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Black Nights 2022


76 articles available in total starting from 20/06/2022. Last article published on 13/12/2022.

Giedrius Tamoševičius • Director of The Poet

Interview: Giedrius Tamoševičius • Director of The Poet

“Man's basic instincts and feelings are not subject to time, but we can analyse them and draw our own conclusions”

The Lithuanian director spoke to us about his latest film, co-written with Vytautas V Landsbergis, about a newly appointed teacher who arrives at a remote village school in 1947  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Baltic Film Competition

Review: Cold as Marble

Review: Cold as Marble

Two lovers and a convict father make the leap from comedy to tragedy in Asif Rustamov’s sophomore directorial effort  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Hilmar Oddsson's Icelandic comedy Driving Mum wins the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Hilmar Oddsson's Icelandic comedy Driving Mum wins the 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Among other victors were The Land Within by Kosovo's Fisnik Maxville, crowned Best First Feature, and Iran's Ahmad Bahrami, winner of the award for Best Director for The Wastetown  

28/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Awards

Hilmar Oddsson, Hera Hilmar • Director of and actress in Driving Mum

Interview: Hilmar Oddsson, Hera Hilmar • Director of and actress in Driving Mum

"All good comedies are also tragedies"

We met up with the Icelandic director and his daughter, and actress in his latest film, to talk about inspiration and characters  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2022

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2022

We zoom in on the eight projects from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland that were presented at the 20th edition of Baltic Event’s Works in Progress showcase  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Review: Roxy

Review: Roxy

Berlin-based Georgian helmer Dito Tsintsadze comes up with a hilarious crime-comedy that turns the dyed-in-the-wool cultural and political labels concerning East and West on their heads  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Critics’ Picks

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hands out its awards

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event hands out its awards

The winners of Tallinn Black Nights’ industry section include Blindsight by Ruslan Batytskyi and Black Velvet by Liene Linde, among others  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event/Awards

Review: Jailbird

Review: Jailbird

Andrea Magnani’s second work is a highly bizarre tale which risks alienating viewers  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | Competition

Review: The Man Without Guilt

Review: The Man Without Guilt

Ivan Gergolet’s feature debut is a very poignant study of human imperfections set in Trieste and its Slovenian-speaking suburbs  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022 | First Feature Competition

Review: Theo: A Conversation with Honesty

Review: Theo: A Conversation with Honesty

Damien Hauser’s first feature opens up debate on the sensitive subject of sexual violence  

25/11/2022 | Black Nights 2022

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