The Good Daughter, a Spanish drama about divorce and family conflict and their impact on children from writer-director Júlia de Paz Solvas that stars the 17-year-old Kiara Arancibia, just won […]
Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event 2025 Award Winners Unveiled
The winners of the 24th edition of the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event portion of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) have been unveiled, and they include the likes of Dice-Cing-o-Mat, The Well, The […]
Ukraine Looks to Attract Int’l Productions With Cash Rebates and Plans Culture Fund
Between December 2024 and the end of this year, 50 homegrown film productions have taken place in Ukraine despite the war caused by the Russian invasion in February 2022, Andrii […]
In ‘My First Love,’ a Disabled Filmmaker Tells a Coming-of-Age Story About a “Complete Human Being” in a Wheelchair
You want to live independently and follow your dreams? Of course, you do. And so does Ella, 19, the protagonist of Norwegian writer-director Mari Storstein’s fiction feature directorial debut My […]
‘No Comment’ Skewers “Pathetic” Politicians and Their Spin Doctors, With One Role Inspired by Kellyanne Conway
For politicians, does a “no comment” in reaction to difficult questions about actual or even potential scandals keep you safe or actually land you in just the hot water you […]
‘Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart’ Is Not a Film About a Daughter Forgiving Her Father: It’s “OK to Be Angry”
Latvian writer-director Alise Zariņa’s (Nearby) new feature, Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart, celebrated its world premiere in the Baltic Competition at the 29th edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) late on […]
What Would You Do With More Than $50 Million? ‘New Money’ Offers a Comedic Cocktail of Dreams and Nightmares
New Money is Estonian writer-director-producer Rain Rannu‘s fifth feature and a follow-up to his 2023 dramedy Free Money. And it asks a question many would love to have to debate: […]
Dar Salim, Trine Dyrholm on Portraying Complex Characters With PTSD
Danish stars Dar Salim (Game of Thrones, The Covenant, Until We Fall) and Trine Dyrholm (The Girl With the Needle, Beginnings, Poison) took the time to speak about their latest projects at the 29th […]
Welcome to ‘Versalles,’ Where a Mexican Politician and His Wife Reinvent Themselves as Monarchs (Exclusive Tallinn Clip)
Stop the presses! There’s a new monarch in town. Long live the king and his queen! Where, you ask? Well, in Versalles. What, you ask? Well, that’s the title of […]
‘The Frog and the Water’ Director on Exploring a Unique Bond and Enticing Viewers to Look Closer
A young German man with Down syndrome, who chooses not to speak, and a Japanese tourist on a journey of his own cross paths in Germany and go on a […]