The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival has rounded off its Official Selection by adding another 11 titles after the initial eight announced last week (see the news). In the newly unveiled group of films, five are European. 

Rocking up straight after its world premiere at Thessaloniki, Still River [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Angelos Frantzis
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Another film dealing with pregnancy, but in a very different, humorous way, is The Story of a Summer Lover [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Paul Negoescu
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Sunburn [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vicente Alves do Ó
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intervista: Vicente Alves do Ó
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Polish filmmaker Adrian Panek is coming to Tallinn with his second film, Werewolf [+leggi anche:
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Two Men in Suits [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Josef Bierbichler
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intervista: Michael Haneke
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Another five of the titles announced hail from Asia: Asandhimitta by Sri Lanka's Asoka Handagama, the UAE-US co-production AWAKEN by Tom Lowe, Kadakh by India's Rajat Kapoor, Sheeple by Iran's Hooman Seyedi, and Winter's Night by Korean filmmaker Woo-jin Jang. 

Wrapping up the selection is the Australian production Slam [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Partho Sen-Gupta
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Here is the full list of titles in the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Official Selection:

Asandhimitta - Asoka Handagama (Sri Lanka)
A Shelter Among the Clouds [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Robert Budina
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A Place to Live - Bernard Émond (Canada)
AWAKEN - Tom Lowe (United Arab Emirates/USA)
Bad Poems [+leggi anche:
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Kadakh - Rajat Kapoor (India)
Sheeple - Hooman Seyedi (Iran)
Slam [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Partho Sen-Gupta
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Still River [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Angelos Frantzis
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Sunburn [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Vicente Alves do Ó
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The Guest - Hadi Elbagoury (Egypt) 
The Human Part [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juha Lehtola
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The Story of a Summer Lover [+leggi anche:
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Two Fridas - Ishtar Yasin (Costa Rica) 
Two Men in Suits [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Josef Bierbichler
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Until We Fall [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
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Wandering Girl [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rubén Mendoza, Sofía Paz J…
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Werewolf [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adrian Panek
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Winter’s Night - Woo-jin Jang (South Korea)