Where the Wind Comes From
TIFF.24
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.
Tunisia, France, Qatar - 2025
100 minute
Teen Spirit
Schedule
Schedule
Friday 13.06
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
Our Wildest Days
TIFF.24
Chloe forgoes her flawed family for a group of youngsters crossing Greece. Through her journey she helps the poor in unconventional ways, faces danger and wonders if tenderness is the ultimate act of rebellion.
Greece, France, Germany, Belgium - 2025
104 minute
Teen Spirit
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
United States - 2024
291 minute
Coming Up Next
Teen Spirit
The Girls at the Station
Q&A with director Juana Macias
Jara, Alex and Miranda are three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention center. Jara’s birthday is coming and the three of them want to celebrate.
Spain - 2024
118 minute
Teen Spirit
As Silence Passes by
TIFF.24
A lost intimacy between two brothers begins to resurface when Antonio returns to his town, to a collapsing family home to help his twin brother Javier, who suffers from a congenital disease.
Spain - 2024
98 minute
Smart 7
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
Meat
Q&A with director Dimitris Nakos
In a village in the Greek countryside, Takis prepares the opening of his new butcher shop. One day before the inauguration, his son Pavlos kills the neighbor who claims part of their land. The only witness is Christos, a young man from Albania whom Takis has had with him since childhood.
Greece - 2024
104 minute
Smart 7
Sunday 15.06
Kevlar Soul
Q&A with actor Josef Kersh
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
As Silence Passes by
TIFF.24
A lost intimacy between two brothers begins to resurface when Antonio returns to his town, to a collapsing family home to help his twin brother Javier, who suffers from a congenital disease.
Spain - 2024
98 minute
Smart 7
Little Trouble Girls
Q&A with cinematographer Lev Predan Kowarski
To fulfill her mother’s expeIntroverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends popular and flirty Ana-Maria.
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (Hrvatska), Serbia - 2025
89 minute
Teen Spirit
Drowning Dry
Q&A with producer Klementina Remeikaite
To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their kids, they go swimming in a nearby lake, relax and discuss family finances.
Lithuania, Latvia - 2024
88 minute
Smart 7
Epilogues
Q&A with director Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
The story of an 85-year-old man who has recently lost his wife. By mixing his wife's ashes in a cup of hot water and drinking it, she appears to him, and they share memories of their life together.
Iceland, Belgium, Norway, Faroe Islands - 2024
90 minute
Smart 7
Monday 16.06
Little Trouble Girls
Q&A with cinematographer Lev Predan Kowarski
To fulfill her mother’s expeIntroverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends popular and flirty Ana-Maria.
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (Hrvatska), Serbia - 2025
89 minute
Teen Spirit
The Girls at the Station
Q&A with director Juana Macias
Jara, Alex and Miranda are three girls who grew up in a juvenile detention center. Jara’s birthday is coming and the three of them want to celebrate.
Spain - 2024
118 minute
Teen Spirit
Meat
Q&A with director Dimitris Nakos
In a village in the Greek countryside, Takis prepares the opening of his new butcher shop. One day before the inauguration, his son Pavlos kills the neighbor who claims part of their land. The only witness is Christos, a young man from Albania whom Takis has had with him since childhood.
Greece - 2024
104 minute
Smart 7
Tuesday 17.06
Epilogues
Q&A with director Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
The story of an 85-year-old man who has recently lost his wife. By mixing his wife's ashes in a cup of hot water and drinking it, she appears to him, and they share memories of their life together.
Iceland, Belgium, Norway, Faroe Islands - 2024
90 minute
Smart 7
Block Pass
Q&A with director Antoine Chevrollier
Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.
France - 2024
105 minute
Teen Spirit
Travel Essentials
Q&A with director Kamila Tarabura
Ada, a pregnant American journalist of Polish descent, receives a mysterious package – an autobiographical book about childhood trauma, authored by her friend, Roksana. Ada, on her last journalistic adventure before maternity leave, joins Roksana in Poland to recount the gripping story.
Poland, Germany - 2024
105 minute
Smart 7
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
Wednesday 18.06
Drowning Dry
Q&A with producer Klementina Remeikaite
To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their kids, they go swimming in a nearby lake, relax and discuss family finances.
Lithuania, Latvia - 2024
88 minute
Smart 7
17:30
Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
Pornit
Internal Zero
Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her.
România - 2025
100 minute
Smart 7
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
Southern Chronicles
Q&A with director Ignas Miškinis
It’s 1992 and Rimantas loves to plays rugby, doesn’t want to study at school, and dreams of becoming rich. One day he meets a girl who likes literature. To get her attention, he starts reading books.
Lithuania, Estonia - 2024
121 minute
Teen Spirit
Thursday 19.06
Travel Essentials
Q&A with director Kamila Tarabura
Ada, a pregnant American journalist of Polish descent, receives a mysterious package – an autobiographical book about childhood trauma, authored by her friend, Roksana. Ada, on her last journalistic adventure before maternity leave, joins Roksana in Poland to recount the gripping story.
Poland, Germany - 2024
105 minute
Smart 7
15:00
Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
Pornit
Internal Zero
Q&A with director Eugen Jebeleanu, screenwriter Ioana Moraru and actress Ada Galeș
Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her.
România - 2025
100 minute
Smart 7
Friday 20.06
Southern Chronicles
Q&A with director Ignas Miškinis
It’s 1992 and Rimantas loves to plays rugby, doesn’t want to study at school, and dreams of becoming rich. One day he meets a girl who likes literature. To get her attention, he starts reading books.
Lithuania, Estonia - 2024
121 minute
Teen Spirit
Sunday 22.06
Block Pass
TIFF.24
Willy and Jojo are childhood friends who never leave each other's side. Training at the motocross track is their way to beat boredom. One evening, Willy discovers Jojo's secret.
France - 2024
105 minute
Teen Spirit
Our Wildest Days
TIFF.24
Chloe forgoes her flawed family for a group of youngsters crossing Greece. Through her journey she helps the poor in unconventional ways, faces danger and wonders if tenderness is the ultimate act of rebellion.
Greece, France, Germany, Belgium - 2025
104 minute
Teen Spirit