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Baltic Projects to Watch Shed Light on Global Issues That Are ‘Painfully Relevant’
From ambitious dramas to a TV series inspired by the Danske Bank scandal, Baltic projects look for inspiration in the most unusual places.…
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Tallinn Black Nights Festival Awards: Family Dramas ‘The Good Daughter’ and ‘The Well’ Win Big at a Still Growing Event
Two weeks after a triumphal opening to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “They Will be Dust,” Catalan cinema, honored by a Focus…
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Dan Löwenstein Boards Night Train Media U.K. Microdrama as Tallinn Talks Vertical Storytelling Boom (EXCLUSIVE)
British director Dan Löwenstein, known for vertical dramas like ReelShort’s “Pride & Prejudice,” is set to direct and produce a new and…
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Tallinn Black Nights Grand Prix Winner Sengedorj Janchivdorj Returns in Competition With ‘The Muralist’
TALLINN, Estonia — Mongolian filmmaker Sengedorj Janchivdorj is back in competition at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “The…
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‘Corn Island’ Director George Ovashvili Premieres His Most Personal Film Yet, ‘The Moon Is a Father of Mine,’ in Competition at Tallinn Black Nights
Georgian filmmaker George Ovashvili, best known for 2014 Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner “Corn Island,” is bringing his most personal…
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‘Billionaire Island’ Producer Gudny Hummelvoll and Jevgeni Supin, Behind ‘Von Fock,’ Win Tallinn’s Honorary TV Beats Producer Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
Norway’s Gudny Hummelvoll, producer of “Billionaire Island,” “Headhunters” and “Occupied,” and heavyweight Estonian producer Jevgeni…
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Film Estonia Rebates to Post-Production Lures Foreign Shoots
“We might be small, but we’re quick, flexible, and deeply committed, and that approach makes us truly competitive”,” said the Estonian…
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Karolis Kaupinis Directed ‘Hunger Strike Breakfast,’ Set During the Gorbachov-Ordered Soviet Invasion of Lithuania, Boarded by Alief (EXCLUSIVE)
Alief, the French-U.K. film company, has swooped on worldwide sales rights to Lithuanian Karolis Kaupinis’ “Hunger Strike Breakfast,” his…
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Palme d’Or Winner Lluís Miñarro Talks ‘Emergency Exit,’ ‘70s Barcelona, Naomi Kawase and How He Came to Produce ‘Uncle Boonmee’
Few films at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will play with so many ideas, or are steeped with so many strands of modern…
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‘Querer’ Co-Writer Júlia de Paz Solvas Unpacks ‘The Good Daughter,’ One of the Big Catalan Highlights at Tallinn
“My parents didn’t just argue,” Carmela confides in her best friend at school, her face darkening. But she doesn’t go into detail. “Have…
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Series Mania Institute Launches Serial Bridges Baltics in Tallinn with New Shows From Raitis Abele, Gabija Siurbytė, Raoul Suvi (EXCLUSIVE)
In a move to boost series from the Baltics and their ties to Europe’s market, the Series Mania Institute has launched Serial Bridges…
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Alpha Violet Boards Tallinn Competition Pics ‘18 Holes to Paradise’ by João Nuno Pinto and French-Nepalese Doc ‘Goodbye Sisters’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based auteur-driven sales boutique Alpha Violet has acquired world distribution rights to two titles set to world premiere in…
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‘How to Shout,’ Starring ‘Bloodaxe’ Lead Alina Tomnikov, Set for World Sales With Summerside Media (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian sales company Summerside Media has taken world sales outside of Nordic territories to Finnish psychological thriller “How to…