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Tallinn Black Nights Unveils Its Goes to Cannes Lineup, Bringing the Baltics’ Best to the Marché du Film (EXCLUSIVE)
Tallinn Black Nights has revealed the five promissing Blatic titles it will send to this year's Marché du Film.
“Baltic have been on the rise for some time already,” said Triin Tramberg, curator of the Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes, referring to the astounding success of Latvia’s Oscar-winning sensation “Flow” and Lithuania’s double Locarno wins for “Toxic” and “Drowning Dry,” among others. Indeed, the Tallinn Fest Goes to Cannes slate covers all genres, from Estonia’s dark comedy “O’Slaughter Day,” experimental “Mo Amor,” Lithuania’s dramas “Oblivion” and “They Call Me Danka,” and Latvia’s crime “Red Code Blue.” Each of the titles stems from strong voices ready to light the international festival and arthouse circuits, in the footsteps of “Flow’s” Giant Zilbalodis, “Toxic’s” Saulė Bliuvaitė, “Drowning Dry’s” Laurynas Bareiša or “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’s.” Andersone says, beyond the director’s dark humor, suspense and distinctive style,” the pic’s strength lies in its narrative anchored in Latvia’s turbulent history, the ‘wild west of the Eastern flank’ that unfolded in the midst of a regime change in the 1990s.
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