Takashi Sugimoto

Nov 24, 2024 | dmovies.org | Eoghan Lyng |Takashi Sugimoto |Lou Du Pontavice |Victoire Bonin

Due to personal family reasons, sadly I was unable to attend the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in person (like I did last year), but with the advent of modern technology, I was able to review the documentary section from the comfort of my sofa in Dublin. This year I was allocated a brand new competitive section entirely devoted to documentaries, and consisting of 11 films.

Nov 16, 2024 | dmovies.org | Paul Risker |Diego Figueroa |Takashi Sugimoto |Teemu Nikki

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNNineteen-year-old Attilio (Marco Adamo) has some very weighty dilemmas. He’s tasked by Vittorio (Pasquale Esposito), the local crime boss, with looking after Anastasia (Anastasiia Kaletchuk), a young prostitute. Then, when Attilia’s father is released from prison, Vittorio tells him that his father’s troubles are now his own.

Nov 16, 2024 | dmovies.org | Victor Fraga |Anne Le Ny |Teemu Nikki |Takashi Sugimoto

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNThis co-production of Czechia, Slovakia and Switzerland takes place during the Soviet times, in a country and an era that have long disappeared. What has remained are the vivid childhood memories of Emma (played by Klára Kitto, with impressively large and pearly blue eyes). While waiting for a foster family to adopt her, Emma grows up in an institution where children are forced to transport coal.

Nov 15, 2024 | dmovies.org | Anton Bitel |Teemu Nikki |Takashi Sugimoto

QUICK AND DIRTY: LIVE FROM TALLINNThe speaker is Jaan Tootsen, director of Rebel With A Bow, half commenting on, half critiquing the fact that an 80th anniversary event for Estonian cultural treasure Arvo Pärt is eclipsed in the news coverage by tabloid snaps of the country’s President, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, with his arm around his Latvian girlfriend (and future wife – his third) IIeva Kupče: “A world famous composer celebrates his big birthday.