Schedule

Friday 13.06

    20:45
    Pornit

    TIFF 2025 OPENING GALA: CHRISTY

    The 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, June 13–22, 2025) will open with Christy (dir. Brendan Canty, Ireland/UK, 2025), a hopeful coming-of-age story about resilience and the power to start over, recently awarded at the Berlinale.

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    20:45
    TIFF.24

    November

    TIFF.24

    In 19th-century Estonia, werewolves and spirits roam free, and Jesus co-exists with kratts, the farmers’ mythological helpers made of tools and bones.

    Estonia, Poland, Netherlands - 2017
    115 minute
    3 x 3
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Saturday 14.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    The Contestant

    TIFF.24

    Martín Circo is the fortunate winner of the most lucrative game show in the history of television. He may have won three million euros, but in this biting satire of consumer society, Martin’s stroke of good luck will see his life turned upside down.

    Spain - 2007
    87 minute
    3 x 3
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    20:45
    TIFF.24

    Dreams (Sex Love)

    TIFF.24

    Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read the account, they were shocked by its intimate content...

    Norway - 2025
    110 minute
    Special Screenings
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Moonika Siimets
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    The Black Hole

    Q&A with director Moonika Siimets

    When the aliens land on Earth, they will change the lives of everyone they meet. Sirje and Maret, dreaming of finding work abroad, end up in an extraterrestrial science experiment. Jüri, still living with his mother, falls in love with his lustful neighbour, Gertrud.

    Estonia, Finland - 2024
    115 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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Sunday 15.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Moor

    TIFF.24

    Ex-military Beibars, nicknamed Moor, returns from prison to look after his brother's family, but finds that his brother has disappeared, leaving huge debts behind. It's up to Moor to pay. If you ever wished for a Kazakh Rambo, here it is!

    Kazakhstan, France - 2024
    85 minute
    3 x 3
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    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Things to Come

    TIFF.24

    The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. The future imagined by director William Cameron Menzies in 1936, based on the works of famous writer H.G.

    United States, United Kingdom - 1936
    117 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Mattias Skoglund
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    The Home

    Q&A with director Mattias Skoglund

    Years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika to a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival.

    Sweden, Estonia, Iceland - 2025
    90 minute
    Full Moon
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Monday 16.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    A Year in the Life of a Country

    TIFF.24

    Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film questions the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system...

    Poland - 2024
    85 minute
    Together as One
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    10:00
    Q&A with cinematographer Lev Predan Kowarski
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    Little Trouble Girls

    Q&A with cinematographer Lev Predan Kowarski

    To fulfill her mother’s expeIntroverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends popular and flirty Ana-Maria.

    Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (Hrvatska), Serbia - 2025
    89 minute
    Teen Spirit
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Jan Willem van Ewijk
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    Alpha.

    Q&A with director Jan Willem van Ewijk

    After his mother passes away, Rein moves to a small village in the Alps to be immersed in nature, meditate and work as a snowboard teacher. His quiet bubble bursts when his extroverted father Gijs comes to visit.

    Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovenia - 2024
    104 minute
    No Limit
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    20:45
    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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Tuesday 17.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    2000 Meters to Andriivka

    TIFF.24

    Amid a failing counteroffensive in 2023, the director and his Associated Press colleague Alex Babenko follow a Ukrainian brigade battling through approximately one mile of a heavily fortified forest on their mission to liberate the Russian-occupied village of Andriivka.

    Ukraine - 2025
    108 minute
    No Limit
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Pelin Esmer and producer Tudor Giurgiu
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    And the Rest Will Follow

    Q&A with director Pelin Esmer and producer Tudor Giurgiu

    Famous film director Levent is completely unaware of Aliye, a housekeeper at the hotel where he is staying. However, Aliye, who is trying to tailor a new life story for herself, knows Levent and his films very well.

    Turkey, Bulgaria, România - 2025
    115 minute
    Supernova
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Wednesday 18.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Sister Midnight

    TIFF.24

    Under the humid Mumbai nights, a small-town misfit in a newly arranged marriage attempts to navigate an awkward spouse, nosy neighbours and her own feral impulses.

    United Kingdom, India, Sweden - 2024
    110 minute
    Full Moon
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Gürcan Keltek
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    New Dawn Fades

    Q&A with director Gürcan Keltek

    It’s been years since Akın has been in and out of the hospital. He’s relentless, angry, and shell-shocked from being stuck in the system. Since his discharge, he’s well aware that his old life is long gone.

    Turkey, Germany, Italy, Norway - 2024
    131 minute
    No Limit
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Thursday 19.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    To a Land Unknown

    TIFF.24

    Chatila and Reda are Palestinian refugees living in Athens. They are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Greece, but then Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction. Now Chatila hatches an extreme plan so that their dream can get back on track...

    United Kingdom, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Qatar - 2024
    105 minute
    Competition
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Friday 20.06

    10:00
    +18
    Pornit

    Beyond the River

    Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity.

    România, Hungary - 2024
    60 minute
    Romanian Days
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    10:00
    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay
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    Hysteria

    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay

    When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.

    Germany - 2025
    104 minute
    Competition
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    20:45
    Pornit

    Little Syria

    Shot over 20 years, Little Syria follows the quest of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend trapped between Syria, from where they ran for their lives, and Europe, which seems at times to embrace them and and then to push them back where they came from.

    Germany, Romania, Portugal - 2025
    90 minute
    Romanian Days
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Saturday 21.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Invention

    TIFF.24

    In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.

    United States - 2024
    72 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    10:00
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    Traffic

    Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. When she is assaulted, Natalia asks Iţă, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her. Iţă uses the opportunity to make an unexpected proposition...

    România, Belgium, Netherlands - 2024
    126 minute
    Romanian Days
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Adam Miklos
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    Beyond Rock Bottom

    Q&A with director Adam Miklos

    In the shadow of addiction, Boróka and Szilveszter join a Recovery Centre to confront their inner demons through methods of rock climbing, embarking on a transformative journey of self-discovery, and the reevaluation of their past lives.

    Hungary - 2024
    86 minute
    Hungarian Day
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Sunday 22.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    The Idiot

    TIFF.24

    The story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness. An atypical adaptation of Dostojevski's novel of the same title.

    Estonia - 2011
    132 minute
    3 x 3
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    20:45
    TIFF.24

    Escape

    TIFF.24

    N. is a broken man; something isn’t going well inside him. N. doesn’t feel able to take a single decision in his life. He just needs to stop having options. The psychologist he visits doesn’t know how to deal with him nor does his sister, Abril, who tries to support him to no avail. N.

    Spain, France - 2024
    129 minute
    3 x 3
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