“When we started the Black Nights Film Festival 25 years ago, we didn’t even have cinemas to screen our films in. It’s vitally important, in these challenging times for the culture business, to make sure film fans continue to visit cinemas and have that essential experience. The best way to do that is surely to show them the very best, most provocative and most inspiring films world cinema has to offer”, festival director Tiina Lokk said in a statement.
International press and professionals will have the opportunity to watch a lot from the competition programmes online, as well as in press screenings in Tallinn from 17 to 26 November 2021.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – IN COMPETITION:
The Wedding Day / Wesele (Poland)
Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski
Produced by Studio Metrage
Coproduced by Canal+
Supported by National Film Centre of Latvia, the Riga Film Fund, the Krakow Festival Office, and using the tax rebates from the Polish Film Institute
No Looking Back / ОТОРВИ И ВЫБРОСЬ (Russia)
Directed by Kirill Sokolov
Dear Thomas / Lieber Thomas (Germany)
Directed by Andreas Kleinert
What Went Wrong? / ¿Qué hicimos mal? (Spain)
Directed by Liliana Torres
The List of Those Who Love Me / Beni Sevenler Listesi (Turkey)
Directed by Emre Erdoğdu
The Gentiles / Las Gentiles (Spain)
Directed by Santi Amodeo
A Place Called Dignity / Un lugar llamado digniad (Chile)
Directed by Matias Rojas Valencia
Make the Devil Laugh / Oni ga warau (Japan)
Directed by Ryuichi Mino
A Vanishing Fog / Entre La Niebla (Colombia, Czech Republic, Norway)
Directed by Augusto Sandino
Produced by Schweizen Media Group
Coproduced by Magic Lab, Perspektiv Produksjon
Supported by the Czech Film Fund
Mukagali / Мyкагали (Kazakhstan)
Directed by Bolat Kalymbetov
No. 10 (the Netherlands)
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
Yanagawa (China)
Directed by Zhang Lu
Animals (Belgium)
Directed by Nabil Ben Yadir
Click HERE to see the first six titles announced for the main competition.
Click HERE for more information on the full official selection.