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BLACK NIGHTS 2025 Compétition Premiers Films

Le Festival Black Nights de Tallinn annonce le programme de sa compétition Premiers Films

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- Les treize premiers longs-métrages sélectionnés, provenant des quatre coins du monde, proposent des récits audacieux, déroutants et profondément humains

Le Festival Black Nights de Tallinn annonce le programme de sa compétition Premiers Films
Sunday Ninth de Kat Steppe

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The 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) – running from 7-23 November – has revealed the line-up for its First Feature Competition, dedicated to emerging filmmakers presenting their debut works. The 2025 edition includes 13 movies, with nine world and four international premieres, and all filmmakers are confirmed to attend the festival.

Programme curator Triin Tramberg described this year’s selection as one that “challenges audiences and pushes them out of their comfort zones”, adding that several titles were developed through the festival’s Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event programme. “It’s exciting to see that more and more [of our] works in progress are finding their way back to the festival. This year’s Interior is a great example: the film won the Audience Award in the Works in Progress section at last year’s Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event and now returns to PÖFF in the First Feature Competition.”

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Among the European titles selected this year, Romanian helmer Cecilia Ştefănescu’s A Safe Place unfolds under the blinding summer sun, portraying a woman’s emotional turmoil and longing for lost freedom. In Smalltown Girl [+lire aussi :
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, German filmmaker Hille Norden blends sensuality and trauma through the story of two young women reclaiming agency over their bodies and desires. Elena’s Shift, directed by Greek filmmaker Stefanos Tsivopoulos, follows a Romanian single mother fighting for justice and dignity in Athens, balancing realism and hope.

Christian Bonke’s Hercules Falling, from Denmark, stars Dar Salim as a war veteran grappling with PTSD, combining documentary precision with fictional depth to explore the aftermath of conflict. Germany’s Pascal Schuh delivers the aforementioned Interior, a stylised psychological drama, and a voyeuristic journey into obsession and empathy.

The British entry Lady by Samuel Abrahams, featuring Fleabag’s Sian Clifford, is a sharp and eccentric satire of privilege and loneliness wrapped in absurdist humour. Hailing from Norway, Mari Storstein’s My First Love brings rare authenticity to a story of young love and independence, told from the perspective of a disabled protagonist (see the news). Belgian filmmaker Kat Steppe offers up Sunday Ninth, a melancholic and tender reflection on memory and reconciliation between estranged brothers in a nursing home (see the news).

Finally, Polish director Artur Wyrzykowski’s This Is Not Happening follows a father’s desperate attempt to protect his son after a tragic shooting, questioning guilt, masculinity and moral collapse.

Here is the complete list of the selected titles:

First Feature Competition

LadySamuel Abrahams (UK)
Backstage Madness
Amanbek Adžõmat (Kyrgyzstan)
Hercules FallingChristian Bonke (Denmark)
JuanaDaniel Giménez Cacho (Mexico)
AdmissionQuentin Hsu (Taiwan)
Dump of Untitled PiecesMelik Kuru (Turkey)
Smalltown Girl [+lire aussi :
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Hille Norden (Germany)
InteriorPascal Schuh (Germany)
A Safe PlaceCecilia Ştefănescu (Romania)
Sunday NinthKat Steppe (Belgium)
My First LoveMari Storstein (Norway)
Elena’s ShiftStefanos Tsivopoulos (Greece)
This Is Not HappeningArtur Wyrzykowski (Poland)

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