Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

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The Little Comrade The Little Comrade
The Little Comrade and Bridges Of Time
100 Years Together (100 metu kartu) (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Edita Kabaraite; Stars: Veronika Gerasimaviciene, Jonas Jonaitis, Kazimiera Kirtikliene, Elena Kuklyte, Jurgis Kuzmickas, Elena Kvaracejiene, Antanas Kvosciauskas, Juozas Mereckas, Jonas Murauskas, Zinaida Naruskeviciene, Tekle Pacinskiene, Angele Petrauskaite, Karolina Pusvaskiene, Albina Ruzauskiene, Kazimieras Senkus)
Cinematic portrait of Lithuanian centenarians.
International premiere
Ashes In The Snow (Country: US, Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Marius A Markevicius; Writer: Ben York Jones, Ben York Jones, Ruta Sepetys; Stars: Bel Powley, Sophie Cookson, James Cosmo, Martin Wallström, Peter Franzén, Sam Hazeldine, Jonah Hauer-King, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Adrian Schiller, Tom Sweet, Ieva Andrejevaite, Dolya Gavanski, Aiste Dirziute, Timothy Innes, Nadja Bobyleva)
A tale of a group of people deported to the Siberian taiga during the Stalinist repressions of 1941.
International premiere
Bille (Country: Latvia; Year: 2018; Director: Inara Kolmane; Writer: Vizma Belsevica, Arvis Kolmanis, Evita Sniedze; Stars: Ruta Kronberga, Elina Vane, Arturs Skrastins, Gundars Abolins, Lauma Balode, Lolita Cauka, Vilis Daudzins, Maija Doveika, Peteris Liepins, Lilita Ozolina, Intars Resetins, Guna Zarina, Ruta Kronberga, Elina Vane, Arturs Skrastins)
Drama charts the childhood years of the writer Vizma Belševica.
International premiere
Breathing Into Marble (Kvėpavimas į marmurą) (Country: Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Giedrė Beinoriūtė)
The life of a three-member, middle-class family fundamentally changes with the arrival of six-year-old Ilja, a withdrawn little boy adopted from a children’s home.
Bridges Of Time (Laika tilti) (Country: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Audrius Stonys, Kristīne Briede)
Essay documentary about the less remembered generation of cinema poets of the Baltic New Wave.
Summer Survivors Summer Survivors
Summer Survivors and Breathing Into Marble
Captain Morten And The Spider Queen (Country: Estonia, Belgium, Ireland, UK; Year: 2018; Director: Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson, Riho Unt; Writer: Mike Horelick, Kaspar Jancis; Stars: Ciarán Hinds, Brendan Gleeson, Michael McElhatton, Susie Power, Ciarán Hinds, Brendan Gleeson, Michael McElhatton, Susie Power)
Animation about a young boy who learns to take control of his life when he is shrunk to the size of an insect and has to sail his own toy boat through a flooded café.
Foam At The Mouth (Ar putām uz lūpām) (Country: Latvia, Poland, Lithuania; Year: 2017; Director: Janis Nords; Writer: Matthew A Gossett, Janis Nords; Stars: Indra Brike, Raimonds Celms, Vilis Daudzins, Ieva Puke, Indra Brike, Raimonds Celms, Vilis Daudzins, Ieva Puke)
An ex-cop's new project involving three service dogs goes awfully wrong.
The Little Comrade (Seltsimees laps) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Moonika Siimets; Writer: Moonika Siimets; Stars: Yuliya Aug, Maria Avdjushko, Maksim Demidov, Eva Klemets, Maria Klenskaja, Lembit Peterson, Helena Maria Reisner, Tambet Tuisk, Liina Vahtrik, Yuliya Aug, Maria Avdjushko, Maksim Demidov, Eva Klemets, Maria Klenskaja, Lembit Peterson)
A child's eye view of the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Summer Survivors (Išgyventi vasarą) (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2018; Director: Marija Kavtaradze; Writer: Marija Kavtaradze; Stars: Gelmine Glemzaite, Paulius Markevicius, Indre Patkauskaite, Sarunas Zenkevicius, Gelmine Glemzaite, Paulius Markevicius, Indre Patkauskaite, Sarunas Zenkevicius)
Road trip follows an ambitious young psychologist who has agreed to transport two patients to a seaside psychiatric unit.
Take It Or Leave It (Võta või jäta) (Country: Estonia; Year: 2018; Director: Liina Trishkina; Writer: Liina Triskina; Stars: Reimo Sagor, Mait Malmsten, Liis Lass, Egon Nuter, Andres Mähar, Epp Eespäev, Adeele Sepp, Reimo Sagor, Mait Malmsten, Liis Lass, Egon Nuter, Andres Mähar, Epp Eespäev, Adeele Sepp)
A struggling construction worker unexpectedly has to take on the role of a single father.
To Be Continued (Turpinājums) (Country: Latvia; Year: 2018; Director: Ivars Seleckis; Writer: Dace Dzenovska)
Documentary follows three children with different social backgrounds during their first year in school.
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