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, France, Qatar - 2025
100 minute
Teen Spirit
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
2001: A Space Odyssey
TIFF.24
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and supercomputer HAL 9000 (probably one of the most iconic representations of AI in SF) is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
United Kingdom, United States - 1968
149 minute
Tomorrow is Fear
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, France, Germany, Italy - 2007
139 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Kevlar Soul
TIFF.24
When love enters the lives of teenage brothers Alex and Robin, it shatters their protective symbiotic bubble. While marking the start of a healing process for one of them, it sends the other one down a path that will lead to complete catastrophe.
Sweden, Norway, Finland - 2025
101 minute
Teen Spirit
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.
Republic of Korea - 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
Happy Holidays
TIFF.24
Rami, a Palestinian from Haifa, is dealing with his Jewish girlfriend’s sudden change of heart about her planned abortion. His mother, Hanan, is facing a financial crisis and becomes entangled in complications while seeking compensation for her daughter’s Fifi accident.
Palestine, Germany, France, Italy - 2024
124 minute
Supernova
Life & Love
Q&A with director Helen Takkin
In 1933, in times of hardship when nothing is certain and love only seems to exist in films, optimistic cinephile Irma believes in the possibility of true love. The country girl catches the eye of the lonely, handsome older publisher Rudolf, but he is surrounded by unsettling rumors.
Estonia - 2024
119 minute
FOCUS Estonia
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, Greece, United Kingdom, France - 2024
116 minute
Supernova
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
Tuesday 17.06
Electric Child
Q&A with director Simon Jaquemet
Sonny and Akiko’s joy upon the arrival of their first child quickly turns to panic when their doctor gives them unimaginable news.
Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Philippines - 2024
119 minute
Tomorrow is Fear
Wednesday 18.06
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
Family Nest
Q&A with director Bella Tarr
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
Q&A with director Ciro Guerra
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
20:30
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
Q&A with the actors and producers
Q&A with the actors and producers
Pornit
Kontinental '25
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
Q&A with the actors and producers
Q&A with the actors and producers
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
România, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg - 2025
109 minute
Romanian Days
The Invisible Fight
Q&A with director Rainer Sarnet
USSR-China border, 1973. Rafael is in the army on guard duty when the border falls under attack from flying Chinese kung fu warriors.
Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Greece - 2024
115 minute
3 x 3
FOCUS Estonia
Thursday 19.06
A Hunt for Hedgehogs
Q&A with operator Csaba Banto
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
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
Q&A with director Pablo Hernando
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, Italy - 2024
108 minute
Full Moon
Werkhmeister Harmonies
Q&A with director Bella Tarr
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, France, Germany, Italy - 2000
145 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
20:30
Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu
Pornit
The Ceremony
Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu
A fight over stolen property and a tragic death brings together two very different men for a hypnotic and moving odyssey across the Yorkshire landscape in search of a suitable burial place.
United Kingdom - 2024
92 minute
Give Me 5: UK Debuts
Paul and Paulette Take a Bath
Q&A with director Jethro Massey
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
20:30
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
Q&A with the actors and producers
Q&A with the actors and producers
Pornit
Kontinental '25
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
Q&A with the actors and producers
Q&A with the actors and producers
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments
România, Brazil, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Luxembourg - 2025
109 minute
Romanian Days
Friday 20.06
18:00
Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov, actress Anna Starchenko and producer Guillaume De Seille
Pornit
Moor
Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov, actress Anna Starchenko and producer Guillaume De Seille
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, France - 2024
85 minute
3 x 3
Tooth and Nail
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
Romanian Shorts I
TIFF.24
Fursecuri și lapte (Milk and Cookies, dir. Andrei Tache-Codreanu, România)
Anchor (dir. Vilmos Peter, România)
Dragostea e în aer (Love Is in the Air, dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)
Marinică, băiatul meu (Marinică, My Boy, dir. Mihnea Toma, România)
118 minute