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Black Nights 2023


86 articles available in total starting from 23/01/2023. Last article published on 27/03/2024.

Ivan Tymchenko  • Director of Oxygen Station

Interview: Ivan Tymchenko • Director of Oxygen Station

"The main message of the film is still relevant, regardless of the war"

The Ukrainian helmer discusses his Tallinn Competition entry, which follows a Crimean Tatar political activist who is now a people’s deputy of the Ukrainian parliament  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar

Interview: Călin Peter Netzer • Director of Familiar

"This is a personal story, but with fictional elements"

The Romanian Golden Bear winner discusses his latest work, which follows a filmmaker trying to make a film about the lives of his parents in the most dangerous years of Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Review: Body Odyssey

Review: Body Odyssey

Grazia Tricarico’s debut is an overly ambitious tale about a forty-something bodybuilder obsessed with perfection  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Review: Endless Summer Syndrome

Review: Endless Summer Syndrome

In his debut feature, Kaveh Daneshmand masterfully and stylishly navigates a controversial and provocative plot  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Review: Familiar

Review: Familiar

The new family drama by Romanian filmmaker Călin Peter Netzer shows how harsh communist realities still poison the present  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Petr Hátle  • Director of Mr. and Mrs. Stodola

Interview: Petr Hátle • Director of Mr. and Mrs. Stodola

"The suggestion or imagination of violence can be far more interesting and horrifying"

We talked to the Czech director about making the transition from documentary to fiction, true crime and violence, and the casting process for notorious serial killers  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | First Feature Competition

Tomas Vengris • Director of Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania

Interview: Tomas Vengris • Director of Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania

“We deny it, we want to think we are more complex, but everyone wants to love and be loved”

Already behind Motherland, the Lithuanian-American filmmaker turns to his own flat for inspiration  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Rebels with a Cause

Review: The Magnet Man

Review: The Magnet Man

Gust Van den Berghe’s latest feature is a melancholic fairytale paying homage to circus and cinema  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Competition

Review: Light Falls

Review: Light Falls

The latest directorial effort from cinematographer Phedon Papamichael tries to mask its ugly essence with lots of craft and style  

17/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Critics’ Picks

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2023

REPORT: Baltic Event Works in Progress 2023

We focus on the nine projects from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that were featured in the 21st edition of the Works in Progress showcase at Baltic Event  

16/11/2023 | Black Nights 2023 | Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

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