Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

This programme also includes films screening in the Just Film Youth Programme International Competition

View other Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Films by strand: Baltic Competition, Doc@PÖFF, Estonian Film Competition, Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme, Fashion Cinema, First Feature Competition, Forum, Goethe-Institut Presents: New German film, In Focus: 100-Year-Olds, In Focus: Ingmar Bergman, Just Film Child Rights Programme, Just Film Children's Programme, Just Film Children's Programme International Competition, Just Film Doc @ Just, Just Film Science 360 Programme, Just Film Youth Programme International Competition, Midnight Shivers, Official Selection, Opening and closing films, Panorama, Rebels With A Cause, Screen International Critics' Choice, Signatures

Anna And The Apocalypse Anna And The Apocalypse
Anna And The Apocalypse and We The Animals
303 (Country: Germany; Year: 2018; Director: Hans Weingartner; Writer: Hans Weingartner, Silke Eggert, Sergej Moya; Stars: Mala Emde, Anton Spieker, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Thomas Schmuckert, Jörg Bundschuh, Steven Lange, Martin Neuhaus, Hannah Schröder, Sophia Tschanett, Mala Emde, Anton Spieker, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Thomas Schmuckert, Jörg Bundschuh, Steven Lange)
When biology student Jule finds out she's pregnant, she sets out for Portugal to find her boyfriend Alex... on the way, she picks up a hitchhiker and the two discover a bond.
Anna And The Apocalypse (Country: UK, US; Year: 2017; Director: John McPhail; Writer: Alan McDonald, Ryan McHenry; Stars: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins, Marli Siu, Mark Benton, Paul Kaye, Ella Jarvis, Calum Cormack, Euan Bennet, Sean Connor, Janet Lawson, Janet Lawson, Kirsty Strain)
When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance to survive, with the undead horde all around them.
Cross My Heart (Les Rois Mongols) (Country: Canada; Year: 2017; Director: Luc Picard; Writer: Nicole Bélanger, Nicole Bélanger, Luc Picard; Stars: Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau, Anthony Bouchard, Henri Richer-Picard, Alexis Guay, Clare Coulter, Julie Ménard, Maude Laurendeau, Jean-François Boudreau, Martin Desgagné, Sophie Cadieux, Bobby Beshro, Nicola-Frank Vachon, Gabriel Lemire, Béatrice Allard, Mathieu Blanchard)
A young girl who is about to be placed in foster care, comes up with a hostage plan to demand the right to choose her own future.
Cursed Seat (Proigrannoe mesto) (Country: Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Nadezhda Mikhalkova; Writer: Oleg Presnyakov, Vladimir Presnyakov; Stars: Anastasiya Akatova, Aleksey Dyakin, Nikita Elenev, Dmitriy Gizbrekht, Sergey Gorodnichiy, Konstantin Kolesnik, Aleksandr Kulkov, Valentina Lyapina, Irina Martynenko, Aleksei Martynov, Anna Mikhalkova, Olga Oblasova, Olga Ozollapinya, Yuliya Romashina, Pyotr Rykov)
A group of teenagers band together to stop an evil spirit that is killing their classmates.
The Drummer And The Keeper (Country: Ireland; Year: 2017; Director: Nick Kelly; Writer: Nick Kelly; Stars: Niamh Algar, Peter Coonan, Phelim Drew, Olwen Fouere, Jane Herbert, Adrian Hudson, Tiny James, Beibhinn Jones, Charlie Kelly, Dale Leadon Bolger, Hannah Mamalis, Jacob McCarthy, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Dermot Murphy, Ally Ni Chiarain)
An unlikely bond forms between a bipolar drummer and an institutionalised teenager who has Asperger's.
Leave No Trace Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace and Giant Little Ones
The Fall Of Sparta (La Chute De Sparta) (Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Tristan Dubois; Writer: Tristan Dubois, Sébastien Fréchette; Stars: Eric K Boulianne, William Cantin, Lili-Ann De Francesco, Lévi Doré, Simon Duchesne, Marianne Farley, Amélie Glenn, Jean-Marc Généreux, Devon O'Connor, Gabriel Sabourin, Jonathan St-Armand, Marc Trottier, Karl Walcott, Eric K. Boulianne, William Cantin)
A teenager is forced to come out of his shell.
Giant Little Ones (Country: Canada; Year: 2018; Director: Keith Behrman; Writer: Keith Behrman; Stars: Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan, Taylor Hickson, Kiana Madeira, Peter Outerbridge, Darren Mann, Niamh Wilson, Josh Wiggins, Olivia Scriven, Stephanie Moore, Cory Lee, Jeff Clarke, Evan Marsh, Carson MacCormac, Hailey Kittle)
Coming of age tale.
Leave No Trace (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Debra Granik; Writer: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini; Stars: Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey)
A father and daughter find themselves searching for a place to call their own after their off-the-grid lives are discovered by the authorities.
Sunset In My Hometown (Byeonsan) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2018; Director: Lee Joon-ik; Writer: KimSa-gyeom; Stars: Kim Go-eun, Park Jung-mi, Jeong Gyu-su)
A young rapper is called back to his hometown because his dad is ill... only to find it's a plot by the old man to get him back to the town he hasn't visited since he left school
Then Came You (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Peter Hutchings; Writer: Fergal Rock; Stars: Nina Dobrev, Peyton List, Asa Butterfield, Maisie Williams, Tyler Hoechlin, Ken Jeong, David Koechner, Sonya Walger, Briana Venskus, Tituss Burgess, Margot Bingham, Ashlyn Alessi, Colin Moss, Ron Simons, Billy Thomas Myott)
An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler at the Cape Town airport is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists him to help her carry out her eccentric bucket list.
We The Animals (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Jeremiah Zagar; Writer: Daniel Kitrosser, Jeremiah Zagar, based on the book by Justin Torres; Stars: Raúl Castillo, Sheila Vand, Evan Rosado, Isaiah Kristian, Josiah Santiago)
Manny, Joel and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents as Jonah embraces a world of imagination.
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