Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2015 – Official Selection & Award Nominees

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Jury Prize / Best Actor

Isaka Sawadogo

The Paradise Suite

Winner

Jury Prize / Best Actress

Martha Canga Antonio

Black

Winner

Jury Prize / Best Cinematographer

Ausma Ausma

Wojciech Staroń

Winner

Jury Prize / Best Director

Vitaly Mansky

Under the Sun

Winner

Jury Prize / Best Music

7.1

The Throne Sado

Jun-seok Bang

Winner

Grand Prize / Grand Prix for the Best Film

All nominees

The Automatic Hate The Automatic Hate

Alix Madigan, Justin Lerner

The Automatic Hate The Automatic Hate

Alix Madigan, Justin Lerner

Grand Prize

7.1

The Throne Sado

Lee Joon-ik, Sung Hyeon Oh, Chang-Yeon Sung

Winner

All nominees

7.9

Under the Sun V luchakh solntsa

Vitaly Mansky

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8.1

28:94 Teghakan Zhamanak

David Safarian

Avalanche Avalanche

Morteza Farshbaf

Black Black

Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi

Epitafio Epitafio

Rubén Imaz, Yulene Olaizola

Happy Hour Happy Hour

Franz Müller

6.2

Let Her Cry Ege Esa Aga / Let Her Cry

Asoka Handagama

Murder Inn Orizont

Anca Puiu

6.9

Stranger Zhat

Ermek Tursunov

The Bride La novia

Paula Ortiz

The Paradise Suite The Paradise Suite

Joost van Ginkel

6.7

The Prosecutor the Defender the Father and His Son

Iglika Triffonova

The Summer of Frozen Fountains The Summer of Frozen Fountains

Vano Burduli

Zinnia Flower Bai ri gao bie

Tom Lin

6.8

Insayt

Alexander Kott

Ausma Ausma

Laila Pakalnina

Epitafio Epitafio

Rubén Imaz, Yulene Olaizola

Black Black

Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi

The Automatic Hate The Automatic Hate

Justin Lerner

Special Jury Prize

7.9

Under the Sun V luchakh solntsa

Vitaly Mansky

Winner

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Netpac Award

6.9

Stranger Zhat

Ermek Tursunov

Winner

Lifetime Achievement Award

Veljo Tormis

Winner

Arvo Pärt

Winner

Audience Award

6.3

Nakhodka

Viktor Dement

Winner

Estonian Film Award

7.1

The Fencer Miekkailija

Jörg Bundschuh, Ivo Felt, Klaus Härö, Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg

Winner

7.1

The Fencer Miekkailija

Jörg Bundschuh, Ivo Felt, Klaus Härö, Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg

Winner

All nominees

Zero Point Nullpunkt

Mihkel Ulk

6.6

The Secret Society of Souptown Supilinna Salaselts

Margus Paju

5.9

Must Alpinist Must alpinist / Ghost Mountaineer

Urmas Eero Liiv

7.0

1944

Elmo Nüganen

5.8

Roukli

Veiko Õunpuu

FIPRESCI Prize

Nacimiento Nacimiento

Martín Mejía Rugeles

Winner

Just Film Award / Best Youth Film

6.9

14+ (First Love) 14+

Andrey Zaytsev, Olga Granina

Winner

All nominees

The Hotel Dieu The Hotel Dieu

Adrian Thiessen, Kristen Nater

The Violators The Violators

Helen Walsh

Animated Dreams Award

The Bigger Picture The Bigger Picture

Daisy Jacobs

Winner

Sleepwalkers Grand Prize / Short Film

All nominees

Prison Door Prison Door

Ivo Felt, Dermot Healy, Ruán Magan

Prison Door Prison Door

Ivo Felt, Dermot Healy, Ruán Magan

Empire Empire

Kristof Hoornaert

The Baby Bacheh

Ali Asgari

Sleepwalkers Grand Prize / Student Film

All nominees

Last Base Last Base

Aslak Danbolt

Sleepwalkers Jury Prize / Baltic Sea

All nominees

Sunstroke Auringonpistos

Jarno Lindemark

Sleepwalkers Jury Prize / International Student Film

Last Base Last Base

Aslak Danbolt

Winner

FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention

6.7

The Prosecutor the Defender the Father and His Son

Iglika Triffonova

Winner

Tridens Award / Best Cinematographer

Two Two

Payman Shadmanfar

Winner

Tridens Award / Best Film

Nacimiento Nacimiento

Martín Mejía Rugeles, Cesar Patiño

Winner

All nominees

Anna Anna

Jacques Toulemonde Vidal

Loev Loev

Katharina Suckale, Sudhanshu Saria, Arfi Laamba, Jasleen Marwah

Two Two

Soheila Golestani

Staying Alive Staying Alive

Charlotte Blom

Road-Movie Road-Movie

Martin Jelínek

Lost in the White City The White City

Gil Kofman, Tanner King Barklow

Pawno Pawno

Paul Ireland

6.3

Nakhodka

Viktor Dement

Lost in the White City The White City

Gil Kofman, Tanner King Barklow

Loev Loev

Katharina Suckale, Sudhanshu Saria, Arfi Laamba, Jasleen Marwah

Guaraní Guaraní

Luis Zorraquin

5.9

Must Alpinist Must alpinist / Ghost Mountaineer

Urmas Eero Liiv

Food and Shelter Techo y comida

Juan Miguel del Castillo

Don't Look at Me That Way Schau mich nicht so an

Uisenma Borchu

6.4

A.K.A Nadia

Tova Ascher

Tridens Award / Best Music

Pawno Pawno

Tristan Dewey, Tai Jordan

Winner

Ecumenical Jury Prize

The Paradise Suite The Paradise Suite

Joost van Ginkel

Winner

Ecumenical Jury Award - Special Mention

Zinnia Flower Bai ri gao bie

Tom Lin

Winner

Year

Nominations

Other awards and film festivals

Academy Awards, USA

1929-2026

Cannes Film Festival

Festival international du film de Cannes

1939-2026

Golden Globes, USA

Golden Globe Award

1944-2026

Primetime Emmy Awards

1949-2026

BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1949-2026

Venice Film Festival

Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

1932-2026

Razzie Awards

Razzie

1981-2026

MTV Movie + TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992-2026

Sundance Film Festival

1982-2026

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

1993-2026

Berlin International Film Festival

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

1951-2026

Sochi International Film Festival

Sochi International Film Festival & Awards — SIFFA

1994-2026

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award

1963-2026

2024-2026

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (Kinotavr)

1990-2026

Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)

1959-2026

Window to Europe

1993-2026

Toronto International Film Festival

1978-2026

All nominated films "Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival" in 2015

Other awards and film festivals