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
Saturday 14.06
The Ugly Stepsister
TIFF.24
In this twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, Elvira struggles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the Prince’s eye.
Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark - 2025
110 minute
Full Moon
Sunday 15.06
Sex
TIFF.24
Two men, both in heterosexual marriages, have an unexpected experience that challenges them to reconsider their understanding of sexuality, gender, and identity.
The first Romanian screening of Haugerud's finished Sex-Love-Dreams trilogy!
Norway - 2024
118 minute
Special Screenings
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
Escape
Intro with director Rodrigo Cortes
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
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
I'm Still Here
TIFF.24
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. One day, Rubens Paiva, the patriarch of a happy family, vanishes without trace...
This instant classic is screened at the 100th anniversary of FIPRESCI!
Brazil, France - 2024
137 minute
Special Screenings
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
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?
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
Tata
A journalist from Moldova, estranged from her father who had emigrated to Italy years before, finds out he has become a victim of workplace harassment.
România, Germany, Netherlands - 2024
82 minute
Romanian Days
Friday 20.06
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
Saturday 21.06
The Things You Kill
TIFF.24
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. As long-buried family secrets resurface, the police tighten their noose, and doubts begin eroding his conscience.
France, Poland, Turkey, Canada - 2025
114 minute
Supernova
Islands
TIFF.24
Tom is the tennis coach at a luxurious island hotel, filling the time between lessons with alcohol and one-night stands. He strikes up a relationship with guests Anne, her husband Dave and their son Anton.
Germany - 2024
121 minute
Supernova
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
Our Wildest Days
TIFF.24
Chloe forgoes her flawed family for a group of youngsters crossing Greece. Through her journey she helps the poor in unconventional ways, faces danger and wonders if tenderness is the ultimate act of rebellion.
Greece, France, Germany, Belgium - 2025
104 minute
Teen Spirit
Rebel Without a Cause
TIFF.24
Three high school students who should lead idyllic lives in their stable, comfortable suburban families explode with a violence and sexuality that their parents cannot understand.
United States - 1955
111 minute
Teen Spirit