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Black Nights 2024


68 articles available in total starting from 01/10/2024. Last article published on 23/01/2025.

Edgardo Pistone • Director of Ciao bambino

Interview: Edgardo Pistone • Director of Ciao bambino

“Adults are the biggest adversaries of freedom because they don’t let adolescents enjoy being carefree”

We sat down with the Neapolitan director to discuss harmful inheritance, impossible love and non-places  

23/01 | /Italy

Ivan Tymchenko • Director of English Lesson

Interview: Ivan Tymchenko • Director of English Lesson

“War is the backdrop – it’s a force that transforms lives. These stories are about courage, resilience, humanity and reevaluating values”

The Ukrainian director breaks down his upcoming animated film, which won the Eurimages Special Co-production Development Award at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

03/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Miroslav Mogorovic • President, Critics’ Picks jury, Tallinn Black Nights

Interview: Miroslav Mogorovic • President, Critics’ Picks jury, Tallinn Black Nights

“With such a wonderful, rich and diverse selection, it was great to see that my colleagues and I were on the same artistic wavelength”

The president of the Critics’ Picks jury details his approach to his job and how he thinks the festival’s role in promoting emerging filmmakers has evolved over the years  

03/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks

Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles

Interview: Ignas Miškinis • Director of The Southern Chronicles

“Lithuanian cinema has liberated itself, and become braver and younger”

We talked to Black Nights’ Baltic Film Competition winner about his film following one young man’s dreams of sporting glory and his first loves in the 1990s  

02/12/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Baltic Film Competition

Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

Interview: Eliza Petkova, Nicolas Kronauer • Director and producer of The Worker

“The film stands for the dissonance between what we hope for and what actually awaits us in the world”

The Bulgarian director and German producer break down their upcoming film, which won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event  

29/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

Interview: Maciej J Drygas • Director of Trains

“This film has a dark conclusion: we don’t learn from our mistakes; we repeat them”

We chatted to the Polish documentary director, whose recent IDFA winner reflects on the atrocities and joys of the 20th century  

29/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: The Southern Chronicles

Review: The Southern Chronicles

Ignas Miškinis’s film tells a charming coming-of-age tale about a working-class boy navigating love and societal expectations in the early years of Lithuania’s independence  

29/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Baltic Film Competition

David Jovanović • Director of Sun Never Again

Interview: David Jovanović • Director of Sun Never Again

"It's an impossible choice: stay and die, or leave and forget your home forever"

The Serbian filmmaker discusses his first feature, a magical realism-infused tale of a family whose home will soon be taken by the mine next to the village  

26/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions

Interview: Paolo Marinou-Blanco • Director of Dreaming of Lions

"How do we answer the question of what makes life worth living?"

The Portuguese director shares some insights into his film, a surreal and heartwarming comedy about euthanasia  

26/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics' Picks

Review: I, the Song

Review: I, the Song

In Dechen Roder’s slow yet persistent sophomore feature, one woman's search to clear her name becomes an existential quest to discover the truth behind her doppelgänger’s disappearance  

26/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics' Picks

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