Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2026

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Aroma (Country: South Korea, US, France; Year: 2026; Director: Ma Xue; Writer: Ma Xue; Stars: Zhao Jiali, Xu Weihao, Ying Ze, Huang Lu)
A nurse with a sensitive sense of smell encounters a man in a vegetative state. His smell draws her into his world.
World premiere
Arrow For A Stone Heart (Flecha para Um Coração de Pedra) (Country: Brazil; Year: 2026; Director: Luiza Calagian; Writer: Luiza Calagian, Jera Rete; Stars: Jera Rete, Kerexu Rete Yvoty, Ara Rete, Yva Rete, Werá Mirim)
On the outskirts of São Paulo city, a train cuts through an indigenous territory. Within this territory, Jera dreams, and in her dreams the city invades her village. In the same community, Rete, an animal that can move through different dimensions, remembers the history of an ancient river, swallowed by the city centuries ago.
World premiere
Beril_XXX (Country: Turkey; Year: 2026; Director: Can Evrenol; Writer: Can Evrenol; Stars: Doğa Lara Akkaya, Burkut Kum, Selçuk Uzman, Irmak Nawa, Sinan Yusufoglu, Ali Elmacı, Berke Liznak, Efe Can Erdal, İpek Kara, Çağatay Doğangül, Bora Bora)
Beril wanders the streets of Istanbul. A budding actress, she heads to meet a producer to pitch an ambitious, deeply personal film project. Friends, lovers, and other figures cross her path as we discover what lies behind the city's facades and the people within it.
World premiere
Irreparable (Country: Colombia; Year: 2026; Director: Klych Lopez; Writer: Fabio Rubiano, Klych Lopez)
Alice has something to tell her sister Olivia; Olivia is buying some very sharp knives – she has a few things to take care of at home. They soon start talking about love and Olivia’s husband (or perhaps ex-husband), Garcia. One of them needs to put on the brakes before they do something irreparable.
World premiere
Lamb (Cordera) (Country: Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Christian Checa, Sol Picó; Writer: Christian Checa, Sol Picó; Stars: Sol Picó)
Sol, a dancer and choreographer, is a pivotal figure in contemporary dance who, at 59, finds herself at a critical moment in her extraordinary career. With her crew, she’s preparing The Lamb And Her Army, an ambitious work that seems to mark the end of her career as a performer. With joints worn down after decades of physical demands, her doctor has surprising news…
World premiere
Night Vision (Country: Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Christopher Yates; Writer: Christopher Yates; Stars: Salomé Crickx, Pierre Gervais, Angelo Bison)
Jenny is a young filmmaker searching for inspiration. She falls in love and tells her crush she cannot remember her dreams. Jenny enjoys browsing markets and buys an old video camera at a flea market. She explores the footage on the camera’s tape, revealing strange artifacts and surprising presences. What was that appearing on the screen?
World premiere
Pop Pop (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Dylan Stephen Levers; Stars: Cashton Tate Rehklau, Trevor Lown, Lena Kutscher, Austin Davis, Djuna Knight)
Dustin and Dibz are best pals; they survived their senior year of college, and their future looks bright. They share an apartment, an internet series, and the dream of finding their place in an uncertain landscape, navigating male fragility and identity crisis. The challenges of messy adult manhood are fully open to them.
World premiere
Sounds Of The Desert (Country: Lithuania, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Emilija Škarnulytė; Writer: Emilija Škarnulytė; Stars: Abshalom Ben Shlomo, Marshall Allen)
The film follows Sun Ra Arkestra band members on a journey across the desert, a promised land where Sun Ra once forged his identity.
World premiere
The Two Hornets (Country: Slovakia; Year: 2026; Director: Dominik György; Writer: Dominik György; Stars: Diana Mórová, Filip Koiš, Martin Klinčúch, Kamila Magálová, Richard Stanke, Jana Oľhová, František Kovár, Jana Krajčiová, Mário Mačičák, Kristína Koblišková)
Samo, a gay man facing an unplanned pregnancy with a woman overseas, reunites with his narcissistic mother at a remote forest cabin to confront their toxic past.
World premiere
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