Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2018

In addition to the feature films below, there are a number of shorts in this experimental strand.

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Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis
Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis and Letters To Paul Morrissey
Call For Dreams (Country: Israel, Japan; Year: 2018; Director: Ran Slavin; Writer: Ran Slavin)
A neo-noir mystery about a woman who visits strangers and carries out tasks related to descriptions of dreams they leave for her.
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Glück ist ein warmes Gewehr) (Year: 2018; Director: Mirko Borscht)
A single-take tale of five youngsters who delve deep into themselves and their past traumas while trying to find a recipe for personal freedom in the present.
Here (Iro) (Country: Iran; Year: 2018; Director: Hadi Mohaghegh)
A lonely old man tries to save his son from execution.
Letters To Paul Morrissey (Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Armand Rovira, Saida Benzal; Writer: Saida Benzal, Armand Rovira; Stars: Xavi Sáez, Almar G. Sato, María Fajula, Joe Dallesandro, Saida Benzal, Agnès Llobet, Andrea Carballo, Esteban Torres, Joan Carles Suau, Xisco Segura, Manuela Stoerzer, Corinna Seiter, Kylie Van Beek, Alexis Kam Paw, Xavi Sáez)
Four celluloid letters sent from different parts of the globe to Paul Morrissey, director of Trash, Flesh and Heat.
Mira (Country: Russia; Year: 2018; Director: Denis Shabaev; Writer: Denis Shabaev; Stars: Miroslav Rogach, Arkhip Petrov, Aleksandr Zaslavskiy, Miroslav Rogach, Arkhip Petrov, Aleksandr Zaslavskiy)
A man travels to Donbass on a mission to restore Lenin's sculptures.
Potential Victim (Víctima Potencial) (Year: 2018; Director: Nicolás Guzmán)
A vampire tale shot without a script that is set in the age of internet, where a pop diva has a seductive influence on teenagers.
Reflections In The Dust (Country: Australia; Year: 2018; Director: Luke Sullivan; Writer: Luke Sullivan; Stars: Robin Royce Queree, Sarah Houbolt, Robin Royce Queree, Sarah Houbolt)
Drama about an ageing clown and his daughter.
Taking The Horse To Eat Jalebis (Ghode ko jalebi khilane le ja riya hoon) (Year: 2018; Director: Anamika Haksar; Writer: Anamika Haksar, Lokkesh Jain; Stars: Raghuvir Yadav, Rabindra Sahu, Lokkesh Jain, Gopalan, Raghuvir Yadav, Rabindra Sahu, Lokkesh Jain, Gopalan)
Exploration of Dehli as seen through the tales of four characters - a pickpocket, a sweets seller a labour activist and a tour guide.
This Is The Wind (El vent és això) (Country: Spain; Year: 2018; Director: Paula Comas, Ania Costoya, Lídia Garcia, Andrea López, Oriol Mulero, Mario Rebugent, Marina Segarra, Pere Vilà i Barceló; Writer: Paula Comas, Ania Costoya, Lídia Garcia, Andrea López, Oriol Mulero, Mario Rebugent, Marina Segarra, Pere Vilà i Barceló; Stars: Anna Alarcón, Alex Brendemühl, Laia Manzanares, Katrin Vankova, Anna Alarcón, Alex Brendemühl, Laia Manzanares, Katrin Vankova)
Experimental project studies two young girls who suffer from eating disorders.
Trauma Is A Time Machine (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Angelica Zollo; Writer: Angelica Zollo; Stars: Augie Duke, Gabe Fazio, Elizabeth A. Davis, Robyn Peterson, Ella Loudon, Max Duane, Joseph Reiver, Karl Scully)
Explores a woman named Helen's self-destruction & healing from the traumatic after effects of rape within her relationship.
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