The Girls at the Station
Q&A with director Juana Macias
Jara, Alex and Miranda are three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention center. Jara’s birthday is coming and the three of them want to celebrate.
Spain - 2024
118 minute
Teen Spirit
Schedule
Schedule
Saturday 14.06
Sunday 15.06
Little Trouble Girls
Q&A with cinematographer Lev Predan Kowarski
To fulfill her mother’s expeIntroverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends popular and flirty Ana-Maria.
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (Hrvatska), Serbia - 2025
89 minute
Teen Spirit
Wednesday 18.06
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
Thursday 19.06
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
Friday 20.06
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
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
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
Saturday 21.06
Merman
A female voice is haunting a male gaze.
România - 2024
86 minute
Romanian Days
Little Syria
Shot over 20 years, Little Syria follows the quest of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend trapped between Syria, from where they ran for their lives, and Europe, which seems at times to embrace them and and then to push them back where they came from.
Germany, Romania, Portugal - 2025
90 minute
Romanian Days
Sunday 22.06
Block Pass
TIFF.24
Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.
France - 2024
105 minute
Teen Spirit
Our Wildest Days
TIFF.24
Chloe forgoes her flawed family for a group of youngsters crossing Greece. Through her journey she helps the poor in unconventional ways, faces danger and wonders if tenderness is the ultimate act of rebellion.
Greece, France, Germany, Belgium - 2025
104 minute
Teen Spirit