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Black Nights 2024 / First Feature Competition

12 articles available in total starting from 11/10/2024. Last article published on 23/01/2025.

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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

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

Review: Two of Me

Review: Two of Me

The autobiographical self-exploration of Estonian brothers Raul and Romet Esko attempts to delve into twinhood, but it ends up as a barely entertaining compilation of sketches  

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

Sengedorj Janchivdorj’s Silent City Driver wins the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Sengedorj Janchivdorj’s Silent City Driver wins the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

The Best First Feature Award went to Steve Bache’s No Dogs Allowed, whilst a Special Prize for Directing was handed to Edgardo Pistone for Ciao bambino  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Awards

Review: Lotus

Review: Lotus

Latvia’s Signe Birkova draws inspiration from surrealism, expressionism and silent film to create a visually radical feature about a female avant-garde pioneer  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: Sun Never Again

Review: Sun Never Again

The topics of parenthood, nature and resisting an invasive mining corporation are tackled with grittiness and magical realism in David Jovanović’s directorial debut  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: Ciao bambino

Review: Ciao bambino

Edgardo Pistone’s debut film is a thrilling dark tale which speaks of love and desperation in Naples’ criminal underworld  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: The House with No Address

Review: The House with No Address

Тhe exaggerated reality of Hatice Aşkın's highly stylised debut, a dystopian thriller, makes one wonder about the levels that public surveillance and cancel culture can reach  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump

Review: Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump

Emilios Avraam’s debut feature centres on a quirky character but struggles to commit to taking a clear direction  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: No Dogs Allowed

Review: No Dogs Allowed

Steve Bache’s debut feature is a hard watch owing to its highly controversial subject but is an accomplished work, all things considered  

18/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

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