Schedule

Friday 13.06

    14:15
    TIFF.24

    Man of Marble

    TIFF.24

    A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared. Soon the filmmaker discovers that her investigation may put her in serious danger...

    Poland - 1977
    165 minute
    Together as One
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    14:30
    TIFF.24

    Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema

    TIFF.24

    During the screening of the film "Daybreak" at the Liberty Cinema, movie characters suddenly begin to talk to the viewers. The situation surprises communist authorities who send a censor to the theatre...

    Poland - 1990
    92 minute
    Together as One
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    15:45
    TIFF.24

    A Year in the Life of a Country

    TIFF.24

    Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film questions the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system...

    Poland - 2024
    85 minute
    Together as One
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Saturday 14.06

    11:30
    TIFF.24

    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
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    18:00
    TIFF.24

    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
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Monday 16.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    A Year in the Life of a Country

    TIFF.24

    Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film questions the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system...

    Poland - 2024
    85 minute
    Together as One
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    20:45
    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk
    Pornit

    Imago

    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk

    Late 1980s, at the Polish Coast. The old communist order is in decline, but a new order is yet to be established. Ela is just entering adulthood - already knowing she will not fit into any of these worlds.

    Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic - 2023
    113 minute
    Together as One
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    22:00
    Q&A with director Arjun Talwar
    Pornit

    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
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Wednesday 18.06

    18:00
    Q&A with director Bela Tarr
    Pornit

    Family Nest

    Q&A with director Bela 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
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Thursday 19.06

    12:15
    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk
    Pornit

    Imago

    Q&A with director Olga Chajdas și cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk

    Late 1980s, at the Polish Coast. The old communist order is in decline, but a new order is yet to be established. Ela is just entering adulthood - already knowing she will not fit into any of these worlds.

    Poland, Netherlands, Czech Republic - 2023
    113 minute
    Together as One
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    18:00
    Q&A with director Bela Tarr
    Pornit

    Werkhmeister Harmonies

    Q&A with director Bela 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
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Friday 20.06

    16:00
    Q&A with director Bela Tarr
    Pornit

    The Turin Horse

    Q&A with director Bela 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
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    19:00
    Q&A with director Bela Tarr
    Pornit

    Almanac of Fall

    Q&A with director Bela 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
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Sunday 22.06

    17:15
    TIFF.24

    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
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