Schedule

Friday 13.06

    20:00
    Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)

    A Woman Heats the Sauna

    Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)

    On a snowy winter day, Anu comes from town to the summerhouse belonging to the company she works for to clean up the place and heat the sauna for bosses and foreign guests. The farmhouse in the neighbourhood was once the home for a happy family - Anu, her husband Tõnis and their little daughter.

    Estonia - 1979
    69 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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Saturday 14.06

    17:30
    TIFF.24

    To a Land Unknown

    TIFF.24

    Chatila and Reda are Palestinian refugees living in Athens. They are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Greece, but then Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction. Now Chatila hatches an extreme plan so that their dream can get back on track...

    United Kingdom, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Qatar - 2024
    105 minute
    Competition
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Sunday 15.06

Monday 16.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Gala del Sol
    Pornit

    Rains Over Babel

    Q&A with director Gala del Sol

    Today marks the end of Dante's contract with La Flaca, death personified. As Dante starts recalling who he was before he died, he aids Monet, a ghost desperate to return to his body before it decomposes.

    Colombia - 2025
    113 minute
    Competition
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    20:00
    Q&A with director Jose Manuel Carrasco and actress Pilar Berges
    Pornit

    Myocardium

    Q&A with director Jose Manuel Carrasco and actress Pilar Berges

    Pablo is in crisis. One morning, when he hits rock bottom, his phone rings mysteriously. It's Ana, the girl who broke his heart more than fifteen years ago. Over the course of a day, Pablo will be able to settle some pending accounts.

    Spain - 2025
    77 minute
    Competition
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    20:00
    Q&A with director Danial Shah
    Pornit

    Make It Look Real

    Q&A with director Danial Shah

    A local photo studio in Pakistan serves as a vibrant cultural hub where personal dreams and community connections are brought to life through photography.

    Pakistan, Netherlands, Belgium - 2024
    68 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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Tuesday 17.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Antoine Chevrollier
    +16
    Pornit

    Block Pass

    Q&A with director Antoine Chevrollier

    Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.

    France - 2024
    105 minute
    Teen Spirit
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    20:00
    Q&A with director Peter Hoogendoorn
    Pornit

    Three Days of Fish

    Q&A with director Peter Hoogendoorn

    Just as he does every year, Gerrie flies from sunny Portugal for a three-day visit to the Netherlands, the drab country of his birth. He has his usual errands to run and he visits his doctor for his annual check-up, accompanied by his eccentric grown-up son, Dick.

    Netherlands, Belgium - 2025
    85 minute
    Competition
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Wednesday 18.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, actresses Cendana Trifan, Valentina Zaharia and Ada Galeș, actor Cristi Popa and costume designer Velica Panduru
    Pornit

    Internal Zero

    Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, actresses Cendana Trifan, Valentina Zaharia and Ada Galeș, actor Cristi Popa and costume designer Velica Panduru

    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
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Thursday 19.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Alexandru Mavrodineanu, editor Eugen Kelemen, executive producer Cristiana Mitea
    Pornit

    Love Hurts

    Q&A with director Alexandru Mavrodineanu, editor Eugen Kelemen, executive producer Cristiana Mitea

    Love Hurts is an intimate documentary about the fragility and power of love, which tells the true stories of two couples over two years of suffering, separations and reconciliations. The film explores the sinuous dynamics of relationships and the difficult process of emotional healing.

    România - 2025
    94 minute
    Romanian Days
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    20:00
    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay
    Pornit

    Hysteria

    Q&A with director Mehmet Akif Buyukatalay

    When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.

    Germany - 2025
    104 minute
    Competition
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Friday 20.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Igor Cobileanski, actors Daniela Nane, Ada Lupu, Andreea Chiritescu, Gheorghe Visu, Andrei Aradits, Theodor Soptelea, Vlad Brumaru, Ionut Cornila and DOP and producer Cristian Gugu
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    Comatogen

    Q&A with director Igor Cobileanski, actors Daniela Nane, Ada Lupu, Andreea Chiritescu, Gheorghe Visu, Andrei Aradits, Theodor Soptelea, Vlad Brumaru, Ionut Cornila and DOP and producer Cristian Gugu

    Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son, who is in danger of going to prison, Alina, a nurse, faces an unexpected ethical problem. World premiere at TIFF!

    România, Moldova, Republic of - 2025
    105 minute
    Romanian Days
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    17:30
    Q&A with the creators of the short films
    Pornit

    Romanian Shorts II

    Q&A with the creators of the short films

    Despre imposibilitatea unui omagiu (On the Impossibility of an Homage, dir. Xandra Popescu, România)

    Alișveriș (Alisveris, dir. Vasile Todinca, România)

    Zi de sărbătoare (Celebration Day, dir. Octavian Șaramet, România)

    Grandpa Is Sleeping (dir. Matei Branea, România)

    118 minute
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Saturday 21.06

    17:30
    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov
    Pornit

    Cadet

    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated, but the consequences will be terrible…

    Kazakhstan - 2024
    123 minute
    3 x 3
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Sunday 22.06

    17:30
    TIFF.24

    Being Maria

    TIFF.24

    Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a living hell.

    France - 2024
    103 minute
    Supernova
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    20:00
    TIFF.24

    Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued | The Special Jury Award Winner

    TIFF.24

    A young man named Julian moves to New York City. He rents a small room and one day, as he repaints the room, he finds a book and a pencil drawing of a deer concealed in the wall. After some preliminary research, he realizes these objects may have been left by a painting forger who seemingly disappeared two decades earlier. After failing to decipher the clues he’s found, Julian realizes he would do anything in order to solve the mystery...

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