The Tallinn Film Festival, which will take place for the 24th time this year, plans to adapt the process to the current epidemiological situation, but the film premieres hope to be held in person.
Commenting on the selected program, the director of the festival Tīna Lokk admits that this year has been special: “This year with its falls and ups and downs will definitely be recorded in our memory. We also felt the impression of a global pandemic And even more pleasant was our surprise when we started receiving film applications from authors again after the summer solstice, this year’s competition program will be remembered with the most difficult selection process, because we received a lot of really good applications, it was extremely unfortunate to give up a number of amazing films. I am really excited about this year’s program, which could be described as a proof of author’s cinema, so this program is likely to provoke a variety of discussions and opinions, but it is actually a good cinematic task, and there are personalities that can be called “festival friends ”and their company will be perfectly complemented by new talent.”
Tallinn Film Festival Black nights has already announced the format of this year’s event, which will be adapted to the current situation, but also live events, including film premieres. Therefore, the festival has acquired two new partners – private laboratories from Estonia that are committed to providing face masks and Covid-19 testing.
The world-famous Latvian director Laila Pakalniņa is also one of the “permanent authors of the festival” mentioned by Tīna Lokk. Ausma (2015), who received an award for best operator performance. Feature film In the mirror is a thrilling experiment with the classic Snow White motif, in addition, modernity also surprises the film ‘s visuals – cameraman Gints Bērziņš has shot the whole film as a chain of heroic selfies. Movie In the mirror made with the support of the National Cinema Center, the project was selected and funded in a special thematic competition in autumn 2018.
Hungarian film classic Istvan Sabo will also have his world premiere at the Tallinn Festival competition / István Szabó latest movie Final Report and other directors’ works – the first press conference of the festival also named Georgi Mindadze and Anna Melikyan from Russia, Croatian director Dalibor Matanić, Portuguese TV and film director Leonardo António, Turkish director April Mountain a Adilkhan Yerzhanov from the strong Kazakh cinema. More information – on the festival website www.poff.ee.
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