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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2023

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Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning and The Last Rider
Early Apex (Wiraż) (Year: 2023; Director: Paweł Hejbudzki)
Documentary about the world of kid karting.
Enter The Slipstream (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Ted Youngs; Stars: Rigoberto Urán, Dani Martinez, Sergio Higuita, TeJay van Garderen, Neilson Powless)
Stepping into the world of Jonathan “JV” Vaughters, who runs the United States’ oldest professional cycling team.
The Last Rider (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Alex Holmes; Writer: Alex Holmes; Stars: Perico Delgado, Laurent Fignon, Cyrille Guimard,. Greg LeMond, Kathy LeMond)
The incredible story of the greatest cycling race in history, the 1989 Tour De France, and how American Greg LeMond faced down betrayal, childhood sexual abuse and death, completing one of the most inspiring comebacks in history.
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Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning (Country: Germany; Year: 2023; Director: Julia Fuhr Mann; Writer: Julia Fuhr Mann)
Consideration of the historic bias against female Black and queer athletes.
Full Review See: Julia Fuhr Mann on scrutinising sporting bias in Life Is Not A Competition, But I'm Winning
Paul Keres. The King (Paul Keres. Kuningas) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2023; Director: Toomas Lepp)
Profile of the chess grandmaster.
Villeneuve Pironi (Country: UK, Italy; Year: 2022; Director: Torquil Jones; Writer: Gabriel Clarke, Torquil Jones)
Consideration of the infamous 1982 F1 season when rival teammates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi were part of the sport's most controversial moments.
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