Bowing in Tallinn’s official competition, “Think of England” is the long-awaited sophomore pic of BAFTA-nominated British writer-director Richard Hawkins. If his directorial debut “Everything” (2004) was billed by Variety as a “forcefully executed, slow-burning thriller….a “no-frills, nine-day production,” his new endeavour is another tour-de-force.

A thought-provoking exploration of truth and deceit, moral boundaries, a nod to acting, through a character-driven WW2 porn satire. All of it wrapped in 21 days, with on-screen production value squeezed to its upmost by seasoned producer Nick O’Hagan (“The Serpent Queen,” “The Good Liar”) and Poppy O’Hagan of Giant Films.

“It takes a lunatic to make a film and I’m quite a good one! I realized how comfortable I am with making movies and ho

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