Schedule

Thursday 19.06

    20:00
    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay
    Pornit

    Hysteria

    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay

    When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.

    Germany - 2025
    104 minute
    Competition
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    20:30
    Q&A with director Jethro Massey
    Pornit

    Paul and Paulette Take a Bath

    Q&A with director Jethro Massey

    Paul and Paulette’s chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game. The two youngsters start reenacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred... For Paul, the game is a way of getting closer to Paulette.

    United Kingdom - 2024
    109 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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Friday 20.06

    10:00
    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay
    Pornit

    Hysteria

    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay

    When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.

    Germany - 2025
    104 minute
    Competition
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    11:30
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts IV

    TIFF.24

    Strigoi (Strigoi, dir. Márton Nagy, România)

    Magicianul (The Magician, dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, România)

    Vali (dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Nebunul (The Madman, dir. Igor Cobileanski, România)

    120 minute
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    12:30
    Q&A with director Eva Libertad Garcia Lopez and producer Nuria Munoz Ortin
    Pornit

    Deaf

    Q&A with director Eva Libertad Garcia Lopez and producer Nuria Munoz Ortin

    Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor. The baby’s arrival disrupts their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world not made for her.

    Spain - 2025
    99 minute
    Competition
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    14:30
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts III

    TIFF.24

    Tot ce rămâne (All That Remains, dir. Andrei Redinciuc, România)

    Jackpot (Jackpot, dir. Vlad Popa, Vasile Todinca, România)

    Ajutoare (Aid, dir. Valentin Rareș Fogoroș, România)

    Fracti (dir. Lavinia Petrache, România)

    Albocalmin (dir. Florin Șerban, România)

    117 minute
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    15:00
    TIFF.24

    The Kingdom

    TIFF.24

    Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes.

    France - 2024
    112 minute
    Competition
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    17:30
    Pornit

    Comatogen

    Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son, who is in danger of going to prison, Alina, a nurse, faces an unexpected ethical problem. World premiere at TIFF!

    România, Moldova, Republic of - 2025
    105 minute
    Romanian Days
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    17:30
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts II

    TIFF.24

    Despre imposibilitatea unui omagiu (On the Impossibility of an Homage, dir. Xandra Popescu, România)

    Alișveriș (Alisveris, dir. Vasile Todinca, România)

    Zi de sărbătoare (Celebration Day, dir. Octavian Șaramet, România)

    Grandpa Is Sleeping (dir. Matei Branea, România)

    118 minute
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    20:30
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts I

    TIFF.24

    Fursecuri și lapte (Milk and Cookies, dir. Andrei Tache-Codreanu, România)

    Anchor (dir. Vilmos Peter, România)

    Dragostea e în aer (Love Is in the Air, dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Marinică, băiatul meu (Marinică, My Boy, dir. Mihnea Toma, România)

    118 minute
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    20:30
    Q&A with director Avelina Prat and actress Maria de Medeiros
    Pornit

    The Portuguese House

    Q&A with director Avelina Prat and actress Maria de Medeiros

    The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando completely devastated. Without direction, he assumes the identity of another man as the gardener of a Portuguese estate, where he establishes an unexpected friendship with the landlady, entering a new life that does not belong to him.

    Spain, Portugal - 2025
    114 minute
    Special Screenings
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Saturday 21.06

    10:00
    Pornit

    Traffic

    Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. When she is assaulted, Natalia asks Iţă, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her. Iţă uses the opportunity to make an unexpected proposition...

    România, Belgium, Netherlands - 2024
    126 minute
    Romanian Days
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    12:45
    Pornit

    Bright Future

    In the summer of 1989, thousands of people from various nations and beliefs gathered in North Korea for a grand student festival that championed peace, friendship, and anti-imperialism. Here is a documentary about the festival that took place at a pivotal moment in history.

    România, Korea, Republic of - 2024
    89 minute
    Romanian Days
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    13:30
    TIFF.24

    Soylent Green

    TIFF.24

    In a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of an executive at Soylent Corporation, but when he begins to make real progress the governor mysteriously stops the investigation.

    United States - 1973
    97 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    15:30
    TIFF.24

    The End

    TIFF.24

    One of the last families on Earth have lived happily in their luxurious compound deep underground. The sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens the family’s life and Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.

    Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden - 2024
    149 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    17:30
    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov
    Pornit

    Cadet

    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated, but the consequences will be terrible…

    Kazakhstan - 2024
    123 minute
    3 x 3
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    20:15
    Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu
    Pornit

    The Ceremony

    Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu

    A fight over stolen property and a tragic death brings together two very different men for a hypnotic and moving odyssey across the Yorkshire landscape in search of a suitable burial place.

    United Kingdom - 2024
    92 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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    21:00
    TIFF.24

    The Things You Kill

    TIFF.24

    Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. As long-buried family secrets resurface, the police tighten their noose, and doubts begin eroding his conscience.

    France, Poland, Turkey, Canada - 2025
    114 minute
    Supernova
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    22:30
    Q&A with actress Lyndsey Marshal
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    Restless

    Q&A with actress Lyndsey Marshal

    A mild-mannered care worker’s peaceful existence is disturbed when an intimidating party animal moves into the house next door. Subjected to endless sleepless nights, she is gradually drawn into an escalating war of attrition that will test her resolve and her sanity to the limit.

    United Kingdom - 2024
    89 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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Sunday 22.06