The Prefab People
TIFF.24
A man finally decides he's had it, and he's walking out on his wife. But this is not a story about a cruel man abandoning a woman.
Hungary - 1982
102 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 13.06
The Helsinki Effect
TIFF.24
An essay documentary that explores the power narratives and myths of the Cold War era. The film deconstructs the anatomy of an often misunderstood diplomatic process, and reveals how it came to impact the world in a decisive way.
Finland, Germany, Norway - 2025
88 minute
Special Screenings
I'm Still Here
TIFF.24
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. One day, Rubens Paiva, the patriarch of a happy family, vanishes without trace...
This instant classic is screened at the 100th anniversary of FIPRESCI!
Brazil, France - 2024
137 minute
Special Screenings
Saturday 14.06
The Outsider
TIFF.24
In an industrial town in Hungary, András, a music-loving young nurse, is fired for alcoholism. It's another failure in his life. As he wanders through the city, András drifts through his relationships, both social and romantic.
Hungary - 1981
122 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
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
Dreams (Sex Love)
TIFF.24
Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read the account, they were shocked by its intimate content...
Norway - 2025
110 minute
Special Screenings
Sunday 15.06
Sex
TIFF.24
Two men, both in heterosexual marriages, have an unexpected experience that challenges them to reconsider their understanding of sexuality, gender, and identity.
The first Romanian screening of Haugerud's finished Sex-Love-Dreams trilogy!
Norway - 2024
118 minute
Special Screenings
Monday 16.06
The Helsinki Effect
TIFF.24
An essay documentary that explores the power narratives and myths of the Cold War era. The film deconstructs the anatomy of an often misunderstood diplomatic process, and reveals how it came to impact the world in a decisive way.
Finland, Germany, Norway - 2025
88 minute
Special Screenings
Bolero
TIFF.24
Boundary-pushing dancer Ida Rubinstein selects Maurice Ravel to compose the music for her next ballet. Ravel ends up creating his greatest success ever: Boléro.
A special screening presented by JTI, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth.
France, Belgium - 2024
120 minute
Special Screenings
Tuesday 17.06
The Peasants
TIFF.24
The tragic story of peasant girl Jagna forced to marry a much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and hate of the villagers...
Poland, Serbia, Lithuania - 2023
114 minute
Special Screenings
I'm Still Here
TIFF.24
Rio de Janeiro, early 1970s. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. One day, Rubens Paiva, the patriarch of a happy family, vanishes without trace...
This instant classic is screened at the 100th anniversary of FIPRESCI!
Brazil, France - 2024
137 minute
Special Screenings
Wednesday 18.06
Love
TIFF.24
Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.
Norway - 2024
119 minute
Special Screenings
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
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
Friday 20.06
The Turin Horse
Q&A with director Bella Tarr
In Turin in 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche is witness to a brutal scene: a hansom cab driver whipping his stubborn horse. Nietzsche throws his arms around the animal’s neck, sobbing.
Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland, United States - 2011
155 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Almanac of Fall
Q&A with director Bella Tarr
In a grim, claustrophobic apartment owned by a rich elderly woman, the inhabitants desperately try to relate to each other as they go about their bleak lives revealing their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
Hungary - 1984
119 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
The Portuguese House
Q&A with director Avelina Prat and actress Maria de Medeiros
The disappearance of his wife leaves Fernando completely devastated. Without direction, he assumes the identity of another man as the gardener of a Portuguese estate, where he establishes an unexpected friendship with the landlady, entering a new life that does not belong to him.
Spain, Portugal - 2025
114 minute
Special Screenings
Saturday 21.06
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Q&A with the film crew
Old Mr. Lãzãrescu is suddenly sick and the neighbours call the ambulance. The dying man is shuttled from hospital to hospital as doctors refuse to operate and no one can agree on a diagnosis.
România - 2005
153 minute
Special Screenings
Dreams (Sex Love)
TIFF.24
Johanne falls in love for the first time… with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her mother and grandmother read the account, they were shocked by its intimate content...
Norway - 2025
110 minute
Special Screenings
Sunday 22.06
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
Sex
TIFF.24
Two men, both in heterosexual marriages, have an unexpected experience that challenges them to reconsider their understanding of sexuality, gender, and identity.
The first Romanian screening of Haugerud's finished Sex-Love-Dreams trilogy!
Norway - 2024
118 minute
Special Screenings
Damnation
TIFF.24
In a desolate landscape, Karrer lived for years cut off from the rest of the world, by passing his time to staring at dumpsters disappearing under an endless rain. His only social links are a pub, the Titanic, where he ran aground every night, and his boss, Willarsky.
Hungary - 1988
120 minute
Close Up: Bela Tarr
Love
TIFF.24
Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.
Norway - 2024
119 minute
Special Screenings
