Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival invites everyone to a conversation with Tim Blake Nelson, one of the Coen brothers’ favourite actors.

Nelson, 62, came to wider attention in Joel and Ethan Coen’s O Brother, Where Art Thou? and will present two of his latest films in Tallinn.

In Michael Gallagher’s psychological thriller The Leader, based on real events, Nelson plays Marshall Applewhite, one of the two founders of the Heaven’s Gate cult. In 1997, Applewhite and 38 other members died in a mass suicide that shocked the world. See The Leader in the PÖFF programme.

Nelson’s sixth film as director, The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd, tells the story of an unlikely romance between a woman who teaches creative writing in prison and a man on death row. The film stars Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy. Check The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd in the PÖFF programme.

The conversation takes place on Wednesday 11 November at 13:00 in Screen 7 at Apollo Cinema Plaza. Nelson will talk about his career and his work as both an actor and a director. The conversation is open to all and will be moderated by television and radio journalist Kristjan Gold.

Admission is free, but a ticket is required. BOOK YOUR TICKET HERE

Photo by Stephanie Diani