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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2012
Nisimazine They call it Black Nights Film Festival, but for us the nights are white. Not because we are howling at the moon, but because we are busy watching the films in the Tridens Herring and North American Indies competitions. This is only the first of our 7 newsletters. At the stroke of midnight the work had just begun and today we’re able to share with you reviews of Loving (an emotional story by Polish director Sławomir Fabicki) and Oh Boy! (which already sold out both its screenings here at PÖFF). Also, check out the video of our cozy chat with Cory McAbee, independent director, producer, musician, actor and loving father.
Interview: Cory McAbee
Loving
Review by Lilla Puskás Small and crowded internal spaces and tight rooms intensify the tension in the heavy psychological drama Loving, which takes a closer look at a trapped situation of a young married couple. The director Sławomir Fabicki wrote the script himself with the help of Marek Pruchniewski and based it on a newspaper article which described real events. read more
Oh Boy
Interview by Emilie Toomela Cory McAbee’s latest feature film Crazy and Thief is like a portrait of the childhood where the experimental film director raises the curtain to expose the minds of the children. It amazes the audience with its DIY scenery where elements from sci-fi, musicals and theatre meet. Two toddlers, the director’s son John Huck, aged two, and his seven-year-old daughter Willa Vy, are wandering in the adults’ world, discovering it with sincerity, joy and sometimes with the frightened eyes that only children can have. see more
Review by Andrei Liimets Making a film in black and white is challenging for its artistic ambitions and risky for commercial reasons. After last year’s Oscar winning success of The Artist it seems though that colourless films are primed for a new wider commercial appeal. So debutant German director Jan Ole Gerster steps on the stage with his Oh Boy, a blend of absurd comedy and characterbased drama. read more