka Poláková, Mantas Zemleckas, Hana Vagnerová, Barbora Bobulová, Martin Finger, Miroslav Hanuš, Tatjana Medvecká)
An Army secretary becomes fascinated by a man but he is hiding a secret.
Streets Of Gloria (Country: Brazil, France, Argentina; Director: Felipe Sholl; Writer: Felipe Sholl; Stars: Caio Macedo, Alejandro Claveaux, Diva Menner, Alan Ribeiro, Jade Sassará, Sandro Aliprandini, Maria Eduarda de Carvalho, Rafael d'Avila, Ernesto Piccolo, Edmilson Barros, Daniel Rangel, Wilson Rabelo, Robson Torinni, Clarisse Zarvos, Caio Scot)
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