Schedule

19:00

Sorvina (SUA / Germania)

Thursday, June 19, 7:00 PM

Sorvina, New York-born now Berlin-based, is an artist whose music is as dynamic and evolving as her life story. Raised in a (relatively) quiet suburb of NYC, Sorvina first found her voice in the world of folk singer-songwriters, where her acoustic melodies and tragicomic lyricism painted vivid pictures of her inner world. But, as she continued along her personal and artistic journey, Sorvina soon grew courageous enough to admit one of her deepest most obscured dreams: to unironically become a rapper.

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

21:30

Preceded by the short film Alien 2 or: Valdis' Escape in 11 Chapters (dir. Rasmus Merivoo )
Q&A with director Rasmus Merivoo and producer Tõnu Hiielaid

+18

Pornit

Alien 2 or the Return of Valdis in 17 Chapters

Preceded by the short film Alien 2 or: Valdis' Escape in 11 Chapters (dir. Rasmus Merivoo )
Q&A with director Rasmus Merivoo and producer Tõnu Hiielaid

Preceded by the short film Alien 2 or: Valdis' Escape in 11 Chapters (dir. Rasmus Merivoo )

Estonia - 2024

100 minute

FOCUS Estonia

Friday 20.06

11:30

Q&A with the creators of the short films

Pornit

Romanian Shorts IV

Q&A with the creators of the short films

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

14:30

Q&A with the creators of the short films

Pornit

Romanian Shorts III

Q&A with the creators of the short films

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

17:30

Q&A with the creators of the short films

Pornit

Romanian Shorts II

Q&A with the creators of the short films

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

19:00

Bedouin Soundclash (Canada)

Friday, June 20, 7:00 PM

20:30

Q&A with the creators of the short films

Pornit

Romanian Shorts I

Q&A with the creators of the short films

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

21:30

Q&A with director Bogdan Pușlenghea, producer and cameraman Cristian Maghiar and protagonist Doru Chirodea

Pornit

A Rebel Edge

Q&A with director Bogdan Pușlenghea, producer and cameraman Cristian Maghiar and protagonist Doru Chirodea

Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

România - 2024

87 minute

Romanian Days

Saturday 21.06

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

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

19:00

Photons (France)

Saturday, June 21, 7:00 PM

Take four jazzmen with a passion for improvisation and techno clubbing and you get Photons, pianist Gauthier Toux’s new project, as much for dancing as for listening.

19:00

TIFF.24

It was just an accident

TIFF.24

Winner of the Palm d'Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Iran - 2025

105

Special Screenings

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

21:30

TIFF.24

Marcella

TIFF.24

Marcella Hazan didn't just teach Italian cooking - she changed the way America eats. Fearless, passionate, and exacting, she introduced authentic recipes to millions.

United States - 2025

98 minute

Film Food

Sunday 22.06

10:30

TIFF.24

Deaf | Audience Award Winner

TIFF.24

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.

13:00

TIFF.24

To a Land Unknown | The Transilvania Trophy Winner

TIFF.24

Chatila and Reda are Palestinian refugees living in Athens. They are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Greece, but then Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction. Now Chatila hatches an extreme plan so that their dream can get back on track...

15:30

TIFF.24

Coexistence, My Ass!

TIFF.24

Shot over five tumultuous years, the film traces activist-comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s journey in tandem with the region’s steady deterioration.

United States, France - 2025

95 minute

No Limit

17:30

TIFF.24

Being Maria

TIFF.24

Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a living hell.

France - 2024

103 minute

Supernova

19:00

Valeria Stoica (Republic of Moldova)

Sunday, June 22, 7:00 PM

Valeria Stoica is an indie-pop artist from the Republic of Moldova. She has a deep connection with nature which is where she spent her childhood and gets inspired by. Her first official single - “Remember” - was a great surprise for the Romanian indie-pop listeners. It has also proved to be an international success, with Spotify listeners from all over the world.

19:45

TIFF.24

Love

TIFF.24

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

Norway - 2024

119 minute

Special Screenings

21:30

TIFF.24

About a Hero

TIFF.24

After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death.

Denmark, Germany, United States - 2024

84 minute

Tomorrow is Fear