Official Selection - Competition

Brand new films by directors from around the world bring new stories, perspectives and cinematic languages to the screen. A geographically, thematically and stylistically diverse selection of contemporary cinema. Only world premieres.

Grand Prix for The Best Film, grant of 20 000 euros from the city of Tallinn, Award for Best Director, grant of 5000€ from Alexela:

A Job Well Done

A Job Well Done

In Geneva, social workers helping refugees confront an asylum system where compassion may become an act of defiance.

Local title
Hästi tehtud!
Director
Frédéric Baillif
Country
Switzerland
Caballé

Caballé

The beloved opera star Montserrat Caballé faces a challenge that takes her back to the beginning of her career.

Local title
Caballé
Director
Patricia Ortega
Country
Spain, Belgium
Drumskin

Drumskin

A dark, feverish thriller exploring desire, obsession, and revenge through one woman's psychological transformation.

Local title
Trumminahk
Director
Joaquín Cambre
Country
Argentina
I Just Want to Talk to My Mom

I Just Want to Talk to My Mom

Her mother is in Tehran. War has cut the line. In Istanbul, every unanswered call feels like a verdict.

Local title
Tahan lihtsalt oma emaga rääkida
Director
Mohsen Rabiei
Country
Iran, Türkiye
No Me Without You

No Me Without You

Grief pulls two sisters close. Behind their silence, one truth waits to tear the family apart.

Local title
Mind ei ole sinuta
Director
Janno Jürgens
Country
Estonia
On Top of the Cliff

On Top of the Cliff

Fervour, control, sin and guilt in an oppressive setting that compels us to ask: what might an impulsive body do?

Local title
Kalju serval
Director
Enrica Perez
Country
Mexico, Peru, Switzerland
One Sweet Hour

One Sweet Hour

A bittersweet comedy about two estranged brothers travelling through magical central Ireland.

Local title
Üks ilus hetk
Director
Declan Recks
Country
Ireland
Sh*t Happens

Sh*t Happens

When science fails, trust your gut. Just don’t ask what the “miracle cure” is made of.

Local title
Sitasööja
Director
José María Cabral
Country
Dominican Republic
Sinless

Sinless

One lavish dinner. Generations of buried crimes. Henrik came to expose them – but who is hunting whom?

Local title
Patust puhas
Director
Attila Hartung
Country
Hungary
The Assignment

The Assignment

A thought-provoking story of becoming a man, where the scars of the recent Second World War are felt at every step.

Local title
Ülesanne
Director
Patrice Toye
Country
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
The Matriarch

The Matriarch

A 17-year-old enters her mother’s trafficking business, pushing the limits of family loyalty in search of her love.

Local title
Matriarh
Director
Alison Kuhn
Country
Germany
Where Is My Son?

Where Is My Son?

A wedding shimmers in the summer heat. Then a son vanishes, and one family’s secrets begin to surface.

Local title
Kus mu poeg on?
Director
Dias Bertis
Country
Kazakhstan