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Titles include magical-realist ensemble tragedy ’8 Views Of Lake Biwa’.

New projects from leading Estonian production firms Tallifornia and Allfilm are among the 20 titles selected for Tallinn Black Nights’ Works in Progress strand.

The 20 projects are split across three strands: eight in the Baltic Event section for titles from the region; six in the International section; and six in the Just Film strand, for emerging filmmakers.

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Tallifornia has two productions in the Baltic Event section: Free Money, written, directed and produced by Rain Rannu; and Miguel Llanso’s Infinite Summer. Both titles are produced by Tonu Hiielaid for Tallifornia,...

Bernardo Barreto: 'I thought, what about the corruption that lives inside of us. Are we really this kind of Brazilian people who will accept everything with no discrimination of any kind?' Photo: Courtesy of Tallinn Black Nights Bernardo Barreto's The Seeker (O Buscador) - which had its premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last week - stews us in the family politics of an upper middle-class Brazilian clan. Isabella (Mariana Molina) is returning to her family home for the first time in four years with her counter-culture boyfriend (Pierre Santos) in tow. It's Father's Day but she arrives to protests outside the gates, calling for her dad's arrest. As the pair enter the house, Baretto switches to a single take that emphasises the claustrophobia as the family's secrets and tensions begin to spill out. We sat down for a chat with actor-turned-writer/director Barreto - who won...

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has added ten new titles, including eight international premieres, to the list of movies competing in the First Feature Competition. Topping off the list of already announced titles – including Matías Ganz’s A Dog’s Death, Park Hee-kwon’s Dust and Ashes, Jure Pavlović’s Mater, Looted by Rene Pannevis, Lorni - The Flaneur by Wanphrang Diengdoh, Saul at Night by Cory Santilli as well as The Names of the Flowers by Bahman Tavoosi and Bernardo Barreto’s The Seeker – the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has completed the selection of its First Feature Competition section. It’s one that, as Cineuropa finds out, embodies the festival’s mission to “discover emerging creative voices from all over the world, offering them a first launchpad and help to gain international recognition” – as well as a €5,000 grant, to be shared by the director and producer of the title named Best.

Includes the world premiere of ‘Isaac’ from Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius.

Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 15-Dec 1) has finalized its First Feature Competition, adding 10 films to the eight previously announced titles.

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These include the world premiere of Isaac, from Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius, which centres on a political activist who is haunted by the guilt of killing a Jew in the Lietukis garage massacre of 1941. The cast includes Severija Janušauskaitė, from Russian comedy Star and German TV drama Babylon Berlin. Producers are Lithuania’s Film Jam and Poland‘s Takfilm.

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Estonian festival also unveils first feature selection.

Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 15-Dec 1) has announced the first eight films for its official selection, the festival’s main competition strand.

These include the European premiere of Wayne Wang’s Coming Home Again and the world premieres of Liu Shu’s Lost Lotus and Tom Sullivan’s Monster.

The titles will compete for the Grand Prix for best film, which includes a grant of €10,000 shared by the director and producer, among other prizes for director, script, actor, actress, cinematographer and music.

Coming Home Again screened at Toronto and Busan...