Schedule

Friday 13.06

    17:00
    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi
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    Layla

    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi

    Layla is a struggling Muslim drag performer in London whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. At the lowest point in their life, they are surprised to win the affection of Max, a charming, successful white gay man who is bewitched by Layla’s power on stage.

    United Kingdom, United States - 2024
    100 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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Friday 20.06

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

    20:15
    Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu
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    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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    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

    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.

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    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...

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