WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
RITA DI SANTO picks the best from a festival that is a hub for new cinematic discoveries
NEO-REALISM REVIVED: Edgardo Pistone’s Ciao Bambino
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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
BLACK NIGHTS Film Festival, also known as POFF, is one of the largest film festivals in northern Europe, showcasing the latest and most captivating works of world cinema to local audiences in Tallinn, Estonia.
The festival is a hub for remarkable cinematic discoveries, and the First Future category offers a unique prospective on cinema with a selection of 11 titles, mainly world premieres, each distinct in content and form.
Winner of the Best First Future, Steve Bache’s No Dogs Allowed, based on true events, explores the contemporary issue of social media’s impact on the younger generation and the internet’s latest trends: paedophile hunting.
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