Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2025

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BIX Almost Nirvana (BIX – beveik Nirvana) (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2025; Director: Emilis Vėlyvis)
Story of the rock band.
A Goodnight Kiss (Irena) (Country: Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria; Year: 2025; Director: Giedrė Žickytė)
Documentary about Irena Veisaitė – a Lithuanian writer, human rights activist, who warned us of the wars shaping our world today.
Happiness Is Living In Our Land (Õnn on elada me maal) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Indrek Spungin)
Documentary about punk band Velikije Luki.
Holy Destructors (Biodestruktoriai) (Country: Lithuania, France, Latvia; Year: 2025; Director: Aistė Žegulytė)
Film essay about the work of bioarchaeologists.
Laguna (Country: Lithuania, France; Year: 2025; Director: Sharunas Bartas)
The filmmaker considers the loss of his daughter.
The Last Will (Testaments) (Country: Latvia; Year: 2025; Director: Jānis Ābele)
Documentary about the search for a missing urn containing the ashes of Anatols Imermanis, a Latvian crime writer and poet.
Lost Stars Of The Horoscope (Country: Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Katrina Lehismäe)
Follows three Ukrainian girls, Iryna, Sasha and Masha and their families over the course of a year as they attempt to build their new lives in Estonia.
My Family And Other Clowns (Minu pere ja muud klounid) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2025; Director: Heilika Pikkov, Liina Särkinen)
Consideration of the children of world famous clowns Piip and Tuut.
Not Made For Politics (Country: Estonia, France; Year: 2025; Director: Volia Chajkouskaya)
As women lead Belarus’s fight for freedom, a filmmaker in exile confronts fear.
Scarecrows (Putnubiedēkļi) (Country: Latvia, Lithuania; Year: 2025; Director: Laila Pakalnina)
Documentary about 'runway rangers' at Riga Airport.
Time To The Target (Country: Latvia, Czechia, Ukraine; Year: 2025; Director: Vitaly Mansky)
The daily struggle in Lviv.
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