Schedule

Thursday 20.06

    12:00
    TIFF.23

    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?
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    17:00
    TIFF.23

    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
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    19:15
    TIFF.23

    Casablanca

    TIFF.23

    Fouad, a Moroccan clandestine living in Italy for years, and Daniela, a former drug-addict, find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal.

    France - 2023
    64 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    21:15
    TIFF.23

    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?
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    23:00
    TIFF.23

    The Contestant

    TIFF.23

    The Contestant is the incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone... and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan, to over 15 million viewers a week.

    United Kingdom - 2023
    90 minute
    Focus Japan
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Friday 21.06

    10:00
    TIFF.23

    Holy Week

    TIFF.23

    The Holy Week, around 1900, somewhere in Romania. The tense relationship between the Jewish innkeeper Leiba and Gheorghe, his Christian employee, reaches the point where the innkeeper decides to expel the latter.

    Romania - 2024
    133 minute
    Romanian Days
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    12:45
    TIFF.23

    Family Weekend

    TIFF.23

    A visit to the director's hometown is the opportunity to bring to an end a series of sensitive, long-postponed discussions targeting topics such as identity, the drag scene in Romania, sexual orientation and the social pressure imposed by all of this.

    Romania - 2023
    60 minute
    Romanian Days
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    14:30
    TIFF.23

    Casablanca

    TIFF.23

    Fouad, a Moroccan clandestine living in Italy for years, and Daniela, a former drug-addict, find each other by chance in Umbria. The meeting is the beginning of a love that helps them heal.

    France - 2023
    64 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    16:30
    TIFF.23

    The School

    TIFF.23

    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
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    19:00
    TIFF.23

    8 Views of Lake Biwa

    TIFF.23

    The Eight Views is an Eastern artistic tradition that describes humans’ state of mind through eight poetic motifs, such as evening glow, first snow, sails returning in the evening, rain in the night, autumn moon, temple bell, clear breeze, wild geese departing.

    Estonia - 2024
    126 minute
    No Limit
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    22:00
    TIFF.23

    A Cautionary Tale

    TIFF.23

    A filmmaker starts following the story of a man who is fighting a lone, harrowing battle against a Kafkaesque system that refuses to recognize he is alive. As her camera rolls and days turn into weeks, she becomes dangerously enmeshed in his journey.

    Romania - 2023
    79 minute
    Romanian Days
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Saturday 22.06

    10:00
    TIFF.23

    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
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    12:00
    TIFF.23

    Dismissed

    TIFF.23

    When a corporation tries to cover up the fire that lead to the death of an employee, a freelance journalist begins an investigation.

    Romania - 2024
    100 minute
    Romanian Days
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    14:30
    TIFF.23

    The Secret of Pin-Up Island

    TIFF.23

    The Secret of Pin-Up Island: A cutting-edge therapy, powered by AI, revolutionizes depression treatment for women. Alesia's subconscious embarks on a virtual odyssey, blurring reality and fantasy, confronting past demons to reclaim her mental well-being.

    Romanian premiere

     

    Romania - 2024
    107 minutes
    TIFF.23
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    17:00
    TIFF.23

    Repeated Wedding

    TIFF.23

    After their divorce in Bucharest, a couple is to meet again in the province thanks to their work and they're still trying to settle appearances while staying as separated as possible.

    Romania - 1985
    79 minute
    Special Screenings
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    19:00
    TIFF.23

    Between Silence and Sin

    TIFF.23

    To one of the world’s most brutal dictatorial regimes, poetry represented the last molecules of freedom and the poets who dared to speak the truth became icons – and enemies of the Romanian Communist state.

    Romania - 2024
    97 minute
    Romanian Days
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    21:00
    TIFF.23

    Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

    TIFF.23

    Angela is an overworked production assistant who must drive around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company. Soon she encounters Marian, a half paralysed worker, who gets the part.

    Romania - 2023
    164 minute
    Romanian Days
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Sunday 23.06

    12:00
    TIFF.23

    Fairy Garden

    TIFF.23

    On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds.

    Hungary - 2023
    83 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    14:30
    TIFF.23

    The Things of Life

    TIFF.23

    Pierre is having a passionate affair with much younger Helene, yet he still cares deeply for his spouse, Catherine. As Pierre spends more time with his new lover, she attempts to persuade him to sever his family ties, after which he sees less and less of Catherine and his young son.

    France - 1970
    89 minute
    3 x 3
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    17:00
    TIFF.23

    The Ballad of Narayama

    TIFF.23

    Still strong at the age of 69, Orin prepares herself for an inevitable yet frightening ritual. In her village, where food is scarce, life is harsh and people are desperate and cruel.

    Japan - 1983
    130 minute
    Focus Japan
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    19:30
    TIFF.23

    A Man

    TIFF.23

    After divorcing, Rie has found happiness with her second husband Daisuke and formed a new family. But when Daisuke dies in a tragic accident, she discovers her new husband was not the man she thought he was.

    Japan - 2022
    121 minute
    Focus Japan
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    22:00
    TIFF.23

    Oddity

    TIFF.23

    A year after her twin is brutally murdered at a remote country estate, Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector, pays her brother-in-law and new girlfriend an unexpected visit.

    Ireland - 2024
    98 minute
    Full Moon
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Monday 24.06

    12:00
    TIFF.23

    All about the Levkoviches

    TIFF.23

    The generous but stubborn boxing coach Tamás gets along well with everyone but his own son. They have not spoken since Iván moved to Israel and entered a deeply religious orthodox community.

    Hungary - 2024
    85 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    14:30
    TIFF.23
    +14

    Excursion

    TIFF.23

    In Sarajevo, a teenager seeking validation reveals that she had sex for the first time during a game of 'truth or dare' among middle schoolers. Trapped in her own lie, she invents a pregnancy and becomes the center of a controversy that spirals out of control.

    Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2023
    93 minute
    miniTIFF
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    17:00
    TIFF.23

    Remembering Every Night

    TIFF.23

    A spring day in the overgrown leafy environs of once hopeful Tokyo satellite city Tama New Town. While tidying up, unemployed 44-year-old Chizu discovers a postcard from an old friend sent several years ago suggesting they get together now that she’s moved nearby.

    Japan - 2022
    116 minute
    Focus Japan
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    19:30
    TIFF.23

    Obsessed with Light

    TIFF.23

    Obsessed with Light is a meditation on light and the enduring obsession to create. The film pulls back the curtain on Loïe Fuller, a wildly original performer who revolutionized the visual culture of the early 20th century. But it is not a biopic.

    United States - 2023
    90 minute
    Larger than Life
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    22:00
    TIFF.23
    +18

    Arcadia

    TIFF.23

    Katerina, a neurologist, and Yannis, a respected retired doctor, are on their way to an off-season seaside resort. It is a windy autumn day as they drive across the sand dunes.

    Bulgaria - 2024
    99 minute
    Full Moon
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