Schedule

Wednesday 18.06

    10:00
    Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)

    A Woman Heats the Sauna

    Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)

    On a snowy winter day, Anu comes from town to the summerhouse belonging to the company she works for to clean up the place and heat the sauna for bosses and foreign guests. The farmhouse in the neighbourhood was once the home for a happy family - Anu, her husband Tõnis and their little daughter.

    Estonia - 1979
    69 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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    12:00
    Q&A with director Danial Shah
    Pornit

    Make It Look Real

    Q&A with director Danial Shah

    A local photo studio in Pakistan serves as a vibrant cultural hub where personal dreams and community connections are brought to life through photography.

    Pakistan, Netherlands, Belgium - 2024
    68 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    14:00
    Q&A with director Arjun Talwar
    Pornit

    Letters from Wolf Street

    Q&A with director Arjun Talwar

    A street in downtown Warsaw, Poland. Arjun Talwar immigrated here a decade ago from India but still struggles to fit in. „Wolf Street” hasn’t made it easy for him.

    Poland, Germany - 2025
    98 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
    Together as One
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    16:30
    Q&A with operator Csaba Banto
    Pornit

    Vulture's Wake

    Q&A with operator Csaba Banto

    A death reunites three old friends whose paths have diverged over the years. Оne has a teaching job in Mexico, another lives a lower-middle-class life, and the third is financially ruined.

    Hungary - 2024
    82 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    18:45
    TIFF.24

    Endless Cookie

    TIFF.24

    An imaginatively animated family portrait that explores the contrasting upbringings between two half-brothers, one white and one Indigenous, in a humorous oral history.

    Canada - 2025
    98 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    21:00
    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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    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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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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    12:00
    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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    14:30
    Q&A with actress Monika Raide
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    Smile at Last

    Q&A with actress 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
    Meet and greet with director Cristi Puiu, actress Monica Bîrlădeanu, Location Director Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu, Adriana Bumbeș (financial director) and Smaranda Puiu Zărnoianu

    The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

    Meet and greet with director Cristi Puiu, actress Monica Bîrlădeanu, Location Director Oana Bujgoi Giurgiu, Adriana Bumbeș (financial director) and Smaranda Puiu Zărnoianu

    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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    19:30
    Q&A with director and producer Mădălina Roșca, producer Paul Arne Wagner, sound designer Mihnea Ciulei
    Pornit

    Little Syria

    Q&A with director and producer Mădălina Roșca, producer Paul Arne Wagner, sound designer Mihnea Ciulei

    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
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    22:00
    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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