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2413 articles available in total starting from 16/05/2002. Last article published on 06/11/2025.

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

Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

Interview: Boris Guts • Director of Deaf Lovers

"My characters are in limbo, walking from heaven to hell"

The Russian-born filmmaker discusses his a tale of a Ukrainian woman and a Russian man, both deaf, who meet in Istanbul while there’s a war going on back home  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America

Interview: Viktor Tauš • Director of Girl America

"Hope and faith have a transformative power"

The Czech filmmaker delves into his newest film, about a little girl in a strict socialist orphanage who tries to overcome fears, insecurity and loneliness  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

Interview: Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

"I wanted the story to be a clash between art and money"

The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

Interview: Seyfettin Tokmak • Director of Empire of the Rabbits

"I tried to show how brutal a man's world can be without women in a rural area of Turkey"

The Turkish filmmaker discusses his new feature, a daring boy's journey against the cruel entanglements of deception and disabilities of the adult world  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

Review: Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

The newest film by Petersen Vargas is an attempt at blending social drama and urban road movie, set on the fringes of Manila  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Review: Reading Lolita in Tehran

Israeli director Eran Riklis’ film about the female condition in Iran is certainly topical, but it doesn’t convey the repressive insanity of religious and patriarchal dogmas  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Pink Lady

Review: Pink Lady

In Israeli filmmaker Nir Bergman's latest, a young ultra-Orthodox couple is thrown into disarray when the husband’s hidden queerness is discovered  

21/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: The Shadow

Review: The Shadow

Estonian director Jaak Kilmi's feature is a rare blend of historical drama, crime-thriller and a partially biographical portrait of a nationally significant poet  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

Interview: Michel Hazanavicius • Director of The Most Precious of Cargoes

“Each time, you gotta do your homework”

The Academy Award-winning director talks about the wide range of his work and gives us an insight into the making of his animated film  

19/11/2024 | /France/Belgium

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