Schedule

Wednesday 18.06

    22:15
    Q&A with operator Csaba Banto
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    A Hunt for Hedgehogs

    Q&A with operator Csaba Banto

    Bogi, a talented opera singer student, earns money by babysitting the children of her cousin, whose marriage is in crisis. On the day of her final exam, she is under pressure and commits an error while she is with the children.

    Hungary - 2025
    94 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    23:00
    TIFF.24

    Sleep #2

    TIFF.24

    A fallen flower/Returning to the branch?/It was a butterfly. (Arakida Moritake). Sleep #2 means: life, death, nature, poetry, fragility, impressionism, selfies, Andy Warhol, love and kisses.

    România - 2024
    61 minute
    Romanian Days
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Thursday 19.06

    12:00
    Q&A with director Daniel Tornero
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    Saturn

    Q&A with director Daniel Tornero

    "In 2018 my grandfather was arrested for child abuse and attempted kidnapping. Now I meet him again and am confronted with his looks, his responses, and my own feelings.

    Spain - 2024
    96 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    12:15
    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk
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    Imago

    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk

    Late 1980s, at the Polish Coast. The old communist order is in decline, but a new order is yet to be established. Ela is just entering adulthood - already knowing she will not fit into any of these worlds.

    Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic - 2023
    113 minute
    Together as One
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    14:30
    Q&A with director Pelin Esmer and producer Tudor Giurgiu
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    And the Rest Will Follow

    Q&A with director Pelin Esmer and producer Tudor Giurgiu

    Famous film director Levent is completely unaware of Aliye, a housekeeper at the hotel where he is staying. However, Aliye, who is trying to tailor a new life story for herself, knows Levent and his films very well.

    Turkey, Bulgaria, România - 2025
    115 minute
    Supernova
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    15:00
    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
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    Internal Zero

    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș

    Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her.

    România - 2025
    100 minute
    Smart 7
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    17:15
    TIFF.24

    The New Years

    TIFF.24

    Oscar is stuck with a crappy medical contract and is still hooked on his ex. Ana, without a partner or a job, feels lost and plans to move away. But on 1 January 2016, they meet and fleeing loses its meaning.

    Spain - 2024
    98 minute
    Coming Up Next
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    17:15
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    A Rebel Edge

    Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

    România - 2024
    87 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:30
    Q&A with director Miguel Calderon
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    Loss Adjustment

    Q&A with director Miguel Calderon

    Pedro, a loss adjuster, travels across Mexico investigating the causes of major catastrophes. To escape the depravity and violence of his daily life, Pedro decides to become an art collector.

    Mexico, Uruguay - 2024
    74 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    19:45
    Q&A with producer Monika Raide
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    Smile at Last

    Q&A with producer Monika Raide

    16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children.

    Estonia - 1985
    86 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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    22:00
    +18
    Pornit

    Beyond the River

    Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity.

    România, Hungary - 2024
    60 minute
    Romanian Days
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    22:00
    TIFF.24

    Mistress Dispeller

    TIFF.24

    Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. Teacher Wang is a ‘mistress dispeller’ – a profession devoted to helping couples in the face of infidelity.

    China, United States - 2024
    94 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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Friday 20.06

    10:00
    +18
    Pornit

    Beyond the River

    Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity.

    România, Hungary - 2024
    60 minute
    Romanian Days
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    12:00
    TIFF.24

    In the Belly of AI

    TIFF.24

    Artificial Intelligence fuels our dreams and nightmares. But while tech giants promise the advent of a new humanity, behind the scenes millions of workers around the world prepare the data that will feed Big Tech’s voracious algorithms, at the cost of their mental and emotional health...

    France - 2025
    73 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    12:00
    Q&A with director Miguel Calderon
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    Loss Adjustment

    Q&A with director Miguel Calderon

    Pedro, a loss adjuster, travels across Mexico investigating the causes of major catastrophes. To escape the depravity and violence of his daily life, Pedro decides to become an art collector.

    Mexico, Uruguay - 2024
    74 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    14:00
    Q&A with director Pablo Hernando
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    A Whale

    Q&A with director Pablo Hernando

    Ingrid is a hired killer with a special power: she can use the darkness to enter a parallel world and reappear somewhere else in the real world. This allows her to get into the homes of her victims and get out again without leaving any trace.

    Spain, Italy - 2024
    108 minute
    Full Moon
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    16:00
    Q&A with director Bella Tarr
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    The Turin Horse

    Q&A with director Bella Tarr

    In Turin in 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche is witness to a brutal scene: a hansom cab driver whipping his stubborn horse. Nietzsche throws his arms around the animal’s neck, sobbing.

    Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland, United States - 2011
    155 minute
    Close Up: Bela Tarr
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    16:30
    Q&A with directors Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk
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    Aurora

    Q&A with directors Andres Maimik and Rain Tolk

    Aurora, the daughter of a religious leader, travels with her husband Joonas to celebrate their wedding anniversary with her parents and the congregation.

    Estonia - 2025
    111 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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    19:00
    Q&A with director Bella Tarr
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    Almanac of Fall

    Q&A with director Bella Tarr

    In a grim, claustrophobic apartment owned by a rich elderly woman, the inhabitants desperately try to relate to each other as they go about their bleak lives revealing their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

    Hungary - 1984
    119 minute
    Close Up: Bela Tarr
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    19:30
    Pornit

    Love Hurts

    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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    21:45
    Q&A with director Gürcan Keltek
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    New Dawn Fades

    Q&A with director Gürcan Keltek

    It’s been years since Akın has been in and out of the hospital. He’s relentless, angry, and shell-shocked from being stuck in the system. Since his discharge, he’s well aware that his old life is long gone.

    Turkey, Germany, Italy, Norway - 2024
    131 minute
    No Limit
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    22:00
    Pornit

    Bright Future

    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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Saturday 21.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Invention

    TIFF.24

    In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.

    United States - 2024
    72 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    10:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts I

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    Fursecuri și lapte (Milk and Cookies, dir. Andrei Tache-Codreanu, România)

    Anchor (dir. Vilmos Peter, România)

    Dragostea e în aer (Love Is in the Air, dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Marinică, băiatul meu (Marinică, My Boy, dir. Mihnea Toma, România)

    118 minute
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    13:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts II

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    Despre imposibilitatea unui omagiu (On the Impossibility of an Homage, dir. Xandra Popescu, România)

    Alișveriș (Alisveris, dir. Vasile Todinca, România)

    Zi de sărbătoare (Celebration Day, dir. Octavian Șaramet, România)

    Grandpa Is Sleeping (dir. Matei Branea, România)

    118 minute
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    14:30
    Q&A with producer Monika Raide
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    Smile at Last

    Q&A with producer Monika Raide

    16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children.

    Estonia - 1985
    86 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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    16:30
    Q&A with the film crew
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    The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

    Q&A with the film crew

    Old Mr. Lãzãrescu is suddenly sick and the neighbours call the ambulance. The dying man is shuttled from hospital to hospital as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.

    România - 2005
    153 minute
    Special Screenings
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    16:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts III

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    Tot ce rămâne (All That Remains, dir. Andrei Redinciuc, România)

    Jackpot (Jackpot, dir. Vlad Popa, Vasile Todinca, România)

    Ajutoare (Aid, dir. Valentin Rareș Fogoroș, România)

    Fracti (dir. Lavinia Petrache, România)

    Albocalmin (dir. Florin Șerban, România)

    117 minute
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