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# Christopher Hampton Chairs Tallinn Jury as Black Nights Turns 30
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/08/tallinn-black-nights-competition-christopher-hampton/
- Published: 2026-10-08T07:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:34:08.000Z
- Description: The Estonian festival's 30th competition carries 12 world premieres from Belgium to Kazakhstan, judged by a jury chaired by Christopher Hampton.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Made In Europe, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Christopher Hampton, Patrice Toye, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Ray Panthaki, #pool-2026-10-08, #ai-generated, #focus-y5

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival names 12 world premieres for the Official Competition of its 30th edition, screening November 13 to 19, among them Patrice Toye's "The Assignment" (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands), Alison Kuhn's "The Matriarch" (Germany), Declan Recks' "One Sweet Hour" (Ireland), Frédéric Baillif's "A Job Well Done" (Switzerland) and Patricia Ortega's "Caballé" (Spain, Belgium). Sir Christopher Hampton chairs the jury with Myriam Sassine, David Stump, Julie Billy and Tiina Tauraite, and the City of Tallinn puts €20,000 (roughly $23,000) behind the top prize. Toye's film, "De opdracht" in Dutch and her fifth feature, is produced by Hans Everaert for Menuetto with Germany's 2Pilots, the Netherlands' Willy Waltz and Belgium's Stenola, backed by the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and due in Belgian cinemas in 2027; the First Feature Competition includes Ray Panthaki's UK-US "In Starland".

**Primary**: [Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, competition line-ups, October 2026](https://poff.ee/en/news/discover-the-lineups-for-official-and-first-feature-competitions?ref=scrolletta.com), [Flanders Audiovisual Fund, news release, 8 October 2026](https://www.vaf.be/nieuws/de-opdracht-patrice-toye-tallinn?ref=scrolletta.com)