Tallinn Black Nights 2021 doubles prize money, reveals full line-up

By Mona Tabbara2021-11-04T17:06:00+00:00

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Mr. Landsbergis

Source: PÖFF

‘Mr. Landsbergis’

Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 12-28) has completed its 2021 programme, adding Sergei Loznitsa’s Mr. Landsbergis to Baltic Competition, plus unveiling the Screen International Critics’ Choice line-up.

The titles join the previously announced Official Selection, First Feature and Baltic Competition.

Scroll down for the Critics’ Choice line-up

Mr. Landsbergis completes the Baltic Competition line-up. It will screen in Estonia hot from its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). The Lithuania and Netherlands co-production follows the years 1989-1991 in Lithuania, when the nation broke away from the Soviet Union. It features the now 88-year-old Vytautas Landsbergis, one of the founders of the independence movement, as he reflects on finding himself at the centre of a radical moment in history.

The Screen International Critics’ Choice line-up includes Kenneth Branagh’s awards-season hopeful Belfast, the Danish best international Oscar entry, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee, plus Belgium’s Oscar contender, Laura Wandel’s debut feature Playground.

The jury for the Official Selection category – which features the world premieres of A Vanishing Fog, Herd Immunity and Songs For A Fox – has also been revealed. The prize money for the Grand Prix award for best this year has doubled to €20,000 ($23,000) and the audience award has increased to €5,000 ($5766) from the previous €2,000.

The jury will be headed by Mike Downey (producer and chairman of the European Film Academy), with UK director, writer and producer Francis Annan; Turkish director Nisan Dag; Estonian art director Eugen Tamberg; Polish composer Teoniki Rożynek; Danish actor, director and producer Ulrich Thomsen; and Estonian producer Piret Tibbo-Hudgins.