Schedule

Friday 13.06

    17:00
    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi
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    Layla

    Q&A with director Amrou Al-Kadhi

    Layla is a struggling Muslim drag performer in London whose confident façade hides their desperate desire for love. At the lowest point in their life, they are surprised to win the affection of Max, a charming, successful white gay man who is bewitched by Layla’s power on stage.

    United Kingdom, United States - 2024
    100 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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    19:30
    TIFF.24

    Sunlight

    TIFF.24

    Two people on the edge of life find purpose and romance through an unlikely connection, escaping the darkness in search of some sunlight. A hilariously dark and unconventional love story where one of the protagonists is always dressed in a monkey costume...

    United Kingdom - 2024
    96 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Brendan Canty, actors Emma Willis, Diarmuid Noyes, Ian Tabone, Danny Power, Cara Cullen, Darren Stewart, Sophia McNamara and DOP Colm Hogan
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    TIFF 2025 OPENING GALA: CHRISTY

    Q&A with director Brendan Canty, actors Emma Willis, Diarmuid Noyes, Ian Tabone, Danny Power, Cara Cullen, Darren Stewart, Sophia McNamara and DOP Colm Hogan

    The 24th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca, June 13–22, 2025) will open with Christy (dir. Brendan Canty, Ireland/UK, 2025), a hopeful coming-of-age story about resilience and the power to start over, recently awarded at the Berlinale.

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