Schedule

Thursday 20.06

    14:30
    TIFF.23

    Mastergame

    TIFF.23

    A young, revolutionary couple aboard the last train leaving Budapest after the Russian invasion of 1956. Meanwhile a young catholic priest is imprisoned and tortured by the communists in order to deliver information about hidden Vatican treasures.

    Hungary - 2023
    90 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    16:30
    TIFF.23

    Kalman's Day

    TIFF.23

    Levente and Zita, a couple in their forties, are visiting the home of their friends, Kálmán and Olga, to celebrate Kálmán’s name day. But they have an ulterior motive: they want to register their children at Kálmán’s home address so that they can go to a better school in the area.

    Hungary - 2023
    71 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    18:15
    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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    20:00
    TIFF.23

    Magnificent Sky

    TIFF.23

    Theory and practice meet the noise of reality in a portrait of avant-garde Romanian composers Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram. Driven by the high ideal of a worldwide revolution in sound, the two artists elaborated a seminal philosophy around composition and interpretation.

    Romania - 2023
    86 minute
    Romanian Days
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    22:15
    TIFF.23

    My Dinner with Andre

    TIFF.23

    Old friends Wallace and Andre haven't seen each another in five years and agree to meet for dinner. Andre, a once well-known theater director, dropped out of the New York scene to travel the world, while Wallace stuck around, finding only mixed success as a playwright.

    United States - 1981
    110 minute
    Special Screenings
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Friday 21.06

    12:15
    TIFF.23

    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
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    14:45
    TIFF.23
    +18

    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
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    17:15
    TIFF.23

    The Ties

    TIFF.23

    Naples, early 1980s. Aldo and Vanda go through a separation, after he reveals his affair. Their two young children are torn between their parents, in a whirlwind of resentment. But the ties that keep people together are inescapable, even without love.

    Italy - 2020
    100 minute
    3 x 3
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    19:45
    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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    22:15
    TIFF.23

    Animal

    TIFF.23

    Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage.

    Austria - 2023
    116 minute
    Supernova
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Saturday 22.06

    13:00
    TIFF.23

    Romanian Shorts 2 - ZFR Shorts Competition

    TIFF.23

    Pisica moartă (Cat Funeral, dir. Ana Maria Comănescu)

    Anul trecut la Gara de Nord (Last Year at the North Railway Station, dir. Marin Cumatrenco)

    Flori, fete și băieți (Truth or Dare, dir. Simona Borcea)

    FuckYouLoveYou (FuckYouLoveYou, dir. Elias Ferchin Musuret)

    95 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:45
    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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    22:30
    TIFF.23

    Life's A Bitch

    TIFF.23

    To make Cecile happy, Tom accepts to adopt his dead neighbor's Chihuahua. The problem is that the apparently harmless animal seems to want the new owner's hide! Actress Greta is broken down: her dog and her assistant have just been killed by a bus.

    Belgium - 2023
    88 minute
    No Limit
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Sunday 23.06

    12:15
    TIFF.23

    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
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    14:45
    TIFF.23

    Sugar and Stars

    TIFF.23

    Ever since he was a little boy, Yazid has dreamed of becoming a pastry chef. Moved from one foster home to another, nothing predestined him for such a career.

    France - 2023
    110 minute
    Film Food
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    17:15
    TIFF.23

    Girls of Dark

    TIFF.23

    In the late 1950s prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession she was sent to a reformatory. This is a story of Kuniko, who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.

    Japan - 1961
    93 minute
    Focus Japan
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    19:45
    TIFF.23
    +18

    Steppenwolf

    TIFF.23

    A brutal story of an unlikely duo that will stop at nothing to find what they are looking for. Tamara is searching for her missing son in a small town consumed by riots and violence.

    Kazakhstan - 2024
    102 minute
    No Limit
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    22:15
    TIFF.23

    The Blue Star

    TIFF.23

    The 1990s. Mauricio, a famous Spanish rock musician, crosses Latin America seeking to reconnect with his vocation. There he meets Don Carlos, an elderly musician going through hard times who, despite having written some of his country’s most famous folk songs, can hardly pay his bills.

    Spain - 2023
    129 minute
    Larger than Life
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