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BLACK NIGHTS 2017

Tallinn announces its first batch of competition titles

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- Six European films are among the eight titles unveiled so far in the Official Selection – Competition and the five in the First Feature Competition

Tallinn announces its first batch of competition titles
Little Tito by Paola Randi

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the first 13 films that will screen in the Official Selection - Competition and the First Feature Competition of its 21st edition, which will take place from 14 November-3 December.

The Official Selection includes the international premieres of Italian filmmaker Paola Randi's Little Tito [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paola Randi
film profile
]
, RP Kahl's A Thought of Ecstasy [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
 (Germany/USA/Switzerland) and AJ Annila's The Eternal Road [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Antti-Jussi Annila
film profile
]
(Finland/Estonia/Sweden), and the world premiere of Estonian director Sulev KeedusThe Manslayer. The Virgin. The Shadow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rea Lest
film profile
]
.

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The full line-up of the Official Selection will be announced on 17 October.

Among the First Feature Competition titles, Kosovar filmmaker Blerta Zeqiri's The Marriage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Blerta Zeqiri
film profile
]
will world-premiere at Tallinn, and Belgian director Kristof Hoornaert's Resurrection [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
will have its international premiere. 

The full line-up of the First Feature Competition will be announced on 24 October.

Here is the full list of titles announced so far: 

Official Selection – Competition

A Thought of Ecstasy [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
RP Kahl (Germany/USA/Switzerland)
Asphyxia - Fereydoun Jeyrani (Iran)
Bangzi MelodyDasheng Zheng (China)
GrannyDevashish Makhija (India)
Little Tito [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Paola Randi
film profile
]
Paola Randi (Italy)
The Eternal Road [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Antti-Jussi Annila
film profile
]
AJ Annila (Finland/Estonia/Sweden)
The Manslayer. The Virgin. The Shadow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Rea Lest
film profile
]
Sulev Keedus (Estonia)
ExcavatorLee Ju-Hyoung (South Korea)

First Feature Competition

Buddha.mov - Kabir Mehta (India)
Home - Kim Jong-woo (South Korea)
Resurrection [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 - Kristof Hoornaert (Belgium)
The Heat After the RainCristóbal Serrá Jorquera (Costa Rica)
The Marriage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Blerta Zeqiri
film profile
]
 - Blerta Zeqiri (Kosovo)

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