Schedule

Friday 13.06

    12:15
    TIFF.24

    1984

    TIFF.24

    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is rewriting history, tries to rebel. He meets a kindred spirit named Julia and they fall into a love affair, but soon they start to realize that happiness might be impossible in such a society.

    United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany - 1984
    110 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    19:45
    TIFF.24

    Fahrenheit 451

    TIFF.24

    Books are the enemy! That is why, in an unnamed country at an unspecified time, reading is strictly forbidden. The fire brigade’s sole mission is not to put fires out but to hunt down people who possess books and to reduce these objects to ashes.

    France - 1966
    113 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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Saturday 14.06

    19:45
    TIFF.24

    As Silence Passes by

    TIFF.24

    A lost intimacy between two brothers begins to resurface when Antonio returns to his town, to a collapsing family home to help his twin brother Javier, who suffers from a congenital disease.

    Spain - 2024
    98 minute
    Smart 7
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Sunday 15.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Pavlo Ostrikov
    Pornit

    U Are the Universe

    Q&A with director Pavlo Ostrikov

    The near future. Ukrainian space trucker Andriy Melnik transports nuclear waste on the a cargo ship to the abandoned Jupiter's moon Callisto. During his routine flight, the Earth explodes, but Andriy manages to survive.

    Ukraine, Belgium, France - 2024
    101 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    19:45
    Q&A with producer Klementina Remeikaite
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    Drowning Dry

    Q&A with producer Klementina Remeikaite

    To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their kids, they go swimming in a nearby lake, relax and discuss family finances.

    Lithuania, Latvia - 2024
    88 minute
    Smart 7
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Monday 16.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi

    Layla

    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi

    Layla is a struggling Muslim drag performer in London whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. At the lowest point in their life, they are surprised to win the affection of Max, a charming, successful white gay man who is bewitched by Layla’s power on stage.

    United Kingdom, United States - 2024
    100 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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    19:45
    Q&A with directors Aitor Arregi, Jan Garano and actor Eduard Fernandez
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    Marco, the Invented Truth

    Q&A with directors Aitor Arregi, Jan Garano and actor Eduard Fernandez

    The story of a concentration camp deportee who never existed. Enric Marco, an immensely charismatic man who, for years, was able to maintain, before public opinion and his own family, a deeply complex lie: that he had been a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp.

    Spain - 2024
    101 minute
    Supernova
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Tuesday 17.06

    19:45
    Q&A with director Kamila Tarabura
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    Travel Essentials

    Q&A with director Kamila Tarabura

    Ada, a pregnant American journalist of Polish descent, receives a mysterious package – an autobiographical book about childhood trauma, authored by her friend, Roksana. Ada, on her last journalistic adventure before maternity leave, joins Roksana in Poland to recount the gripping story.

    Poland, Germany - 2024
    105 minute
    Smart 7
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Wednesday 18.06

    12:15
    Q&A with directors Christophe Hermans and Boris Tilquin
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    Merckx

    Q&A with directors Christophe Hermans and Boris Tilquin

    Eddy Merckx is more than a champion cyclist; in his time of unprecedented sporting victory during the 1960s and 1970s, he represented the fusion of Belgium’s Walloon and Flemish cultures.

    Belgium - 2025
    84 minute
    Supernova
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    19:45
    Q&A with producer Renan Artukmac
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    La Réparation

    Q&A with producer Renan Artukmac

    A few hours before his third Michelin star was awarded, a renowned chef disappeared with his second chef during a hunting trip. His daughter Clara found herself alone at the head of the restaurant, harassed by paparazzi...

    France, Taiwan - 2025
    104 minute
    Film Food
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Thursday 19.06

    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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    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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Saturday 21.06

    19:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts IV

    TIFF.24

    Strigoi (Strigoi, dir. Márton Nagy, România)

    Magicianul (The Magician, dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, România)

    Vali (dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Nebunul (The Madman, dir. Igor Cobileanski, România)

    120 minute
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Sunday 22.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Ciro Guerra
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    Embrace of the Serpent

    Q&A with director Ciro Guerra

    The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists searching the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

    Special screening in honor of director Ciro Guerra, who serves as a jury member at TIFF 2025!

    Colombia - 2015
    124 minute
    Special Screenings
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