The awards of the “Black Nights of Tallinn” festival were presented while the Bulgarian film “Fear” with the theme of immigration was able to win the highest award of the festival

According to centercinemapress , quoted by Screen Daily, the film “Fear” directed by Ivylo Hristov and produced by Asen Vladimirov, produced in Bulgaria, won the grand prize of the “Black Nights of Tallinn” festival in Estonia

In this period of the festival, Mark Adams, Mustafa Sarwar Farooqi, Isabella Kiszka-Haflick and Esther Canto were members of the jury

The jury of the festival mentioned Hristov’s film “Fear” as a beautiful work that cleverly created between dry jokes and the important contemporary issue of Balansi, at a time when the issue of immigration is considered an important issue

Another important award of the festival was the best director award, which went to Nissan Dodge for the film “When I’m Dying”, a joint production of Germany and Turkey. The jury of the festival praised the 34-year-old Turkish director Nissan Dodge for the wonderful acting of his non-professional actors in this film

The awards of the main competition of 2020 “Black Nights of Tallinn” festival were announced as follows:

Grand prize for the best film: “Fear” produced by Ivylo Hristov, Bulgaria

Best Director Award: Nissan Dodge for the movie “When I’m Dying” co-produced by Germany and Turkey

Award for Best Cinematography: Noe Bach for the French film “Beasts”

Award for the best screenplay: Leonardo Antonio for the film “Surrender” produced by Portugal

Best Actor Award: Ulrich Thomas for “Erna at War” produced by Germany, Denmark, Estonia

Best Actress Award: Maria Luenberger for the film “Cage Birds” produced by Germany and Switzerland

Best Score Award: Juanio Xavier for Spain’s Armagan