31-10-2012

North American Indies and Baltic Sea new competition announces programmes

    Baltic and Nordic feature debuts compete in the new Tridens Herring competition programme judged by an international jury, among others muse of Asian cinema Kiki Sugino.
    North American Indies Competition excites with a mix of intimate dramas, challenging thrillers, and efforts that defy genre classification as we sample efforts from the USA and Canada. The jury is led by Michelle Son of South Korean M-Line distributions.

    Tridens Herring feature debut competition replaces the previous Baltic competition aiming to present young talent from around the Baltic Sea.

    „In the recent years many young and interesting film makers have emerged in the Baltic film industry, who are up to a comparison even in the context of very strong film countries. That's why we decided that the previous Baltic programme needs to be extended,“ explains festival director Tiina Lokk.

    Films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will compete with entries from Poland, Russia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Finland. The best debut feature will be awarded a prize of 5000 €.

    Tridens Herring competition programme presents 13 feature films:

    • Mona (Latvia, director Inara Kolmane)
    • Cilvēki tur / People Out There (Latvia, director Aik Karapetian)
    • 90 minutter / 90 minutes (Norway, director Eva Sørhaug)
    • Mer eller mindre mann / The Almost Man (Norway, director Martin Lund)
    • Milosc / Loving (Poland, director Slawomir Fabicki)
    • Äta sova dö / Eat, sleep, die (Sweden, director Gabriela Pichler)
    • Oh Boy (Germany, director Jan Ole Gerster)
    • Eastalgia (Germany/Ukraine/Serbia, director Daria Onyshchenko)
    • Kohta 18 / Almost 18 (Finland, director Maarit Lalli)
    • Viceværten / The Caretaker’s Tale (Denmark, director Katrine Wiedemann)
    • Дочь / The Daughter (Russia, director Aleksandr Kasatkin, Natalya Nazarova)
    • Everybody's Gone (Russia, Georgia, Czech Republic, director Georgy Paradzhanov)
    • Deemonid / Demons (Estonia, director Ain Mäeots)

    Kiki Sugino from Japan crowns the Tridens Herring Film Competition Jury. In 2006, she made a film debut by starring in “One Shining Day”, followed by “Time” which was directed by Kim Ki-duk. In 2011, Tokyo IFF focused on Kiki Sugino in a special section called “Muse of Asian Indie Cinema” in the “Wind of Asian Cinema” programme. Also Yokohama Film Festival and Osaka Cinema Festival awarded her the title of “Best New Actress” in 2012.

    Gathering the best of the best from the past year, this edition of the North American Indies Competition is a broad ranging selection crossing genre and language lines with a mix of intimate dramas, challenging thrillers, and efforts that defy genre classification as we sample efforts from the USA and Canada. The full spectrum of the indie scene is represented.

    Competing for the main prize are:

    • Camion / Rafaël Ouellet /Canada 2012
    • The Conspiracy / Christopher MacBride /Canada 2012
    • Laurence Anyways / Xavier Dolan Canada, France 2012
    • Compliance / Craig Zobel /USA 2012
    • Fred Won't Move Out / Richard Ledes /USA 2012
    • Resolution / Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead /USA 2012
    • Smashed / James Ponsoldt /USA 2012
    • The Sessions / Ben Lewin USA 2012
    • For Ellen / So Yong Kim /USA 2012

    The films will be judged by a jury led by the Michelle SON of South Korean M-Line distribution, Annick Mahnert (France / Celluloid Dreams) and Delphine Riffaud - acquisitions and world sales executive at Insomnia World Sales, France.

    Media accreditation is open until 31st October through PÖFF website: http://2012.poff.ee/eng/festival-2012/accreditation/press-foreign-accreditation

    The largest film event in the North European region, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival takes place from 12th to 28th November.

    Published in Festivals
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