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
Yellow Cat
TIFF.24
Ex-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to give up their crime-ridden lives in the steppes of Kazakhstan. He has a dream: to build a cinema in the mountains. Will Kermek's love for Alain Delon be strong enough to keep them away from crime gangs' violent clutches?
Kazakhstan, France - 2020
90 minute
3 x 3
Hanami
TIFF.24
On a remote volcanic island – a place everyone wants to leave – Nana has learned to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left soon after her birth. When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment.
Portugal, Cape Verde, Switzerland - 2024
96 minute
Smart 7
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
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
Autumn Ball
Q&A with actor Rain Tolk
It’s autumn. We see a huge sprawling conurbation of tower blocks built in the Soviet era – the neighbourhood called Lasnamäe. Mati is a young writer who lives alone in a two-bedroom apartment after his wife left him for his friend.
Estonia - 2007
123 minute
FOCUS Estonia
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
ILOVERUSS
Q&A with director Tova Mozard
Russell Kingston, a lifelong extra, has spent decades on Hollywood’s periphery, slipping in and out of roles without ever stepping into the spotlight. A drifter in the world of cinema, he takes on the personas of the characters he has played, those he admires, and those he invents himself.
Sweden - 2025
90 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Acts of Love
Q&A with director Jeppe Ronde
Hanna lives in a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark and longs to have a child. But her sheltered life starts to unravel as the unexpected arrival of her younger brother Jakob stirs up long-buried memories of their troubled past.
Denmark - 2025
125 minute
Competition
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
Xoftex
TIFF.24
Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden.
Germany, France - 2024
99 minute
Competition
Letters from Wolf Street
Q&A with director Arjun Talwar
A street in downtown Warsaw, Poland. Arjun Talwar immigrated here a decade ago from India but still struggles to fit in. „Wolf Street” hasn’t made it easy for him.
Poland, Germany - 2025
98 minute
What's Up, Doc?
Together as One
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
The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortes
TIFF.24
Yerai Cortés is a rising star in Spain’s flamenco scene. Anton Álvarez aka C. Tangana met him at a party where Cortés played guitar under the Starlight satellites.
Spain - 2024
95 minute
What's Up, Doc?
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
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
Beyond the River
Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity.
România, Hungary - 2024
60 minute
Romanian Days
Mistress Dispeller
TIFF.24
Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. Teacher Wang is a ‘mistress dispeller’ – a profession devoted to helping couples in the face of infidelity.
China, United States - 2024
94 minute
What's Up, Doc?
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
Bright Future
In the summer of 1989, thousands of people from various nations and beliefs gathered in North Korea for a grand student festival that championed peace, friendship, and anti-imperialism. Here is a documentary about the festival that took place at a pivotal moment in history.
România, Korea, Republic of - 2024
89 minute
Romanian Days
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