Schedule

Schedule

Thursday 19.06

    17:30
    Victoria Cinema
    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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    22:30
    Victoria Cinema
    Q&A with distributors Iriana Adnana and Alex Sîrbu
    Pornit

    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
    Victoria Cinema
    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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    20:30
    Victoria Cinema
    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
    Victoria Cinema
    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
    Victoria Cinema
    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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Sunday 22.06

    17:45
    Victoria Cinema
    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.

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    20:00
    Victoria Cinema
    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...

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