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| Lady stars Sian Clifford Photo: Courtesy of London Film Festival |
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the 13 films that will compete for the Best Debut Film Award, the year including nine world premieres and four international premieres. All of the filmmakers will be present in Tallinn.
The UK will be represented by Samuel Abrahams, whose mockumentary about a fame-seeking aristocrat, Lady, will screen after its world premiere at London Film Festival this month. It stars Fleabag's Sian Clifford in the lead.
Programme curator Triin Tramberg describes this year’s line-up as bold and unconventional, offering perspectives that challenge audiences and push them out of their comfort zones.
“It’s exciting to see that more and more Works in Progress from our industry programme are finding their way back to the festival,” Tramberg said. “This year’s Interior is a great example – the film won the Audience Award in the Works in Progress section at last year’s Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, and now returns to PÖFF in the Debut Feature Competition.”
The full line-up is below:
- Admission (Taiwan), dir: Quentin Hsu
- A Safe Place (Romania), dir: Cecilia Ştefănescu
- Backstage Madness (Kyrgyzstan), dir: Amanbek Adžõmat
- Dump of Untitled Pieces (Turkey), dir: Melik Kuru
- Easy Girl (Germany), dir: Hille Norden
- Elena’s Shift (Greece), dir: Stefanos Tsivopoulos
- Hercules Falling (Denmark), dir: Christian Bonke
- Interior (Germany), dir: Pascal Schuh
- Juana (Mexico), dir: Daniel Giménez Cacho
- Lady (UK), dir: Samuel Abrahams
- My First Love (Norway), dir: Mari Storstein
- Sunday Ninth (Belgium), dir: Kat Steppe
- This Is Not Happening (Poland), dir: Artur Wyrzykowski
The Main Competition will be announced on October 10.
