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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Set Designer’s Directorial Debut Set for Tallinn Works in Progress Showcase

It was important for us to include films from Ukraine, both to showcase their incredible resilience and to support filmmakers creating under extremely challenging circumstances."

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Sets Rebels With a Cause, Critics’ Picks Competitions

"Daring cinema and fearless storytelling" galore and a touch of star power, courtesy of James McAvoy, who features in Jamie Adams' 'Turn Up the Sun!', will screen at the fest in Estonia.

Doc ‘Holy Destructors’ Zooms in on a Cosmos of Blooming Microfungi (Exclusive IDFA Trailer)

"Biodestructors are microfungi that existed millions of years before humans and will likely outlive us," reads a synopsis of Aiste Zegulyte's essayistic sophomore doc, premiering at Amsterdam.

War, Politics, and Women Who “Dare to Dream Big”: Tallinn Black Nights Fest Unveils Docs Lineup

The program opens “a restless world where bold, author-driven works captivate with their search for balance and understanding — and demonstrate that documentaries can be even more engaging than fiction.”

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup That “Holds up a Mirror to Our World”

Everything that worries and pains us is there — wars, the environmental crisis, political arrogance, migration, women’s rights, and, above all, the fragile ties of family life," says fest director Tiina Lokk.