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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

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Birthday Candles (Ad Günü Şamları) (Country: Azerbaijan; Year: 2026; Director: Murad Allahverdi)
Kamran Baxşızadə went to fight as a volunteer in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in the autumn of 2020. In a battle that coincided with his birthday, he lost his sight. This film follows his return from war.
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Child of Sinaï (Country: Egypt, France; Year: 2026; Director: Loup Bureau)
Nine-year-old Bedouin boy Jarah trains for a legendary camel race, carrying his family’s hopes on his small shoulders.
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Father's House (Faderhuset) (Country: Denmark, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Eva Mulvad, Andreas Koefoed, Adam Nielsen; Writer: Adam Nielsen, Eva Mulvad, Andreas Koefoed, Jerry Jjensen, Camilla Johnson; Stars: David Dencik, Trine Dyrholm, Emma Sehested Høeg, Laura Kronborg Kjær, Özlem Sağlanmak)
They escaped a controlling Christian sect. Now acclaimed actors bring the horrors of their past back to life.
Fruitcakes: Dawn Of Drag (Lumppukuningattaret) (Country: Finland, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Vesa Kuosmanen)
Weaves together several layers in the film: archive footage from the 1980s, staged reconstructions and contemporary footage from rehearsals, where young people for whom drag is a form of self-expression clash with the customs and traditions of the older generation.
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Lost and Found: Thirty Years, Not Together (Country: Romania; Year: 2026; Director: Laurentiu Garofeanu)
Canadian Jessi’s search for her Romanian birth mother reveals a sister adopted under the same name and a web of lies
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Love Exposed (Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2026; Director: Filip Remunda; Writer: Blanka Kulová, Filip Remunda; Stars: Vlastimil Kula, Blanka Kulová)
Blanka, a successful film editor, decides it is time to stop leaving things unsaid and confront her father, well-known erotic photographer Vlastimil Kula.
World premiere
Setenced At Birth (Country: Moldova; Year: 2026; Director: Daniela Miron, Diana Vlas)
A young mother leaves prison with her daughter, only to discover that freedom may be the hardest sentence of all.
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The Taste Of Democracy (Year: 2026; Director: Péter Akar, Ambrus Fatér)
In pursuit of two Michelin stars, a kitchen team is consumed by a bitter conflict from within.
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Three Comrades (Trois camarades) (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Anastasiia Vedenskaia)
Two Ukrainian teenagers and one Russian begin adult lives in France, where war divides and loneliness connects them.
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Tingatinga Between Two Homes (Country: China; Year: 2026; Director: Yong Zhang)
An orphaned painter returns from China to his native Tanzania for a wedding, with warmth and gentle humour.
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The War We Carry (Myanmar mareridt) (Country: Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Kaspar Astrup Schröder)
Documentary about the impact of the civil war on a family in Myanmar.
World premiere
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