Long Take 12 — Festival of Unbroken Cinema

A projector beam cutting through haze above empty cinema seats — 01 · Projector beam over empty seats · 16:9

Long Take

Twelfth edition · 42 films

Tallinn · 5–14 March 2027

Long Take ¹²

(International festival of unbroken cinema)

The inside of a night tram, snow streaking past the windows — 02 · Night tram in snow · 2.39:1

An usher holding a torch in a dark cinema aisle — 03 · Usher with a torch · 4:5

A row of audience faces lit by the screen — 04 · Faces in the screen light · 3:2

Tallinn · 5–14 March 2027
Six venues · forty-two screenings

One rule: the camera never stops.

The programme

Thursday 5 March · Harbour Cinema

19:30

(01)

Opening night

142 minutes, one shot

Passengers on a ferry deck at first light, the sea flat and grey — 05 · Ferry deck at first light · 16:10

Ilse Maran · Estonia · 142 min

The Salt
Road

A night ferry from Tallinn to Stockholm, filmed from gangway to gangway without the camera ever stopping.

Friday 6 March · The Salt Store

14:15

(02)

Documentary

96 minutes, two takes

A car-park attendant in a lit booth at night — 06 · Attendant in a lit booth · 4:5

Hands counting coins under a desk lamp — 07 · Hands counting coins · 4:5

Tomasz Hładki · Poland · 96 min

Night shift
at Lot 9

Saturday 7 March · The Ninth Screen

22:40

(03)

Midnight slot

118 minutes, one shot

Two people on a flat roof under a building storm — 08 · Two on a roof before a storm · 16:10

Ayo Okafor-Lind · Sweden, Nigeria · 118 min

Weather
for two

An argument on a roof that outlasts the rain, the light and the patience of the neighbours.

Saturday 14 March · Harbour Cinema

20:00

(04)

Closing night

164 minutes, one shot

A falconer on an open moor with a bird on the glove, wind flattening the grass — 09 · Falconer on the moor · 16:9

Mireille Duval · France · 164 min

Kestrel,
kestrel

(In competition · five films)

Five films.
Not one cut.

Each title below was shot as a single take, or as a handful of takes joined in plain sight. The jury watches them in order, on consecutive nights.

Headlights on a snowy forest road at night, seen from the driver's seat — 10 · Forest road, headlights · 2.42:1

Ninety minutes north

Karin Vesk · Estonia, Finland · 91 min · longest take 91:00

A woman singing while standing in a crowded municipal waiting room — 11 · Singer in a waiting room · 2.42:1

The waiting room opera

Paolo Ienco · Italy · 104 min · longest take 52:10

A lone figure walking across wet tidal flats at dusk — 12 · Tidal flats at dusk · 2.42:1

Low tide, late

Hana Morikawa · Japan · 88 min · longest take 88:00

A figure among rows of plants inside a glasshouse at night — 13 · Glasshouse at night · 2.42:1

Glass orchard

Sade Adebayo · Nigeria, UK · 112 min · longest take 37:45

A busy street crossing seen from high above, people criss-crossing — 14 · Street crossing from above · 2.42:1

Everything at once

Lukas Brenner · Austria · 127 min · longest take 127:00

(Passes on sale 12 January)

A projectionist's hands threading film through a projector gate — 15 · Threading the projector · 0.78:1

Festival pass €96 Ten nights
Forty-two films
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Festival pass€96
Five-film strip€40
Single screening€9
Students, 65+ and jobseekershalf price

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Ten nights of cinema without a cut

The SaltRoad

Night shiftat Lot 9

Weatherfor two

Kestrel,kestrel