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REPORT: Black Nights 2023

Cineuropa is covering the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival live with reviews, interviews and news...

REPORT: Black Nights 2023

86 articles available in total starting from 23/01/2023. Last article published on 27/03/2024.

Review: The Quiet Maid

Review: The Quiet Maid

Miguel Faus’ debut feature, another satirical film about the ultrarich’s detachment from reality, is entertaining even if not a stand-out  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Review: The Brazen

Review: The Brazen

While Western Europe is battling bedbugs, Latvian director of Armenian origin Aik Karapetian drags the viewer deep into a teeming manor, alongside a family of four  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Baltic Film Competition

Review: Forever Hold Your Peace

Review: Forever Hold Your Peace

Montenegrin filmmaker Ivan Marinović’s dark comedy alights upon some very unhappy nuptials  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Review: Pelikan Blue

Review: Pelikan Blue

In his tense animated documentary, László Csaki tells the nostalgic story of the travels and adventures of three Hungarian friends in the early 1990s  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks

Review: Her Body

Review: Her Body

Natálie Císařovská navigates the intersections of identity, autonomy and societal perceptions in her feature-length fiction debut, presenting the transformative journey of Andrea Absolonová  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks

Review: Kalman’s Day

Review: Kalman’s Day

Established Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu unravels the frustrations and existential dilemmas of two couples during a midlife crisis  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks

Review: Unmoored

Review: Unmoored

Caroline Ingvarson’s feature debut is a run-of-the-mill thriller-drama hampered by some questionable artistic choices  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Review: Dark Paradise

Review: Dark Paradise

Triin Ruumet’s stylish sophomore feature is an explosion of rage and a display of visual acrobatics, yet the core essence gets lost amidst all the narrative somersaults  

15/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Baltic Film Competition

Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome

Interview: Jaap van Heusden and Rogier de Blok • Director and screenwriter of The Man from Rome

"With so much bullshit flooding in, you can't operate a society or a democracy if nobody knows what to believe in"

The Dutch filmmakers discuss their film centred on a priest, a modern-day crusader on a quest to save mankind from darkness  

14/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Review: Mo Mamma

Review: Mo Mamma

Estonian filmmaker Eeva Mägi’s first full-length fiction tenderly explores family bonds and mutual acceptance while featuring three generations of women  

14/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

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