Schedule

Friday 13.06

    15:00
    TIFF.24

    When the Light Breaks

    TIFF.24

    Preceded by the short film O (dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, Islanda)

    When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland, from one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.

    Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia (Hrvatska), France - 2024
    82 minute
    Supernova
    Buy tickets

Saturday 14.06

    21:30
    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
    Buy tickets

Sunday 15.06

    15:00
    Q&A with director Danis Tanovic
    Pornit

    My Late Summer

    Q&A with director Danis Tanovic

    A young woman named Maja heads to a remote island to solve a family inheritance issue. In a whirlwind of new emotions, and through a series of unpredictable situations, she will finally face questions from her past. The search for inheritance becomes a search for her own identity.

    Croatia (Hrvatska), Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Serbia - 2024
    98 minute
    Supernova
    Buy tickets
    21:30
    Q&A with director Heiko Lange
    Pornit

    Gut

    Q&A with director Heiko Lange

    Preceded by the short film What Freedom Looks Like (dir. Dorel Gnatiuc)

    Gudrun Gut, an icon of the German underground music scene, dares the unexpected: a film about herself. Here is a personal homage to female creativity: it's poetic, radical, and unmistakably Gudrun Gut!

    Germany - 2024
    64 minute
    Special Screenings
    Buy tickets

Monday 16.06

    21:30
    Q&A with directors Christophe Hermans and Boris Tilquin
    Pornit

    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
    Buy tickets

Tuesday 17.06

    21:30
    Q&A with director Marie Dvořáková
    Pornit

    World Between Us

    Q&A with director Marie Dvořáková

    Marie no longer feels at home in her native Mikulov, nor does she feel like she belongs to America. The phenomenon of pulling up one’s roots, migrating elsewhere, and finding a new home in a foreign land is a universal theme.

    Czech Republic, Slovakia - 2024
    93 minute
    Teen Spirit
    Buy tickets

Wednesday 18.06

    21:30
    Q&A with director Adam Miklos
    Pornit

    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
    Buy tickets

Thursday 19.06

    15:00
    TIFF.24
    Pornit

    Xoftex

    TIFF.24

    Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden.

    Germany, France - 2024
    99 minute
    Competition
    Buy tickets
    15:00
    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
    Pornit

    Internal Zero

    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș

    Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her.

    România - 2025
    100 minute
    Smart 7
    Buy tickets

Friday 20.06

    15:00
    TIFF.24

    The Kingdom

    TIFF.24

    Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes.

    France - 2024
    112 minute
    Competition
    Buy tickets
    15:00
    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
    Pornit

    The New Year That Never Came

    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments

    Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments through the programme Cinema without barriers, with the support of the Institut francais in Romania.

    România, Serbia - 2024
    138 minute
    Romanian Days
    Buy tickets
    21:30
    Pornit

    A Rebel Edge

    Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.

    România - 2024
    87 minute
    Romanian Days
    Buy tickets

Saturday 21.06

Sunday 22.06

    21:30
    TIFF.24

    About a Hero

    TIFF.24

    After a local factory worker named Dorem Clery dies under mysterious circumstances, Werner Herzog travels to Getunkirchenburg to investigate his perplexing death.

    Denmark, Germany, United States - 2024
    84 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
    Buy tickets