The 19th
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival starts today, and, for 16 days will show a total of 227 feature films from 79 countries in main programme, and 38 World and International Premieres.
This year’s an adventurous
Main Competition with a varied mix of genres from urban tragicomedy to historical drama. The line-up is showcasing 18 films from 21 countries - seven of them being world premieres, four international and seven European premieres.
Orizont by
Marian Crisan,
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son by
Iglika Triffonova and the Bulgarian co-production
The Paradise Suite by Joost van Ginkel are the three titles from the region competing.
Orizont by Marian Crisan
The festival΄s
Industry@Tallinn section will host, among others, the
Works in Progress section, which includes a range of films from often less-sought out countries, the
European Film Forum Tallinn - #Digital Future for Film? public debate and showcase conference, the
Sales Agents and Distributors Meeting Point which brings together companies to network, see new titles and do business, and the
European Genre Forum development network and talent-lab for film professionals working in genre cinema. Industry at Tallinn has also programed industry screening for a number of works in project, most of them from the Baltic countries, the co-production market for feature films in development, including projects from Marian Crisan (
Berliner - Romania),
Stephan Komandarev (
Compatibility - Bulgaria), Ruxandra Ghitescu (
Otto the Barbarian – Romania) and Miha Knific (
A Somewhat Better Ending – Croatia).
Motherland by Senem Tuzen
Region titles at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2015:
Main Competition
The Paradise Suite by Joost van Ginkel (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria, 2015)
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and his Son by
Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria/Sweden/Netherlands, 2015)
Panorama
Sparrows by Rúnar Rúnarsson (Iceland/Denmark/Croatia, 2015)
Forum
Screen International Critics Choice - LUX Film Prize
LUX Film Prize
Animated Dreams
Just Film
Source: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival website