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In a bizarre union of black & white nouvelle vague style, Béla Tarr-esque dark irony and Lucha Libre style wrestling, David Perrault’s “Our Heroes Died Tonight” is a sublime, yet puzzling achievement that probably shouldn’t have worked.

Honourable member of our Sleepwalkers Film Festival’s panel Sirkka Möller shared her thoughts on the essence of short film.

Jury member of the Sleepwalkers Film Festival Aivar Laan reveals the beginnings of the idea for the Rooftop Cinema, and talks about what he gathers from his dreamlike film journeys.

This is a romantic comedy, meaning it has to tick two very important boxes: romance and comedy.

Bloodtype (Veregrupp) (2013, Estonia, Rühm Pluss Null). Directed and written by Leeni Linna, cinematography by Mihkel Soe and Kullar Viimne, music by Sven Grünberg. 67 min.

Starting from 7 November, for the eleventh time European film forum “Scanorama” will prove just how strong Lithuanian documentary is. Four documentary films will be premiered during the festival – three merely by Lithuanian directors (“Cenotaph”, “Final Destination”, Tricolour”) and one Lithuanian-German co-operative film (“Julia”).

“All that I want, is to hold your hand once again, and then, I will go home and leave you in peace” – one might hear a quote from Swedish film “Bellevile Baby”. “I want you to understand me less and love me more”- echoing voice is heard from 1980 British drama “Bad timing”. That is how intimately films, which are so distant in time and space, communicate. Stories and destinies of these and dozen of other films’ talks are to be presented in the upcoming European film forum “Scanorama”. From 7 November, for the eleventh time - overcrowded cinema halls in four cities throughout Lithuania.

Estonia’s biggest film event is looming close. Wader took a look behind the scenes of the Black Nights Film Festival and reports the secrets heard from Helmut Jänes, programme curator at the festival.

Jorė Janavičiūtė gives her impressions on Helsinki, Tallinn and Vilnius International Film Festivals and tries to grasp how the magic of film festivals seduces us into wanting to be a part of the world of cinema.

Terje Toomistu – a nomadic PhD student in anthropology – writes about the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) and also speaks to the Dutch-American duo Kel O'Neill and Eline Jongsma about their installation.

Hannah Arendt the film is about the exceptional thinker, professor of philosophy and political theorist.

Emilie Toomela ponders the traps of the rating system of Internet Movie Database.