A Stolen Meeting is a story about Valentina (Maria Klenskaja) who has just been released from a prison somewhere in Soviet Russia. She embarks on a journey back to her native Estonia in order to seek out her eight-year-old son, whom she gave up several years before. A tenacious woman whose life has been defined by a lack of family support, she is determined to give her son a better life than the one she has lived so far.
The producer, Piret Tibbo-Hudgins said: "The theme of the film is timeless, but particularly relevant in today's hectic world - it speaks about human longing
for love, home and understanding. Leida Laius created a world and a gallery of characters, every last one of whom deserves sympathy. It seems that this combination touched the souls of the festival programmers and we are only happy about it. Also, the movie is brilliantly restored, giving the impression of a thoroughly modern work of art."
The restoration was supported by ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes) strand “A Season of Classic Films”, belonging to the Creative Europe MEDIA programme.
PÖFF IN KARLOVY VARY 2023
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- Festival dates: 4-6th July
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SUBMISSION REMINDER
Here's a kind reminder of submission deadlines for Black Nights Film Festival and both of our sub-festivals - youth and children's festival Just Film and animation and short film festival PÖFF Shorts. The regular deadline for competitive and non-competitive feature film programs is the 1st of July 2023.
We had 4350 submissions from 115 countries last year - let's see if we can top this!
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will invest 0.5 euros from each film submission in the preservation of European and Brazilian endangered forests. Read more about the campaign.
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