Sansho the Bailiff
TIFF.23
While on a journey to visit their father, Zushio and Anju are attacked, separated from their mother and sold as slaves to an estate managed by the brutal Sansho.
Japan - 1954
124 minute
Focus Japan
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 14.06
Seven Blessings
TIFF.23
Marie was just two years old when her mother, who was blessed with many children, gave her to her barren sister, a common custom practiced by Moroccan Jews back in the day.
Israel - 2023
111 minute
Supernova
When Evil Lurks
TIFF.23
Two brothers find a mutilated corpse near their property and convene with the locals to suss it out. They learn that the odd happenings in their village are caused by a spirit that’s found its way into a local man.
Argentina - 2023
100 minute
Full Moon
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the others...
TIFF.23
Three friends face mid-life crises. Paul is a writer who's blocked. François has lost his ideals and practices medicine for the money; his wife grows distant, even hostile.
France - 1974
118 minute
3 x 3
Saturday 15.06
Passion
TIFF.23
A couple, Kaho and Tomoya, announce that they are getting married at a party where their friends have gathered, but it is accidentally revealed that the groom, Tomoya, has had an affair in the past. The two spend time apart that night.
Japan - 2008
115 minute
3 x 3
Max and the Junkmen
TIFF.23
Max is a Paris detective frustrated by gangs of robbers whom he cannot catch. To re-establish his stature and save face, he decides to inveigle a group of petty thieves to rob a bank.
France - 1971
112 minute
3 x 3
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
TIFF.23
Max Linder, first international star, pioneer of silent film comedy and mentor to Charlie Chaplin, miraculously cheated death five times and then at the height of his artistic powers, he and his adored wife committed double suicide. Why?
Poland - 2024
98 minute
Larger than Life
I'm Not Everything I Want To Be
TIFF.23
Libuše Jarcovjáková documents her life with photos and diary entries. Her Czechoslovakian homeland is in the repressive phase of “normalisation” after the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968.
Czech Republic - 2024
90 minute
Larger than Life
The School
Screening in the presence of director Daniele Luchetti
Professor Vivaldi passionately believes that the purpose of education is to allow students to creatively express themselves. To this end, he comes up with all sorts of crazy ways to enliven his history class so that the students will pass their final exams.
Italy - 1995
104 minute
3 x 3
Sunday 16.06
Touché
TIFF.23
Touché is the story of fencing world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, a ten-year course featuring the participation in three Olympiads as a representative of two different countries, generous doses of drama on and off the field, and above all else a bright personality transcending the noble sport’s
Italy - 2023
87 minute
Game On
Skunk
TIFF.23
Liam grows up in a family where alcohol, violence and sex dominate, to become a confused teenager who goes beyond the pale to break with his past. Based on real events.
Belgium - 2023
105 minute
No Limit
Felix, Dare to Dream
TIFF.23
Eclectic artist, existentialist and hippie Felix Leu discovered tattooing as a resource to support his traveller life, but then he became an innovator. Roaming the world, Felix and his wife Loretta gave their children a fertile ground to grow up independently as artists.
Italy - 2023
105 minute
Larger than Life
The Featherweight
TIFF.23
Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life.
United States - 2023
100 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Echo of You
TIFF.23
When 86-year-old Rene buys flowers, he always thinks about what color his wife would have chosen if she were alive. Like most people in this film, he spent more time with this partner than without. Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish men
Denmark - 2023
76 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Monday 17.06
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall
TIFF.23
David Yarnoz is a 4 Michelin stars chef who besides running a high-end restaurant in the North of Spain also heads a replica of that restaurant in Taipei. Since he hasn't been able to visit Taiwan for three years due to the pandemic, he needs to embark on a vital trip.
Spain - 2024
83 minute
Film Food
La Reine
TIFF.23
Aging bohemian Ian lives on a former lavender farm in the south of France, where he produces traditional essential oils. Although he has a wild drug period behind him, he has never completely gotten rid of his addiction and is not even trying to do so anymore.
Czech Republic - 2023
60 minute
What's Up, Doc?
My Sunshine
TIFF.23
On a small Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn’t too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination.
Japan - 2024
90 minute
Focus Japan
April in France
TIFF.23
April, a 5-year-old English girl, is unhappy to move to France. From Paris, she relocates to the small medieval village where her great-grandfather lived. There, she is convinced that he is only sleeping in the cemetery and that he will come back to be with her.
France - 2023
77 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Glass, My Unfulfilled Life
TIFF.23
Glass, My Unfulfilled Life is the tragi-comic coming of old age story of 52-year-old Rogier
Netherlands - 2023
94 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Tuesday 18.06
The Featherweight
TIFF.23
Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life.
United States - 2023
100 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Echo of You
TIFF.23
When 86-year-old Rene buys flowers, he always thinks about what color his wife would have chosen if she were alive. Like most people in this film, he spent more time with this partner than without. Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish men
Denmark - 2023
76 minute
What's Up, Doc?
River
TIFF.23
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again.
Japan - 2023
86 minute
Focus Japan
Danger Zone
TIFF.23
In the competitive world of tourism, there are very few experiences that are out of bounds. The documentary explores the world of war tourism, catering to a growing market for ever rarer and extreme experiences.
Poland - 2023
93 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Eternal You
TIFF.23
Joshua chats day and night with the digital clone of his deceased first love. Christi just wants confirmation that her late best friend is doing well in heaven, but has a harrowing experience with his AI likeness.
Germany - 2024
87 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Wednesday 19.06
April in France
TIFF.23
April, a 5-year-old English girl, is unhappy to move to France. From Paris, she relocates to the small medieval village where her great-grandfather lived. There, she is convinced that he is only sleeping in the cemetery and that he will come back to be with her.
France - 2023
77 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Danger Zone
TIFF.23
In the competitive world of tourism, there are very few experiences that are out of bounds. The documentary explores the world of war tourism, catering to a growing market for ever rarer and extreme experiences.
Poland - 2023
93 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Cine-concert The Death of Dracula
TIFF.23
The Death of Dracula / Moartea lui Dracula, r. Károly Lajthay, Austria, 1921
58 minute
Alice On & Off
TIFF.23
Filmed over ten years, this is the story of Alice, an unloved girl trapped in a young mother’s life. At 16, she falls in love with Dorian, 35 years her senior. Although she marries him and has their son, Aristo, the familiar echoes of her own neglected childhood resurface.
Romania - 2024
85 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Romanian Days
To Laugh, to Sing, Perhaps to Cry
TIFF.23
Toñi, a middle-aged transgender woman, prays in a church to a miraculous saint to have a boyfriend. Then she meets Lahcen, a young and handsome Moroccan immigrant who has just arrived in Barcelona, and she falls in love with him.
Spain - 2024
75 minute
No Limit
Kix
TIFF.23
Kix is a 12-year odyssey following Sanyi's journey from a rowdy street kid in Budapest to a disillusioned young adult.
Hungary - 2024
94 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Hungarian Day