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Black Nights 2024


69 articles available in total starting from 01/10/2024. Last article published on 12/05/2025.

Review: Moor

Review: Moor

Adilkhan Yerzhanov heads to an urban setting for the first time to tell the story of a “Kazakh Rambo” on a mission to save his brother’s wife and child from the mafia  

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

Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song

Interview: Dechen Roder • Director of I, the Song

"What can we do in this mean world, with all these issues of copying, recording private things, secret songs?"

One of the first female directors from Bhutan discusses her second feature, a tale of Buddhist karma, doppelgangers and melancholic Dzongkha songs  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Critics’ Picks

Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow

Interview: Jaak Kilmi • Director of The Shadow

"I wanted an entertaining way to approach a divine Estonian poet"

The Estonian director delves into his latest film, a portray of Juhan Liiv, a struggling poet and unlikely detective who lived in his country during the Tsar's crumbling empire  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Betaseries CEO Rémi Tereszkiewicz explores how AI can improve TV series sales

Betaseries CEO Rémi Tereszkiewicz explores how AI can improve TV series sales

At Tallinn Black Nights, the expert explained how AI-driven insights are set to reshape the sector, enhancing strategies in all fields from development to distribution  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

At Tallinn, filmmakers in exile fight to “decolonise cinema” and regain creative freedom

At Tallinn, filmmakers in exile fight to “decolonise cinema” and regain creative freedom

The panel asked the pressing question of how filmmakers can continue their craft in a world marked by war, displacement and censorship  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

REPORT: Industry@Tallinn Works in Progress 2024

REPORT: Industry@Tallinn Works in Progress 2024

We delve deep into five of the international projects that were presented at the Estonian event, representing Europe and South America  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Review: The Mousetrap

Review: The Mousetrap

With his fiction feature debut, Serhii Kastornykh tells the story of a Ukrainian soldier trying to survive after most of his trench collapses in combat  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hands out its awards

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hands out its awards

The winning projects include The Worker by Eliza Petkova, Late Shift by Stefanos Tsivopoulos and Renovation by Gabrielė Urbonaitė, among others  

25/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event/Awards

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

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