The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) has announced the complete selection for its 2024 ‘Rebels with a Cause competition,’ a section spotlighting films that push the boundaries of cinematic art. Launched in 2017, the sidebar has developed a reputation for championing experimental and provocative works, and remains a festival highlight.
This year’s Rebels with a Cause program features 10 feature-length titles, including six world premieres and four international debuts. Complementing the lineup, the festival’s PÖFF Shorts sub-festival presents ‘Rebels With Their Shorts,’ a parallel showcase of 14 short films, with one world premiere and one international premiere.
Germany is the focus country of this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, which runs from Nov. 8 to 24 in Estonia. The festival will open with the world premiere of “Long Story Short,” a German drama directed by David Dietl, screening at the Alexela Concert Hall.
The complete lineup in the ‘Rebels with a Cause’ and ‘Rebels With Their Shorts’ competition sections at the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival is as follows:
Feature-Length Films in the “Rebels with a Cause” Competition:
- “A Sip of Hell,” 2024, Argentina; Directors: Pilar Boyle, Mariano Asseff.
World Premiere. - “Carole & Grey,” 2024, USA; Director: Jon Bass.
International Premiere. - “Contact Lens,” 2024, China; Director: Ruiqi Lu.
World Premiere. - “Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened,” 2024, USA, Belgium, Lebanon, France; Director: Vladan Nikolic.
World Premiere. - “I Can’t Have Sex,” 2024, Argentina; Director: Bel Gatti.
World Premiere. - “Okamoto,” 2024, Japan; Director: Soujiro Sanada.
World Premiere. - “Protected Men,” 2024, Germany; Director: Irene von Alberti.
International Premiere. - “TESA MAN,” 2024, Latvia; Director: Uģis Olte.
International Premiere. - “Memory Boom,” 2024, United Kingdom; Director: Xenia Glen.
World Premiere. - “Yellow,” 2023, Germany; Directors: Oliver Hirschbiegel, Albert Oehlen.
International Premiere.
Short Films in the “Rebels with Their Shorts” Competition:
- “Being John Smith,” 2024, United Kingdom; Director: John Smith.
- “A Visualization of a Cut,” 2024, Denmark; Director: Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist.
- “Occhio,” 2024, Germany; Director: Giulia Falciani.
- “Claudia” (working title), 2024, Romania; Director: Adrian Sitaru.
- “Additional Scenes,” 2024, Ukraine; Directors: Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk.
International Premiere. - “Locas del Atico,” 2024, Spain; Director: Tamara García Iglesias.
- “阿达 (Ā Dá),” 2023, China; Director: Pahriya Ghalip.
World Premiere. - “Dinosauria, We,” 2023, Canada; Director: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer.
- “The Posthuman Hospital,” 2023, South Korea, United States; Director: Junha Kim.
- “High Street Repeat,” 2023, United Kingdom; Directors: Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill.
- “The Point of Permanence,” 2024, Japan; Director: Nana Kawabata.
- “Mauled by a Dog,” 2024, United Kingdom; Director: Sion Thomas.
- “Les Animaux vont Mieux,” 2024, France; Director: Nathan Ghali.
- “Angie,” 2023, Canada; Director: Anthony Coveney.