Schedule

Friday 13.06

    14:30
    TIFF.24

    Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema

    TIFF.24

    During the screening of the film "Daybreak" at the Liberty Cinema, movie characters suddenly begin to talk to the viewers. The situation surprises communist authorities who send a censor to the theatre...

    Poland - 1990
    92 minute
    Together as One
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Saturday 14.06

    19:00

    Concert Eyedrops (Romania)

    Saturday, June 14, 7:00 PM

    EYEDROPS – Pragmatic dreamers, melancholic progressives, loud introverts. Their concerts have been described as paradoxically energizing while evoking a strong sense of melancholy, and the band’s message is marked by surprising honesty.

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Sunday 15.06

    19:00

    Amphitrio (Romania)

    Sunday, June 15, 7:00 PM

    Amphitrio is a contemporary jazz project initiated in 2020, featuring pianist and composer Andrei Petrache, bassist Mike Alex, and percussionist Philip Goron, all musicians with a solid foundation in classical and alternative music.

    The story behind this trio speaks of friendship, the joy of playing and improvising in a well-knit group, despite each member simultaneously being involved in multiple other projects.

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Monday 16.06

    14:30
    TIFF.24

    Mistress Dispeller

    TIFF.24

    Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. Teacher Wang is a ‘mistress dispeller’ – a profession devoted to helping couples in the face of infidelity.

    China, United States - 2024
    94 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    19:00

    Gudrun Gut (Germany)

    Monday, June 16, 7:00 PM

    Gudrun Gut’s story spans many years, scenes, and sounds, from the “ingenious dilettantes” subculture of early 1980’s Berlin as part of Mania D, Einstürzende Neubauten, and Malaria! to Matador into an expansive solo catalog of later work.

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Tuesday 17.06

    14:30
    Q&A with director Orkhan Aghazadeh
    Pornit

    The Return of the Projectionist

    Q&A with director Orkhan Aghazadeh

    In a remote village in the Talysh montains between Iran and Azerbaijan, Samid, a TV repairman, dusts off his old Soviet film projector. He dreams of bringing his village together in front of the silver screen once more.

    France, Germany - 2024
    87 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    14:30
    Q&A with director Dimitri Verhulst
    Pornit

    The Weeping Walk

    Q&A with director Dimitri Verhulst

    A group of relatives and friends walk behind a hearse, accompanying the recently deceased

    Belgium, Netherlands - 2025
    107 minute
    Competition
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    19:00

    Postman (Ukraine)

    Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 PM

    Kostiantyn Pochtar, better known as Postman, began his musical odyssey in Kyiv, crafting intimate 'city folk' songs with just a guitar and harmonica. His early works captured the everyday wonders of his hometown’s urban life, offering a raw, acoustic sound that reflected his surroundings. One of those early songs, ‘Kyivski Vulytsi’ (The Streets of Kyiv), was a huge success and has since been considered by many as an unofficial hymn of Ukraine’s capital.

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Wednesday 18.06

    19:00
    TIFF.24

    Cine-concert The Peasants

    TIFF.24

    Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski is one of Poland’s most innovative musicians, known for his compositions that blend jazz with electronic music, hip-hop, and traditional rhythms.

    Special Screenings
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    19:00

    Chiral (Romania)

    Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 PM

    Chiral, is a Transylvania based genre fluid musical duo founded by Sigílio Scattolini & Chill the Great. They popped up last year with the debut single ‘River Bank Hotel’ and their first EP ‘Opqosite words’. Their compelling melting pot of alternative R&B, elements of soul and influences of UK new wave jazz gives a lush yet energetic sound to the duo. As of this year they perform with a live band promoting their first EP as well as some of their upcoming sophomore EP material.

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Thursday 19.06

    14:30
    Q&A with director Pelin Esmer and producer Tudor Giurgiu
    Pornit

    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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    19:00

    Sorvina (SUA / Germania)

    Thursday, June 19, 7:00 PM

    Sorvina, New York-born now Berlin-based, is an artist whose music is as dynamic and evolving as her life story. Raised in a (relatively) quiet suburb of NYC, Sorvina first found her voice in the world of folk singer-songwriters, where her acoustic melodies and tragicomic lyricism painted vivid pictures of her inner world. But, as she continued along her personal and artistic journey, Sorvina soon grew courageous enough to admit one of her deepest most obscured dreams: to unironically become a rapper.

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Friday 20.06

    14:30
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts III

    TIFF.24

    Tot ce rămâne (All That Remains, dir. Andrei Redinciuc, România)

    Jackpot (Jackpot, dir. Vlad Popa, Vasile Todinca, România)

    Ajutoare (Aid, dir. Valentin Rareș Fogoroș, România)

    Fracti (dir. Lavinia Petrache, România)

    Albocalmin (dir. Florin Șerban, România)

    117 minute
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    19:00
    Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu and the film crew
    Pornit

    The Spruce Forest

    Q&A with director Tudor Giurgiu and the film crew

    Inspired by the tragedy of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film recounts the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation.

    România, Moldova, Republic of - 2025
    75 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:00
    Q&A with director Bella Tarr
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    Almanac of Fall

    Q&A with director Bella Tarr

    In a grim, claustrophobic apartment owned by a rich elderly woman, the inhabitants desperately try to relate to each other as they go about their bleak lives revealing their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

    Hungary - 1984
    119 minute
    Close Up: Bela Tarr
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Saturday 21.06

    14:30
    Q&A with producer Monika Raide
    Pornit

    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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    19:00

    Photons (France)

    Saturday, June 21, 7:00 PM

    Take four jazzmen with a passion for improvisation and techno clubbing and you get Photons, pianist Gauthier Toux’s new project, as much for dancing as for listening.

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Sunday 22.06

    19:00

    Valeria Stoica (Republic of Moldova)

    Sunday, June 22, 7:00 PM

    Valeria Stoica is an indie-pop artist from the Republic of Moldova. She has a deep connection with nature which is where she spent her childhood and gets inspired by. Her first official single - “Remember” - was a great surprise for the Romanian indie-pop listeners. It has also proved to be an international success, with Spotify listeners from all over the world.

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