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Alief’s Queer Neo-Noir ‘The Activist’ Sells to TLA Releasing for North America and HBO Max for the Baltics Ahead of Tallinn

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival features 11 Baltic films across fiction and documentary categories, including three world premieres and award-winning regional titles.

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French-U.K. genre-bending Alief sales outfit has sealed multiple deals covering nearly 20 territories on Romas Zabarauskas’ gay neo-noir “The Activist,” ahead of the pic’s international premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)’s Baltic competition. TLA Releasing has snapped rights for the U.S. and Canada, with the Baltics going to WBD International Content LLC for […]

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This year, PÖFF will have separate competition programs for Baltic feature films and documentaries for the first time. The newly announced feature film program includes 11 films, three of which are world premieres and three of which are international premieres.

·Estonia
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After its international premiere at the Warsaw Film Festival, Karolis Kaupinis' latest film "The Hungry House" continues its journey - it has been selected for the Baltic Film Competition of the Tallinn Film Festival "Black Nights". The film will be released in Lithuanian cinemas at the end of January next year, according to a press release from M-Films.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Franco-British sales company Alief has concluded multiple agreements covering almost 20 territories for Romas Zabarauskas’ gay neo-noir film “The Activist”, prior to the international premiere of the film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in the Baltic competition. TLA Release acquired rights for the United States and Canada, the Baltic countries for WBD International Content LLC for HBO Max and the French-language rights for …

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
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