El Festival Black Nights de Tallin anuncia el programa de su selección oficial

por Vassilis Economou

13/10/2023 - En el programa de este año, que cuenta con 13 estrenos mundiales y 7 internacionales, destaca lo nuevo de Călin Peter Netzer, Vanesa Filho, Emma Dante, Manuel Martín Cuenca y Paula Ortiz, entre otros

El Festival Black Nights de Tallin anuncia el programa de su selección oficial

Familiar, de Călin Peter Netzer

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The 27th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, 3-19 November) has revealed the complete line-up of its Official Selection Competition. This year, the selection comprises 13 world and seven international premieres of movies by established filmmakers that the festival’s programming team wishes to highlight for the audience, film critics and the international film industry alike.

Festival director and head of programme Tiina Lokk shared her excitement over the selection: “This year's diverse programme has remarkably high artistic value with sharp social perspective. Each film tackles contemporary and relevant issues with a stimulating, fresh angle. At the same time, our Official Selection aims to connect high-quality narrative films with auteur cinema. Hence, new artistic approaches and cinema languages have always caught our attention. Everything that's currently in the air will end up on the screens of the Tallinn Black Nights cinemas.”

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The European titles enjoying their world premieres include Familiar [+lee también:
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entrevista: Călin Peter Netzer
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entrevista: Ivan Marinović
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entrevista: Ivan Marinovic
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On another cinematic frontier, Gust Van den Berghe's (Lucifer [+lee también:
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entrevista: Gust Van den Berghe
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entrevista: Ivan Tymchenko
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entrevista: Batbayar Chogsom
ficha de la película] by Batbayar Chogsom, two young women embark on a journey to establish a nomadic life on the steppe, haunted by a troubling spectre from their past, despite their close bond.

A handful of European titles are having their international premieres at Tallinn Black Nights. Amal [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jawad Rhalib
ficha de la película] by Jawad Rhalib (Fadma: Even Ants Have Wings [+lee también:
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entrevista: Manuel Martín Cuenca
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ficha de la película] is the cinematic adaptation by Vanessa Filho (Angel Face [+lee también:
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In a distinct cinematic offering, The Man From Rome [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jaap van Heusden y Rogier …
ficha de la película] by Jaap van Heusden (In Blue [+lee también:
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entrevista: Yannick Jozefzoon
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entrevista: Emma Dante
ficha de la película] by Emma Dante (The Macaluso Sisters [+lee también:
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entrevista: Paula Ortiz
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