Schedule

Saturday 14.06

    21:45
    Q&A with director Pavlo Ostrikov
    Pornit

    U Are the Universe

    Q&A with director Pavlo Ostrikov

    The near future. Ukrainian space trucker Andriy Melnik transports nuclear waste on the a cargo ship to the abandoned Jupiter's moon Callisto. During his routine flight, the Earth explodes, but Andriy manages to survive.

    Ukraine, Belgium, France - 2024
    101 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    22:00
    Q&A with director Gala del Sol
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    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
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    22:00
    Q&A with actor Rain Tolk
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    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
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    22:15
    Q&A with director Dimitris Nakos
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    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
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Saturday 21.06

    10:00
    TIFF.24

    Invention

    TIFF.24

    In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s unexpected death, his daughter receives his patent for an experimental healing device.

    United States - 2024
    72 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    10:00
    Pornit

    Traffic

    Natalia and Ginel leave their small Romanian Danube village to work abroad in a big Flemish city. When she is assaulted, Natalia asks Iţă, a friend from home turned into a crook, to help her. Iţă uses the opportunity to make an unexpected proposition...

    România, Belgium, Netherlands - 2024
    126 minute
    Romanian Days
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    10:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts I

    TIFF.24

    Fursecuri și lapte (Milk and Cookies, dir. Andrei Tache-Codreanu, România)

    Anchor (dir. Vilmos Peter, România)

    Dragostea e în aer (Love Is in the Air, dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Marinică, băiatul meu (Marinică, My Boy, dir. Mihnea Toma, România)

    118 minute
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    12:45
    Pornit

    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
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    13:30
    TIFF.24

    Soylent Green

    TIFF.24

    In a densely overpopulated, starving New York City of the future, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of an executive at Soylent Corporation, but when he begins to make real progress the governor mysteriously stops the investigation.

    United States - 1973
    97 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    13:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts II

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    Despre imposibilitatea unui omagiu (On the Impossibility of an Homage, dir. Xandra Popescu, România)

    Alișveriș (Alisveris, dir. Vasile Todinca, România)

    Zi de sărbătoare (Celebration Day, dir. Octavian Șaramet, România)

    Grandpa Is Sleeping (dir. Matei Branea, România)

    118 minute
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    14:00
    TIFF.24

    Kill the Jockey

    TIFF.24

    Remo is a legendary jockey, but his self-destructive behavior is beginning to outshine his talent and threaten his relationship with his girlfriend Abril.

    Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Denmark, United States - 2024
    97 minute
    Supernova
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    14:30
    Q&A with producer Monika Raide
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    Smile at Last

    Q&A with producer Monika Raide

    16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children.

    Estonia - 1985
    86 minute
    FOCUS Estonia
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    15:30
    TIFF.24

    The End

    TIFF.24

    One of the last families on Earth have lived happily in their luxurious compound deep underground. The sudden arrival of a stranger, Girl, threatens the family’s life and Son begins to question their seemingly perfect existence.

    Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden - 2024
    149 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    15:45
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    Tata

    A journalist from Moldova, estranged from her father who had emigrated to Italy years before, finds out he has become a victim of workplace harassment.

    România, Germany, Netherlands - 2024
    82 minute
    Romanian Days
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    16:15
    Q&A with director Darren Thornton
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    Four Mothers

    Q&A with director Darren Thornton

    Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. Busy with the demands of his upcoming book tour, the last thing Edward needs is his friends leaving their mothers on his doorstep!

    Ireland, United Kingdom - 2024
    92 minute
    Supernova
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    16:30
    Q&A with the film crew
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    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
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    16:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts III

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    Tot ce rămâne (All That Remains, dir. Andrei Redinciuc, România)

    Jackpot (Jackpot, dir. Vlad Popa, Vasile Todinca, România)

    Ajutoare (Aid, dir. Valentin Rareș Fogoroș, România)

    Fracti (dir. Lavinia Petrache, România)

    Albocalmin (dir. Florin Șerban, România)

    117 minute
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    17:30
    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov
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    Cadet

    Q&A with director Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Single mother Alina tries to enroll her son, Serik, in an elite military academy, but he is bullied by his classmates because of his girlish appearance, and the principal deems him unfit for the school. Alina succeeds in getting Serik reinstated, but the consequences will be terrible…

    Kazakhstan - 2024
    123 minute
    3 x 3
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    18:00
    TIFF.24

    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
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    18:15
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    Comatogen

    Trying to get money to cover a debt for her son, who is in danger of going to prison, Alina, a nurse, faces an unexpected ethical problem. World premiere at TIFF!

    România, Moldova, Republic of - 2025
    105 minute
    Romanian Days
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    18:30
    TIFF.24

    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
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    19:00

    Photons (France)

    Saturday, June 21, 7:00 PM

    Take four jazzmen with a passion for improvisation and techno clubbing and you get Photons, pianist Gauthier Toux’s new project, as much for dancing as for listening.

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    19:30
    TIFF.24

    The Blue Trail

    TIFF.24

    Tereza, 77, receives an official government order to relocate to a senior housing colony. The colony is an isolated area where the elderly are brought to «enjoy» their final years, freeing the younger generation to focus fully on productivity and growth.

    Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Netherlands - 2025
    86 minute
    Tomorrow is Fear
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    19:30
    Pornit

    Little Syria

    Shot over 20 years, Little Syria follows the quest of a brother, his sister and her boyfriend trapped between Syria, from where they ran for their lives, and Europe, which seems at times to embrace them and and then to push them back where they came from.

    Germany, Romania, Portugal - 2025
    90 minute
    Romanian Days
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    19:45
    TIFF.24

    Romanian Shorts IV

    TIFF.24

    Strigoi (Strigoi, dir. Márton Nagy, România)

    Magicianul (The Magician, dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, România)

    Vali (dir. Claudiu Mitcu, România)

    Nebunul (The Madman, dir. Igor Cobileanski, România)

    120 minute
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    20:15
    Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu
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    The Ceremony

    Q&A with director Jack King, producerl Hollie Bryan and actor Tudor Cucu Dumitrescu

    A fight over stolen property and a tragic death brings together two very different men for a hypnotic and moving odyssey across the Yorkshire landscape in search of a suitable burial place.

    United Kingdom - 2024
    92 minute
    Give Me 5: UK Debuts
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