_{Quicksand by Margot Schaap}

Nr. 10** by Alex van Warmerdam is part of the Official Selection, the main competition programme. Nr. 10, produced by Graniet Film and sales handled by Nine Film, world premiered at Fantastic Fest and has also been selected for Toronto’s TIFF Industry Selects. In Van Warmerdam’s latest feature an actor without a past is overwhelmed by a series of strangers who strong-arm him into his future.

Margot Schaap’s feature debut Quicksand** is included in the Current Waves section of the Festival. The film, produced by PRPL is about an intriguing mother-daughter relationship and its repercussions for three generations of women.

Presented in Tallin’s Doc@PÖFF is All-In*, second documentary feature by Turkish director Volkan Üce. The documentary is minority co-produced by Amsterdam-based Halal and sales are handled by Cat & Docs. All-In had its world premiere at CPH:DOX and it also screened at Hot Docs and San Sebastian among others.

Easter Eggs* is selected for the Shorts Animation Competition. Directed by Nicolas Keppens and minority co-produced by Ka-Ching Cartoons, this short has previously been selected for numerous festivals, including the Berlinale, IndieLisboa, Annecy and Rotterdam. Sales: Miyu Distribution. Recently the European Film Academy announced that EASTER EGGS is one of the 5 shorts nominated for the Euopean Film Award category European Short Film 2021.

Dutch minority co-production Pleasure* by Ninja Thyberg and co-produced by Lemming Film is in the Discovery Showcase. Versatile are handling sales for the film, which received the Cannes 2020 label and world premiered at 2021 Sundance. 

A large number of films from the Netherlands is selected for Just Film, the sub-festival of Black Nights dedicated to youth and children's films. Flynn von Kleist’s award-winning I Don't Wanna Dance*, produced by The Rogues, is presented in the Youth Programme. The film won the Gryphon 13+ prize at Giffoni and is based on the real life coming-of-age story, played and told by the boy who lived it. In the film Joey, a 15-year-old boy, needs to decide whether to pull out of the destructive dance with his mother, or stay with her at the cost of his own happiness.

Belgian/Dutch co-production My Dad Is a Sausage** by Anouk Fortunier and co-produced by The Film Kitchen is screening in the Children’s Competition (sales: Studio Hamburg).

The Children’s Programme includes Dutch films The Expedition of the Family Fox* by Bob Wilbers and produced by Messercola (sales: Incredible Film), Van Hoorne Entertainment production Fay & Tom by Matthias Temmermans (sales: DFW International) and Sihja, the Rebel Fairy** by Marja Pykkö, which is co-produced by Windmill Film (sales: Dutch Features) and is one of the current kids film festival favourites.

And lastly, Rookie** by Lieven van Baelen is presented in the Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Programme. Co-produced by BALDR Film (sales: DFW International) the film tells the story of a promising motorcycle racing driver who is forced to give up on his dream after an accident.

For more information on Talinn Black Nights Film Festival, click here.
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*Film is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund
**Film is supported by the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and Film Fund