Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

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I'm Still Here I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here and All We Imagine As Light
All We Imagine As Light (Country: France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Payal Kapadia; Writer: Payal Kapadia; Stars: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad, Anand Sami, Lovleen Mishra, Madhu Raja, Shweta Prajapati, Tintumol Joseph, Ardra K.S., Sisira Anil CK, Aparna Ram, Kashish Singh, Nikhil Mathew)
Triptych explores the lives of three women in Mumbai.
The Brutalist (Country: UK; Year: 2024; Director: Brady Corbet; Writer: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold; Stars: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola)
When visionary architect László Toth flees post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild his legacy and witness the birth of modern America, his life is changed forever by a wealthy client.
Conclave (Country: UK, US; Year: 2024; Director: Edward Berger; Writer: Robert Harris, Peter Straughan; Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Brían F. O'Byrne, Merab Ninidze, Sergio Castellitto, Jacek Koman, Carlos Diehz, Joseph Mydell, Rony Kramer, Loris Loddi, Thomas Loibl, Jeremy Withrow)
Drama surrounding the election of a new Pope.
Crocodile Tears (Country: Indonesia, France, Singapore, Germany; Year: 2024; Director: Tumpal Tampubolon; Writer: Tumpal Tampubolon; Stars: Marissa Anita, Yusuf Mahardika, Zulfa Maharani)
A young man and his overbearing mother's lives on their isolated crocodile farm are turned upside down with the appearance of a young woman.
Happy Holidays (Country: Germany, France, Italy, Qatar, Palestine; Year: 2024; Director: Scandar Copti; Writer: Scandar Copti; Stars: Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Merav Mamorsky, Toufic Danial, Raed Burbara, Neomi Memorsky, Shani Dahari, Sophie Awaad, Imad Hourani, Rana Matar, Michal Dasberg, Juhaina Habib Kandalaft, Issam Hadad, Amal Harb, Riyad Houssari)
Four interconnected characters share their unique realities, highlighting the complexities between genders, generations, and cultures.
The Room Next Door The Room Next Door
The Room Next Door and When The Light Breaks
I'm Still Here (Ainda estou aqui) (Country: Brazil, France, Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Walter Salles; Writer: Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega, Marcelo Rubens Paiva; Stars: Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.)
Brazil, 1971: a country in the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence.
Maria (Country: Germany, US, United Arab Emirates, Italy; Year: 2024; Director: Pablo Larraín; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Haluk Bilginer, Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Zora Gerda Fejes, Jeremy Wheeler, Rebecka Johnston, Alessandro Bressanello, Toma Hrisztov, Stephen Ashfield, Christiana Aloneftis, Philipp Droste, Marcell Lengyel)
Dramatisation of the life of the opera singer Maria Callas.
Mr. K (Country: Netherlands, Norway, Belgium; Year: 2024; Director: Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab; Writer: Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab; Stars: Crispin Glover, Sunnyi Melles, Fionnula Flanagan, Bjørn Sundquist, Dearbhla Molloy, Barbara Sarafian, Jan Gunnar Røise, Esmée van Kampen, Sam Louwyck, Josse Colsoul, Dominique Dauwe, Wito Geerts, Joshua Gabriel Liège, Yassine Ouaich, Klaartje Pedersen)
A magician checks into a hotel full of strange occupants... and discovers there is no way to leave.
The New Year That Never Came (Country: Romania; Year: 2024; Director: Bogdan Muresanu; Writer: Bogdan Muresanu; Stars: Adrian Vancica, Nicoleta Hâncu, Emilia Dobrin, Iulian Postelnicu, Manuela Harabor, Victoria Raileanu, Razvan Vasilescu, Mihai Calin, Gabriel Spahiu, Ioana Flora, Elvira Deatcu, Nicodim Ungureanu, Vlad Ionut Popescu, Andrei Miercure, Marian Râlea)
Six seemingly disconnected lives intersect in unexpected ways as Romania stands on the brink of resolution.
Pooja, Sir (Country: Nepal, United States, Norway; Year: 2024; Director: Deepak Rauniyar; Writer: Deepak Rauniyar, David Barker, Asha Magrati; Stars: Asha Magrati, Nikita Chandak, Dayahang Rai, Aarti Mandal, Reecha Sharma, Bijay Baral, Ghanashyam Mishra, Gaumaya Gurung, Pashupati Rai, Niraj Shrestha, Parmeshwor Kumar Jha)
When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. However, upon her arrival, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, compelling her to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman.
The Brutalist The Brutalist
The Brutalist and Pooja, Sir
The Room Next Door (Country: Spain; Year: 2024; Director: Pedro Almodóvar; Writer: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid Nunez; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Alex Hogh Andersen, Esther McGregor, Alvise Rigo, Melina Matthews)
When Ingrid finds out that her old friend Martha is seriously ill, they reunite and embark on a journey of discoveries.
When The Light Breaks (Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France; Year: 2024; Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Writer: Rúnar Rúnarsson; Stars: Elín Hall, Katla Njálsdóttir, Mikael Kaaber, Ágúst Wigum, Gunnar Hrafn Kristjánsson, Baldur Einarsson)
From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
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