Schedule

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

23:15

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

+18

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 )

Estonia - 2024

100 minute

FOCUS Estonia

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

12:45

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

Pornit

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

15:00

Q&A with director Andrei Ujică

Pornit

TWST - Things We Said Today

Q&A with director Andrei Ujică

Screening in the presence of director Andrei Ujică

România, France - 2024

91 minute

Romanian Days

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

18:00

TIFF.24

The Marching Band

TIFF.24

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy, who works in a school cafeteria and plays the trombone in a small marching band.

France - 2024

103 minute

Supernova

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

20:30

TIFF.24

Her

TIFF.24

Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore becomes fascinated with a new operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right.

United States - 2013

126 minute

Tomorrow is Fear

22:30

Q&A with actress Lyndsey Marshal

Pornit

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

Sunday 22.06

10:00

TIFF.24

The Idiot

TIFF.24

The story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness. An atypical adaptation of Dostojevski's novel of the same title.

Estonia - 2011

132 minute

3 x 3

12:30

TIFF.24

No Beast. So Fierce.

TIFF.24

After a bloody gang war in Berlin ends, the youngest daughter of the victorious Arab clan begins to plot against the men of her family. She kills brothers, nephews, friends and enemies, until she is the undisputed boss of the Berlin underworld.

Germany, France, Poland - 2025

150 minute

No Limit

15:30

Q&A with director Darren Thornton

Pornit

Four Mothers

Q&A with director Darren Thornton

Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. Busy with the demands of his upcoming book tour, the last thing Edward needs is his friends leaving their mothers on his doorstep!

Ireland, United Kingdom - 2024

92 minute

Supernova

17:45

TIFF.24

Xoftex | The Best Director Award Winner

TIFF.24

Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land. With nowhere to escape, boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.

18:00

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

20:00

TIFF.24

Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued | The Special Jury Award Winner

TIFF.24

A young man named Julian moves to New York City. He rents a small room and one day, as he repaints the room, he finds a book and a pencil drawing of a deer concealed in the wall. After some preliminary research, he realizes these objects may have been left by a painting forger who seemingly disappeared two decades earlier. After failing to decipher the clues he’s found, Julian realizes he would do anything in order to solve the mystery...

20:30

TIFF.24

Brazil

TIFF.24

In one of the best dystopian satires in the history of cinema, a bureaucrat becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.

United Kingdom, United States - 1985

132 minute

Tomorrow is Fear

22:30

TIFF.24

+16

Where the Wind Comes From

TIFF.24

Alyssa, a rebellious 19-year-old girl, and her friend Mehdi, an introverted 23-year-old man, use their imagination to escape their unpromising reality.

Tunisia, France, Qatar - 2025

100 minute

Teen Spirit

Monday 23.06

18:00

TIFF.24

My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air In Moscow

TIFF.24

The film is subtitled only in english

Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid the country's drift towards authoritarianism.

- 2024

324 min

No Limit