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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Călin Peter Netzer
fiche film] by Călin Peter Netzer (Child’s Pose), which centres on a filmmaker's decision to craft a narrative about his family's emigration to Germany in the 1980s. Additionally, Forever Hold Your Peace [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ivan Marinović
fiche film], directed by Ivan Marinović (The Black Pin [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ivan Marinovic
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On another cinematic frontier, Gust Van den Berghe's (Lucifer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gust Van den Berghe
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interview : Ivan Tymchenko
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interview : Batbayar Chogsom
fiche film] 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 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jawad Rhalib
fiche film] by Jawad Rhalib (Fadma: Even Ants Have Wings [+lire aussi :
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interview : Manuel Martín Cuenca
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fiche film] is the cinematic adaptation by Vanessa Filho (Angel Face [+lire aussi :
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In a distinct cinematic offering, The Man From Rome [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jaap van Heusden et Rogier…
fiche film] by Jaap van Heusden (In Blue [+lire aussi :
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interview : Yannick Jozefzoon
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interview : Emma Dante
fiche film] by Emma Dante (The Macaluso Sisters [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], a visual narrative that explores the lives of the introverted Danny and Natasha, a former ballerina who has endured life's hardships. Finally, with Teresa [+lire aussi :
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interview : Paula Ortiz
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Here is the full list of titles:

Official Selection – Competition

Amal [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jawad Rhalib
fiche film] - Jawad Rhalib (Belgium/France)
Andrea's Love [+lire aussi :
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interview : Manuel Martín Cuenca
fiche film] - Manuel Martín Cuenca (Spain)
Bad Actor - Jorge Cuchi (Mexico)
Ben-Joe - Akira Iwamatsu (Japan)
Consent [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Vanessa Filho (France/Belgium)
Familiar [+lire aussi :
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interview : Călin Peter Netzer
fiche film] - Călin Peter Netzer (Romania/France/Taiwan)
Forever Hold Your Peace [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ivan Marinović
fiche film] - Ivan Marinović (Montenegro/Serbia/Czech Republic/Croatia/North Macedonia/Slovenia)
The G - Karl R Hearne (Canada)
Invisible Windows - Dr Bijukumar Demodaran (India)
The Man From Rome [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jaap van Heusden et Rogier…
fiche film] - Jaap van Heusden (Netherlands/Germany)
The Magnet Man [+lire aussi :
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interview : Gust Van den Berghe
fiche film] - Gust Van den Berghe (Belgium/Luxembourg/France/Netherlands)
Misericordia [+lire aussi :
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interview : Emma Dante
fiche film] - Emma Dante (Italy)
Natasha's Dance [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Jos Stelling (Netherlands)
October Metafiction - Kyu-jun Cho (South Korea)
Once Again (for the very first time) - Boaz Yakin (USA)
Oxygen Station [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ivan Tymchenko
fiche film] - Ivan Tymchenko (Ukraine/Czech Republic/Sweden/Slovakia)
Patient #1 [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Rezo Gigineishvili (Georgia/Russia)
Ten Months - Idan Hubel (Israel)
Teresa [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Paula Ortiz (Spain)
White Flag [+lire aussi :
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interview : Batbayar Chogsom
fiche film] - Batbayar Chogsom (Mongolia/Switzerland/Japan)