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View other Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Films by strand: Best Of Fest, Children's Competition, Children's Rights Programme, Critics' Picks Competition, Doc@Just, Doc@PÖFF, Environment Agency Environmental Film Programme, Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme, First Feature Competition, Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus, In Focus: Israel, Just Film Youth Programme, Midnight Shivers, Official Selection, Opening Film and Special Screenings, Rebels With A Cause, Science360°, Screen International Critics' Choice, Shorts, Spotlight: Brazil, The Golden Ratio. Three Films with Lembit Ulfsak, Youth Competition, Youth Programme
Traces and A Letter From Helga
Aurora's Sunrise
(Country: Germany, Lithuania, Armenia; Year: 2022; Director: Inna Sahakyan; Writer: Peter Liakhov, Kerstin Meyer-Beetz, Inna Sahakyan; Stars: Anzhelika Hakobyan, Arpi Petrossian, Shushan Abrahamyan, Seyran Akopov, Miqayel Aleksanyan, Tigran Amirkhanyan, Ervin Amiryan, Sara Anjargolian, First Aunt, Second Aunt, Edgar Avetisyan, Tigran Baghdasaryan, Varand Bedrossian, Hrag Boyadjian, Tamara Chalkhifalaqyan)
Recreation of one woman's flight from the Armenian Genocide.
The Bog (Soo)
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Ergo Kuld; Writer: Martin Algus; Stars: Franz Malmsten, Hanna-Ly Aavik, Helgur Rosental, Martin Kork, Grete Klein, Liis Lass, Märten Matsu, Toomas Suuman, Indrek Taalmaa, Epp Eespäev)
A man who has returned from Paris to his brother's bog farm finds himself in conflict with a local over a local girl he begins to fall for.
January (January)
(Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Poland; Year: 2022; Director: Viesturs Kairiss; Writer: Andris Feldmanis, Viesturs Kairiss, Livia Ulman; Stars: Rudolfs Cirulis, Alise Danovska, Aleksas Kazanavicius, Karlis Arnolds Avots, Baiba Broka)
An aspiring filmmaker tries to search for who he is against the backdrop of Latvian independence
Kalev
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Ove Musting; Writer: Martin Algus, Ove Musting, Mehis Pihla; Stars: Mait Malmsten, Reimo Sagor, Priit Võigemast, Mihkel Kuusk, Ott Kartau, Veiko Porkanen, Kristjan Sarv, Siim Maaten, Arturs Putnins, Howard Frier, Jonathan Peterson, Rauno Polman, Mathias Leedo, Andris Keiss, Jekabs Reinis)
In summer 1990, the Estonian basketball has to decide whether to take part in the USSR’s championship against a backdrop of the move for independence.
A Letter From Helga
(Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir; Writer: Bergsveinn Birgisson, Bergsveinn Birgisson, Ottó Geir Borg; Stars: Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson, Anita Briem, Soley Eliasdottir, Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Hera Hilmar, Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson, Thor Kristjansson, Rakel Ýr Stefánsdóttir, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir, Björn Thors)
Two very different, married people fall in love in a remote Icelandic community.
Remember To Blink and Vesper
Lovable (Milulis)
(Country: Latvia, Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Stanislavs Tokalovs; Writer: Waldemar Kalinowski, Stanislavs Tokalovs; Stars: Karlis Arnolds Avots, Paula Lubane, Gundars Abolins, Vilis Daudzins, Andris Keiss, Kristine Kruze, Regnars Vaivars, Elina Vaska)
Matiss is way too young to be suddenly left to care for his partner’s nine-year-old daughter. A responsibility like this reveals Matiss’ true nature.
Melchior: The Apothecary
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Elmo Nüganen; Writer: Indrek Hargla, Olle Mirme, Elmo Nüganen; Stars: Märten Metsaviir, Alo Kõrve, Maarja Johanna Mägi, Siim Kelner, Ken Rüütel, Marko Matvere, Martin Kork, Mait Malmsten, Kristjan Sarv, Andero Ermel, Franz Malmsten, Henessi Schmidt, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Jaan Pehk, Gatis Gaga)
Double bill of films.
Minsk
(Country: Estonia; Year: 2022; Director: Boris Guts; Stars: Anastasia Shemyakina, Aleksey Maslodudov, Daniil Steklov, Julia Aug, Evgeniy Koryakovskiy)
Single-take thriller set in Belarussia.
My Love Affair With Marriage
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Signe Baumane; Writer: Signe Baumane; Stars: Dagmara Dominczyk, Michele Pawk, Matthew Modine, Cameron Monaghan, Stephen Lang, Erica Schroeder, Emma Kenney, Anna O'Donoghue, Tanya Franks, Clyde Baldo, Najla Said, Keith Randolph Smith, Dan Domingues, Florencia Lozano, Ruby Modine)
Some people spend their lives wondering why a marriage didn’t last. Signe Baumane set out to get some answers. The result is this animated film, which combines ancient mythology and contemporary neuroscience.
Pensive (Rupintojelis)
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Jonas Trukanas; Writer: Titas Laucius, Jonas Trukanas; Stars: Sarunas Rapolas Meliesius, Gabija Bargailaite, Marius Repsys, Donatas Simukauskas, Kipras Masidlauskas, Povilas Jatkevicius, Martynas Berulis, Saule Rasimaite)
A graduation weekend away goes drastically wrong when a masked killer shows up.
Pensive and Aurora's Sunrise
The Poet (Poetas)
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Giedrius Tamoševičius, Vytautas V Landsbergis; Writer: Giedrius Tamoševičius, Vytautas V Landsbergis; Stars: Donatas Želvys, Dainius Gavenonis, Indrė Patkauskaitė)
Tale of a double-agent poet-turned-teacher set against the backdrop of Lithuania's partisan war.
Remember To Blink (Per Arti, The Family)
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 2022; Director: Austeja Urbaite; Writer: Austeja Urbaite; Stars: Dovile Kundrotaite, Anne Azoulay, Arthur Igual, Inesa Sionova, Ajus Antanavicius)
A young woman engaged to help a pair of children fit into their new French family engages in a battle of wills with their new mum.
The Taste Of Water (Ūdens garša)
(Country: Latvia; Year: 2022; Director: Matiss Kaza; Writer: Alise Danovska, Vilis Daudzins, Matiss Kaza; Stars: Vilis Daudzins, Iveta Pole, Andris Keiss, Alise Danovska, Gerds Laposka, Janis Skutelis)
Single-take black comedy about an investigative journalist on a mission.
Traces
(Country: Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia; Year: 2022; Director: Dubravka Turic; Writer: Dubravka Turic, Danijel Zezelj; Stars: Marija Skaricic, Niksa Butijer, Lana Baric, Mate Gulin, Tvrtko Juric, Dragan Micanovic, Tanja Smoje, Marina Redzepovic, Aleksandra Naumov, Barbara Nola, Ji Suk Baek, Hrvoje Barisic, Mirela Brekalo, You Kwang Kim, Marla Knezovic)
A young scientist struggles for meaning after the death of her dad.
Vesper
(Country: Lithuania, France, Belgium; Year: 2022; Director: Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper; Writer: Kristina Buozyte, Brian Clark, Bruno Samper; Stars: Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake, Melanie Gaydos, Edmund Dehn, Titas Rukas, Markas Eimontas, Markas Sagaitis, Marijus Demiskis, Matvej Buravkov)
At some point in the future the Earth’s ecosystem collapses. A tough 13-year-old called Vesper, whose father is paralysed, tries to get food for them wherever she can. When she finds a mysterious woman in the forest one day she starts to hope that things will change.
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