Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

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Michael Inside Michael Inside
Michael Inside and Phoenix
F20 (Country: Croatia; Year: 2018; Director: Arsen A Ostojic; Writer: Hrvoje Sadaric; Stars: Filip Mayer, Romina Tonkovic, Mladen Vulic, Alen Liveric, Lana Ujevic, Robert Budak, Alen Salinovic, Alma Prica, Boris Miholjevic, Ksenija Marinkovic, Goran Grgic, Bruna Blaic, Danijela Davidovic, Matilda Fatur, Bojan Kovacevic)
Psychological thriller about a young girl, who in attempting to circumvent her father and go to a party beach, sees her life turn into a nightmare.
World premiere
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (Country: South Korea; Year: 2018; Director: Jeong Beom-sik; Writer: Jeong Beom-sik, Park Sang-min; Stars: Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh A-yeon)
A found footage horror film in which a YouTube presenter explores a deserted asylum rumoured to have been used for government torture.
Hope You'll Die Next Time (Remélem legközelebb sikerül meghalnod) (Country: Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: Mihály Schwechtje)
Eszter, 16, is secretly in love with her English teacher, while Peter, also 16, is hopelessly in love with Eszter. One day, the teacher announces that he is leaving the school to move to London. That same day, Eszter receives a farewell e-mail message from him.
Let Me Fall (Lof mér að falla) (Country: Iceland, Finland, Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Baldvin Zophoníasson; Writer: Birgir Örn Steinarsson, Baldvin Zophoníasson; Stars: Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, Eyrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Kristín Lea, Sólveig Arnarsdóttir, Sigurbjartur Atlason, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Laufey Elíasdóttir, Atli Oskar Fjalarsson, Einar Gunn, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir, Halldór Halldórsson, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir)
Based on true events, teenagers Magnea and Stella's lives are forever altered when they meet.
Michael Inside (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Frank Berry; Writer: Frank Berry; Stars: Dafhyd Flynn, Lalor Roddy, Moe Dunford)
A teenager living in a Dublin housing estate with his grandfather is caught holding drugs for his friend's older brother and is sentenced to three months in prison.
Let Me Fall Let Me Fall
Let Me Fall and Rust
Phoenix (Føniks) (Country: Norway; Year: 2018; Director: Camilla Strøm Henriksen; Writer: Camilla Strøm Henriksen; Stars: Ylva Bjørkaas Thedin, Maria Bonnevie, Sverrir Gudnason, Casper Falck-Løvås, Kjersti Sandal, Renate Reinsve, Nils Vogt, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Ingeborg Engø, Gard Tony Sønsthagen, Idun Daae Alstad, Nick Brimble, Nils Janson, Pär-Ola Landin, Konrad Agnas)
From a young age, Jill has acted as the responsible adult in her small family. She cares for her loving but mentally unstable mother and her younger brother. The news that their estranged father will be visiting on Jill's birthday gives the children much needed hope.
Rust (Country: Brazil; Year: 2018; Director: Aly Muritiba; Writer: Aly Muritiba, Jessica Candal; Stars: Giovanni De Lorenzi, Tifanny Dopke, Enrique Diaz, Clarissa Kiste, Duda Azevedo, Pedro Inoue)
Tati and Renet were already trading pics, videos and music by their cellphones and on the last school trip they started making eye contact. However, what could be the beginning of a love story becomes an end.
School's Out (L’Heure De La Sortie) (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Sébastien Marnier; Writer: Sébastien Marnier; Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Gringe)
A group of six classmates harbour a dark and dangerous secret.
Summer of '84 (Country: US, Canada; Year: 2018; Director: François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell; Writer: Matt Leslie, Stephen J Smith; Stars: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye, Rich Sommer, Shauna Johannesen, Jason Gray-Stanford, Mark Brandon, Aren Buchholz, Susie Castillo, J. Alex Brinson, Harrison Houde, William MacDonald, Patrick Lubczyk)
Summer, 1984: a perfect time to be a carefree 15-year-old. But when neighbourhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbour might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous.
Teacher (Hichki) (Country: India; Year: 2018; Director: Siddharth Malhotra; Writer: Anckur Chaudhry, Siddharth Malhotra, Ambar Hadap, Ganesh Pandit; Stars: Rani Mukerji, Neeraj Kabi, Supriya Pilgaonkar)
Drama about a teacher with Tourette's.
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