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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    17:00
    TIFF.24
    Pornit

    The Tirana Conspiracy

    TIFF.24

    December 2000. The famous photographer Oliviero Toscani accepts an invitation from the art critic Giancarlo Politi to curate a section of the first edition of the Tirana Biennial.

    Italy - 2024
    71 minute
    No Limit
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    17:00
    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi
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    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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Sunday 15.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Pavlo Ostrikov
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    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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    17:00
    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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    17:00
    TIFF.24

    The End

    TIFF.24

    One of the last families on Earth have lived happily in their luxurious compound deep underground. The sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens the family’s life and Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.

    Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden - 2024
    149 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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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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    17:00
    Q&A with director Helen Takkin
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    Life & Love

    Q&A with director Helen Takkin

    In 1933, in times of hardship when nothing is certain and love only seems to exist in films, optimistic cinephile Irma believes in the possibility of true love. The country girl catches the eye of the lonely, handsome older publisher Rudolf, but he is surrounded by unsettling rumors.

    Estonia - 2024
    119 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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Tuesday 17.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Tova Mozard
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    ILOVERUSS

    Q&A with director Tova Mozard

    Russell Kingston, a lifelong extra, has spent decades on Hollywood’s periphery, slipping in and out of roles without ever stepping into the spotlight. A drifter in the world of cinema, he takes on the personas of the characters he has played, those he admires, and those he invents himself.

    Sweden - 2025
    90 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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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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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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    17:00

    TIFF.24 la ISSA Resort: o seară de film și echitație

    Thursday, June 19, audiences are invited to ISSA Resort in Turda for an evening that blends cinema with a passion for horses, exceptional wines, and fine gastronomy. ISSA Resort will host, in a special preview, a TIFF-exclusive event – an exclusive experience in a space soon to be opened to the public. Just steps away from Salina Turda, ISSA is a retreat for lovers of nature, fine wines, and purebred horses.

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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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