Schedule

Thursday 19.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Alexandru Mavrodineanu, editor Eugen Kelemen, executive producer Cristiana Mitea
    Pornit

    Love Hurts

    Q&A with director Alexandru Mavrodineanu, editor Eugen Kelemen, executive producer Cristiana Mitea

    Love Hurts is an intimate documentary about the fragility and power of love, which tells the true stories of two couples over two years of suffering, separations and reconciliations. The film explores the sinuous dynamics of relationships and the difficult process of emotional healing.

    România - 2025
    94 minute
    Romanian Days
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    20:30
    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments

    Q&A with actors Eszter Tompa, Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanța, Oana Mardare, producer Alex Teodorescu, production manager Vlad Semenescu, production coordinatior Cristiana Popescu, executive producer Ramona Grama and post-production supervisor Viorel Chesaru
    Pornit

    Kontinental '25

    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments

    Q&A with actors Eszter Tompa, Gabriel Spahiu, Adonis Tanța, Oana Mardare, producer Alex Teodorescu, production manager Vlad Semenescu, production coordinatior Cristiana Popescu, executive producer Ramona Grama and post-production supervisor Viorel Chesaru

    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments 

    România, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg - 2025
    109 minute
    Romanian Days
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    22:30
    Q&A with distributors Iriana Adnana and Alex Sîrbu
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    Merman

    Q&A with distributors Iriana Adnana and Alex Sîrbu

    A female voice is haunting a male gaze.

    România - 2024
    86 minute
    Romanian Days
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Friday 20.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Igor Cobileanski, actors Daniela Nane, Ada Lupu, Andreea Chiritescu, Gheorghe Visu, Andrei Aradits, Theodor Soptelea, Vlad Brumaru, Ionut Cornila and DOP and producer Cristian Gugu
    Pornit

    Comatogen

    Q&A with director Igor Cobileanski, actors Daniela Nane, Ada Lupu, Andreea Chiritescu, Gheorghe Visu, Andrei Aradits, Theodor Soptelea, Vlad Brumaru, Ionut Cornila and DOP and producer Cristian Gugu

    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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    19:00
    Q&A with Felix Lepădatu and Raluca Regiulis (VFX), Angi Instrate (finances), Adriana Răcășan (secondar director), Carmen Rizac (Avanpost postproduction coordinator), Vlad Rădulescu (Avanpost co-producer), Ștefan Panea (Music), Bogdan Crăciun (producer), Toma Velio (operator), Alex Pintică (editor), Silva Helena Schmidt, Gabriel Gheorghe, Ionuț Caras, Mircea Andreescu (actors)
    Pornit

    The Spruce Forest

    Q&A with Felix Lepădatu and Raluca Regiulis (VFX), Angi Instrate (finances), Adriana Răcășan (secondar director), Carmen Rizac (Avanpost postproduction coordinator), Vlad Rădulescu (Avanpost co-producer), Ștefan Panea (Music), Bogdan Crăciun (producer), Toma Velio (operator), Alex Pintică (editor), Silva Helena Schmidt, Gabriel Gheorghe, Ionuț Caras, Mircea Andreescu (actors)

    Inspired by the tragedy of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film recounts the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation.

    România, Republic of Moldova - 2025
    75 minute
    Romanian Days
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    21:00
    Q&A with actor Robert Iovan and producer Tudor Reu
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    Traffic

    Q&A with actor Robert Iovan and producer Tudor Reu

    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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Saturday 21.06

    10:00
    Q&A with actor Robert Iovan, producer Tudor Reu and production coordinator Antonia Marin
    Pornit

    Traffic

    Q&A with actor Robert Iovan, producer Tudor Reu and production coordinator Antonia Marin

    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
    Q&A with director Andra MacMasters, editor Andrei Gorgan, producer Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan and sound designer Matei Vasilache
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    Bright Future

    Q&A with director Andra MacMasters, editor Andrei Gorgan, producer Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan and sound designer Matei Vasilache

    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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