The Prefab People
TIFF.24
A man finally decides he's had it, and he's walking out on his wife. But this is not a story about a cruel man abandoning a woman.
Hungary - 1982
102 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 13.06
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.
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
Saturday 14.06
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
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
Sunday 15.06
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
Monday 16.06
My Dear Mother
Q&A with director Doris Taaker and actress Doris Tilk
When the brutally murdered mother of Alina, a drug addict, is found on the beach one day, the question arises whether Alina is a cold- blooded manipulator or a lifelong victim of abuse.
Estonia, Ukraine - 2025
90 minute
Coming Up Next
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
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
Tuesday 17.06
The Danish Woman
TIFF.24
When Ditte Jensen retires from the Danish Secret Service, she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik where should live her life in anonymity. But Ditte can not stop being how she is: when she sees her neighbors’ problems she is compelled to help, whether they want her help or not.
Iceland, France - 2025
94 minute
Coming Up Next
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
Wednesday 18.06
Other People's Money
TIFF.24
Pay a tax, get it refunded twice, and claim it's legal: that’s a Cum-Ex deal. Young lawyer Sven Lebert and his boss, Dr. Bernd Hausner, expand the scheme and steal billions from European citizens. But soon two tax officials from Denmark and Germany take action.
Germany, Denmark, Austria - 2025
88 minute
Coming Up Next
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
Thursday 19.06
The New Years
TIFF.24
Oscar is stuck with a crappy medical contract and is still hooked on his ex. Ana, without a partner or a job, feels lost and plans to move away. But on 1 January 2016, they meet and fleeing loses its meaning.
Spain - 2024
98 minute
Coming Up Next
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
Friday 20.06
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
Saturday 21.06
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
Sunday 22.06
Damnation
TIFF.24
In a desolate landscape, Karrer lived for years cut off from the rest of the world, by passing his time to staring at dumpsters disappearing under an endless rain. His only social links are a pub, the Titanic, where he ran aground every night, and his boss, Willarsky.
Hungary - 1988
120 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
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