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Beyond the river lies a world where suffering, poverty, and violence define everyday life. The film doesn’t explain or judge - it listens. With no external narration, the community tells its own story - with pain, with humor, with dignity.
When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.
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)
Artificial Intelligence fuels our dreams and nightmares. But while tech giants promise the advent of a new humanity, behind the scenes millions of workers around the world prepare the data that will feed Big Tech’s voracious algorithms, at the cost of their mental and emotional health...
Pedro, a loss adjuster, travels across Mexico investigating the causes of major catastrophes. To escape the depravity and violence of his daily life, Pedro decides to become an art collector.
Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor. The baby’s arrival disrupts their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world not made for her.
Life's a constant struggle for Pansy. Racked with physical and mental pain, her dealings with the world are channeled through anger and confrontation: she argues with her family, her dentist, her doctor, the girl at the supermarket checkout...
Ingrid is a hired killer with a special power: she can use the darkness to enter a parallel world and reappear somewhere else in the real world. This allows her to get into the homes of her victims and get out again without leaving any trace.
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)
Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes.
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments through the programme Cinema without barriers, with the support of the Institut francais in Romania.
When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to Maldoror. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender.
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.
Aurora, the daughter of a religious leader, travels with her husband Joonas to celebrate their wedding anniversary with her parents and the congregation.
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!
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)
Ex-military Beibars, nicknamed Moor, returns from prison to look after his brother's family, but finds that his brother has disappeared, leaving huge debts behind. It's up to Moor to pay. If you ever wished for a Kazakh Rambo, here it is!
Not willing to accept that his glorious life as the "King of the violin" is over, Caliu starts the journey of reinventing himself. Traveling back and forth between present struggles and the old, golden days, music is the only constant in Caliu's life.
Inspired by the tragedy of Fântâna Albă on April 1, 1941, the film recounts the fate of a Romanian community in Bessarabia, massacred in a desperate attempt to find refuge from the Soviet occupation.
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.
Fernando, a young ballet dancer from Mexico, dreams of international recognition and a life in the US. Believing his lover, Jennifer, a socialite and philanthropist, will support him, he leaves everything behind — narrowly escaping death in the process.
Love Hurts is an intimate documentary about the fragility and power of love, which tells the true stories of two couples over two years of suffering, separations and reconciliations. The film explores the sinuous dynamics of relationships and the difficult process of emotional healing.
Two filmmakers follow an entrepreneur turned eco-activist as he exposes Romania's timber mafia. Their journey takes a dramatic turn when, in the middle of a forest, the three are attacked by a group of 12 angry men.
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)
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.
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.
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...
Doru Chirodea fled to America in the 1980s and started writing poetry in English without actually knowing the language. Back in Romania, he prints books of poetry at his own expense, for an increasingly narrow audience. A serene meditation on the end of a bohemian, rebellious lifestyle.
A romantic comedy that goes beyond appearances, diving into the minds of its main characters, Piero and Lara, and revealing their most hidden thoughts and the inner battles that we all face. And one thing is clear: once they have met they will never be the same again.
