Schedule

Sunday 15.06

    20:45
    Q&A with director Mattias Skoglund
    Pornit

    The Home

    Q&A with director Mattias Skoglund

    Years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika to a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival.

    Sweden, Estonia, Iceland - 2025
    90 minute
    Full Moon
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    21:00
    TIFF.24

    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
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    21:30
    Q&A with director Heiko Lange
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    Gut

    Q&A with director Heiko Lange

    Preceded by the short film What Freedom Looks Like (dir. Dorel Gnatiuc)

    Gudrun Gut, an icon of the German underground music scene, dares the unexpected: a film about herself. Here is a personal homage to female creativity: it's poetic, radical, and unmistakably Gudrun Gut!

    Germany - 2024
    64 minute
    Special Screenings
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    21:45
    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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    21:45
    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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    21:45
    Q&A with director Uberto Pasolini
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    The Return

    Q&A with director Uberto Pasolini

    After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

    Italy, Greece, United Kingdom, France - 2024
    116 minute
    Supernova
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    22:00
    Q&A with director Tova Mozard
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    ILOVERUSS

    Q&A with director Tova Mozard

    Russell Kingston, a lifelong extra, has spent decades on Hollywood’s periphery, slipping in and out of roles without ever stepping into the spotlight. A drifter in the world of cinema, he takes on the personas of the characters he has played, those he admires, and those he invents himself.

    Sweden - 2025
    90 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    22:00
    Q&A with director Jeppe Ronde
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    Acts of Love

    Q&A with director Jeppe Ronde

    Hanna lives in a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark and longs to have a child. But her sheltered life starts to unravel as the unexpected arrival of her younger brother Jakob stirs up long-buried memories of their troubled past.

    Denmark - 2025
    125 minute
    Competition
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    22:15
    Q&A with director Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
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    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
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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
    Pornit

    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

    TIFF.24

    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
    Pornit

    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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