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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT TALLINN 2023

Festivals

27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 03-19, 2023)

Official Selection
THE MAN FROM ROME by Jaap van Heusden (NL/DE, Fiction Park)
NATASHAS’S DANCE by Jos Stelling (NL/DE, ma.ja.de Fiction)

First Feature Competition
FALLING INTO PLACE by Aylin Tezel (DE/UK, Weydemann Bros.)

Critics Pick’s Competition
LIGHT FALLS by Phedon Papamichael (GE/AL/GR/DE, Pallas Film)

Baltic Film Competition                                                                                            
THE WRITER by Romas Zabarauskas (LI/DE/US, Artysta Management)

Doc@Pöff
HOLLYWOODGATE by Ibrahim Nash’at (DE/US, Rolling Narratives)

Special Screenings
DEAR THOMAS (LIEBER THOMAS) by Andreas Kleinert (Zeitsprung Pictures)             

Best of Festivals
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (DAS LEHRERZIMMER) by Ilker Çatak (if… Productions film)           
THE UNIVERSAL THEORY (DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM) by Timm Kroger (ma.ja.de Fiction)
CRITICAL ZONE BY Ali Ahmadzadeh (IR/DE, Counter Intuitive film)         
BLIND AT HEART (DIE MITTAGSFRAU) by Barbara Albert (DE/LU/CH, Lucky Bird Pictures)
AFIRE (ROTER HIMMEL) by Christian Petzold (Schramm Film Koerner Weber Kaiser)
FALLEN LEAVES by Aki Kaurismäki (FI/DE, Pandora Film)                           
STEPNE by Maryna Vroda (UA/DE/PL/SK, Vrodastudio, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Tandem Production)
TOUCHED by Claudia Rorarius (2Pilot Filmproduction, Soquiet Filmproduktion)
INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT by Margarethe von Trotta (Heimatfilm)
KIDNAPPED by Marco Bellocchio (IT/FR/DE, Match Factory Productions)
BASTARDEN (THE PROMISED LAND) by Nikolaj Arcel (DK/DE/SE, Zentropa International Berlin)

Midnight Shivers
TIGER STRIPES by Amanda Nell Eu (MY/TW/FR/DE/NL/ID, Weydemann Bros. Filmproduktion)

Environment Agency - Environmental Film Programme
PLASTIC FANTASTIC by Isa Willinger (Trimafilm)

Shorts Animation Competition
BAIGAL NUUR - LAKE BAIKAL by Alisi Telengut (DE/CA, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

Shorts Live Action Competition
PARADISE EUROPE (DU BIST SO WUNDERBAR) by Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes (DE/BR, Cinema Pósgenero)

Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation
THE LAST BAR by Arne Hain (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Shorts New Talents Competition: Live Action 
LONG TIME NO SEE by Kevin Biele (Internationale Filmschule Köln)
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (IL COMPLEANNO DI ENRICO) by Francesco Sossai (DE/FR/IT, DFFB)

DOC@Shorts
MAKE OR BREAK by Mike Plitt, Falk Schuster (mobyDOK)
MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS by Sofiia Melnyk (UA/DE, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Shorts Alternative
PUSSY LOVE by Linda Krauss (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)
SOMNI by Sonja Rohleder (Talking Animals)
LOVE AT FIRST BYTE by Felizitas Hoffmann, Theresa Hoffmann (HFF München)
PLOPP by Carolin Glomp

JUST - Children’s Competition Programme
THE FLYING CLASSROOM (DAS FLIEGENDE KLASSENZIMMER) by Carolina Hellsgård (UFA Fiction)
WEEKEND REBELS (WOCHENENDREBELLEN) by Marc Rothemund (Wiedemann & Berg Film)

JUST - International Youth Competition Programme
SILVER AND THE BOOK OF DREAMS (SILBER UND DAS BUCH DER TRÄUME) by Helena Hufnagel (Constantin Film)  

JUST - Juniors Competition Programme
A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL by Enzo d'Alò (LU/IT/IR/UK/LV/EE/DE, Fish Blowing Bubbles)

JUST – Children’s Programme
WHAT THE FINN?! – SUMMER OF SURPRISES (KANNAWONIWASEIN!) by Stefan Westerwelle (Lieblingsfilm)        

JUST - Youth Programme
DORMITORY by Nehir Tuna (TR/DE/FR, Red Balloon Film)          

JUST - Childrens Right’s Programme
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (DAS LEHRERZIMMER) by Ilker Çatak (if… Productions film)           

JUST - Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme
LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION BUT I’M WINNING by Julia Fuhr Mann (Schuldenberg Films)

JUST – Toddler’s Screening
DESERT CRITTER (WÜSTENTIER) by Lina Walde