Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

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The Match (Year: 2026; Director: Juan Cabral, Santiago Franco)
Film about the “hand of God” World Cup quarter final between England and Argentina.
Peegel (Year: 2026; Director: Jaak Kilmi, Andres Keil)
The history of Estonian sport through the photographs of Lembit Peegel.
Perfect Road (Country: Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Adam Bonke, Christian Bonke)
Documentary portrait of nomadic cyclist Max Schnell’s attempt to complete an extreme journey through some of Europe’s highest mountain passes.
The Road Never Ends (Country: Latvia; Year: 2026; Director: Viktors Buda; Writer: Viktors Buda)
A story of the legendary Latvian climber Teodors Kirsis, who chased the world's highest peaks through an era of profound change.
Sandra: The Drift Queen (Country: Lithuania; Year: 2026; Director: Juozapas Mikulėnas; Stars: Sandra Janušauskaitė)
The Drift Queen is a high-octane documentary feature following Sandra Janusauskaite - a fierce and resilient woman carving her path in the male-dominated world of professional drifting.
Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing (Country: Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Erik Shirai)
Documentary going behind the curtain of the notoriously private world of sumo wrtestling.
Toomas Leius. Life On The Line (Country: Estonia; Year: 2029; Director: Henrik Kalmet)
The contrasting extremes in the life of Toomas Leius, Estonia’s greatest male tennis player of all time.
Up Again (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2026; Director: Eliška Andršová Cílková; Stars: Barbora Vránková)
Barbora Vránková has just been crowned Czech figure-skating champion. The title should be only the beginning, but instead, it is followed by a period of doubt, setbacks and withdrawal from competition. The camera follows her on her journey.
Villeneuve: The Rise Of A Legend (Villeneuve: L'ascension d'une Légende) (Country: Canada; Year: 2026; Director: Yan Lanouette Turgeon; Writer: Daniel Roby, Guillaume Lonergan; Stars: Rémi Goulet, Rosalie Bonenfant, Patrice Robitaille, Anick Lemay, Luc Picard, Fabien Cloutier, Hubert Proulx, Étienne Galloy, Joe Cobden, Neil Webb, Frank Crudele)
A biopic of race car driver Gilles Villeneuve.
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