Idyllic
TIFF.25
Different generations in a dysfunctional extended family are searching for the same near impossible thing: the perfect fulfilment of life.
Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia - 2025
100 minute
FOCUS Netherlands
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 12.06
Sunday 14.06
A Messy Tribute to Motherly Love
TIFF.25
What if having a child does not come naturally? Piano tuner Samuel Dirk longs for a family. The problem: his wife has quite literally exploded under the pressure. Is there someone else who might be willing to give their very best in order to fulfil a wish for a child?
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany - 2026
84 minute
FOCUS Netherlands
Monday 15.06
I Shall See
TIFF.25
17-year-old Lot is a bold and determined teenager whose life takes a devastating turn when a fireworks accident leaves her nearly blind. Struggling to reconcile who she was with who she’s becoming, Lot wrestles with the loss of her independence and the dreams she once held so tightly.
Netherlands - 2025
96 minute
FOCUS Netherlands
Tuesday 16.06
Fabula
Q&A with director Michiel ten Horn and composer Djurre de Haan
55-year-old Jos, a small-town criminal, finds himself increasingly sidelined in his own life as his family loses respect for him and his friends mock him.
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany - 2025
121 minute
FOCUS Netherlands
Thursday 18.06
Whitetail
Q&A with director Nanouk Leopold
In the isolated landscapes of southern Ireland, Jen works as a conservation ranger in the same forest where her younger sister died in a tragic accident years earlier. When a former boyfriend unexpectedly returns, long-suppressed memories resurface, forcing her to confront their shared past.
Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland - 2025
103 minute
FOCUS Netherlands