United States - 2024
91 minute
Supernova
Alyssa, a rebellious 19-year-old girl, and her friend Mehdi, an introverted 23-year-old man, use their imagination to escape their unpromising reality.
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 13.06
Tunisia - 2025
100 minute
Teen Spirit
Saturday 14.06
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
The Man from London
TIFF.24
After witnessing a crime during his night shift as railway switchman near the docks, a man finds a briefcase full of money. While he and his family step up their living standards, others start looking for the disappeared case. Based on the thriller novel of Georges Simenon!
Hungary - 2007
139 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Sunday 15.06
Noise
TIFF.24
A woman with a hearing impediment who is haunted by sounds linking to her sister's disappearance and the presence of a malevolent spirit. It leads to a dark secret and the revelation of a mysterious entity.
Korea, Republic of - 2024
95 minute
Full Moon
Being Maria
TIFF.24
Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to
France - 2024
103 minute
Supernova
Monday 16.06
Cine-concert Aurora
TIFF.24
Aurora (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927), directed by F.W. Murnau, is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of early cinema. The story follows a farmer (George O'Brien) who falls under the spell of a femme fatale from the city (Janet Gaynor), who persuades him to murder his wife. However, the film transforms into a profound meditation on love, remorse, and redemption.
The Return
TIFF.24
After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
Italy - 2024
116 minute
Supernova
Tuesday 17.06
Electric Child
TIFF.24
Sonny and Akiko’s joy upon the arrival of their first child quickly turns to panic when their doctor gives them unimaginable news.
Switzerland - 2024
119 minute
Tomorrow is Fear
Wednesday 18.06
World Between Us
TIFF.24
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.
Slovakia - 2024
93 minute
Teen Spirit
Family Nest
TIFF.24
Irén lives with her daughter in a small apartment of her in-laws, in the center of Budapest. Her husband Laci just came back from his national service and his relationship with Irén is deteriorating.
Hungary - 1979
108 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Embrace of the Serpent
TIFF.24
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists searching the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Special screening in honor of director Ciro Guerra, who serves as a jury member at TIFF 2025!
Colombia - 2015
124 minute
Special Screenings
Thursday 19.06
A Hunt for Hedgehogs
TIFF.24
Bogi, a talented opera singer student, earns money by babysitting the children of her cousin, whose marriage is in crisis. On the day of her final exam, she is under pressure and commits an error while she is with the children.
Hungary - 2025
94 minute
Hungarian Day
Tooth and Nail
TIFF.24
Two filmmakers follow an entrepreneur turned eco-activist as he exposes Romania's timber mafia. Their journey takes a dramatic turn when, in the middle of a forest, the three are attacked by a group of 12 angry men.
România - 2024
85 minute
Romanian Days
A Whale
TIFF.24
Ingrid is a hired killer with a special power: she can use the darkness to enter a parallel world and reappear somewhere else in the real world. This allows her to get into the homes of her victims and get out again without leaving any trace.
Spain - 2024
108 minute
Full Moon
Werkhmeister Harmonies
TIFF.24
An innocent young man witnesses violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions: a giant whale and a mysterious man named “The Prince”.
Hungary - 2000
145 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Friday 20.06
Moor
TIFF.24
Ex-military Beibars, nicknamed Moor, returns from prison to look after his brother's family, but finds that his brother has disappeared, leaving huge debts behind. It's up to Moor to pay. If you ever wished for a Kazakh Rambo, here it is!
Kazakhstan - 2024
85 minute
3 x 3
Saturday 21.06
The Marching Band
TIFF.24
Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy, who works in a school cafeteria and plays the trombone in a small marching band.
France - 2024
103 minute
Supernova
Sunday 22.06
18:00
Cine-concert Amadeus LIVE
After performances at the New York Philharmonic and Royal Albert Hall London, the film Amadeus (dir. Miloš Forman, 1984), depicting the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will be screened at the Transilvania International Film Festival (June 13–22, 2025, Cluj-Napoca).
Paul and Paulette Take a Bath
TIFF.24
Paul and Paulette’s chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual friendship that grows around a dark game. The two youngsters start reenacting scenes of notorious crimes from bygone eras at the sites they occurred... For Paul, the game is a way of getting closer to Paulette.
United Kingdom - 2024
109 minute
Give Me 5: UK Debuts
Quisling: The Final Days
TIFF.24
Five years of occupation come to an end on May 8, 1945. The rebuilding of Norway can now begin, but first, the final chapter must be written. In a dark cell at Akershus Fortress sits the man who committed the greatest betrayal of all: Vidkun Quisling.
Norway - 2024
146 minute
Supernova
Monday 23.06
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air In Moscow
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air In Moscow
TIFF.24
The film is subtitled only in english
Julia Loktev documents independent journalists in Moscow facing government crackdown as Russia invades Ukraine, capturing their fight for speech amid the country's drift towards authoritarianism.
Statele Unite ale Americii - 2024
324 min
No Limit