Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
RITA DI SANTO picks the best from a festival that is a hub for new cinematic discoveries
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ALISTAR FINDLAY is mesmerised by this multiple ‘Visions of Scotland’ assault on the audience’s eyes and senses
The Star's critics ANGUS REID, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA reviews I Am Love, The Penguin Lessons, Freaky Tales, The Thicket
MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
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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