The Night is Fading Away
TIFF.25
Pelu is a 30-something barely scraping by on his salary as a projectionist at a film theater that belongs to the city hall.
Argentina - 2025
105 minute
Competition
Schedule
Schedule
Thursday 18.06
A Useful Ghost
TIFF.25
March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner.
Thailand, France, Singapore - 2025
130 minute
Competition
My Father's Shadow
TIFF.25
A father and his estranged sons travel through the massive city of Lagos while political unrest threatens their journey home in this semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian metropolis during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis.
United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria - 2025
93 minute
Competition
12:08 East of Bucharest
TIFF.25
Everyone saw the furious crowds forcing Ceauşescu to flee by helicopter. In a quiet little town near the capital, the owner of a local TV station wants to answer a question that has remained unresolved for 16 years: did the town join the Revolution or not?
România - 2006
89 minute
Close Up: Corneliu Porumboiu
Sicko
TIFF.25
Overwhelmed by debt, young couple Azamat and Tanshoplan hatch a desperate plan: fake a terminal illness to raise money through a viral charity campaign. But as the donations pour in and public sympathy grows, their lie spirals out of control.
Kazakhstan - 2026
102 minute
Competition
Y
TIFF.25
Olga, her father and her two younger sisters have been living a carefree life, thanks to the fortune amassed by Ileana, their paternal grandmother, a successful lawyer. Ileana’s sudden death throws their family into disarray.
România - 2025
98 minute
Romanian Days