Schedule

Monday 15.06

    10:00
    TIFF.25

    Birds of War

    TIFF.25

    From besieged Aleppo to the confines of a London newsroom, Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos and Syrian activist and cameraman Abd Alkader Habak retrace their love story, using their vast personal archives stretching over 13 years of revolutions, war and exile.

    United Kingdom, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon - 2026
    85 minute
    Supernova
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    10:00
    TIFF.25

    To the Victory!

    TIFF.25

    Ukraine, in the near future. The war has ended. A film director is out of work, out of luck, and out of touch with his family abroad. While his wife and daughter built a new life in Vienna, he stays behind—confused, restless, and convinced that things will get better. Eventually. Probably.

    Ukraine, Lithuania - 2025
    106 minute
    Supernova
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    12:00
    Q&A with directors Lena Vurma & Thor Klein and actor Istvan Teglas
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    Leonora in the Morning Light

    Q&A with directors Lena Vurma & Thor Klein and actor Istvan Teglas

    In the early 1930s, painter Leonora Carrington, a rebel against social expectations, joins the surrealist movement and its iconic figures like André Breton and Salvador Dalí in Paris. A whirlwind love affair with artist Max Ernst confronts her with her inner demons.

    Germany, România, Mexico, United Kingdom - 2025
    103 minute
    Supernova
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    12:15
    Q&A with director Amine Adijna
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    Spices and Lies

    Q&A with director Amine Adijna

    Mehdi’s life balances between two worlds. He presents himself as the perfect Algerian son to his mother Fatima while secretly maintaining a relationship with Léa and pursuing his passion for French cuisine and wine as a chef.

    France - 2025
    103 minute
    Film Food
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    12:30
    TIFF.25

    Reedland

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    When reed cutter Johan discovers the lifeless body of a girl on his land, he is overcome by an ambiguous sense of guilt. While taking care of his granddaughter, he sets out on a quest to track down evil, only to realize that darkness can thrive in unexpected places.

    Netherlands, Belgium - 2025
    112 minute
    FOCUS Netherlands
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    13:15
    TIFF.25

    My Father's Daughter

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    "I was eight the last time I saw my sister. She was standing in the doorway, crying, wearing plastic bags instead of socks. When I asked why, she said her shoes were wet and she couldn't afford new ones. Then she left. That was the last time I saw her.

    Hungary - 2025
    77 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    14:30
    TIFF.25

    My Daughter is a Zombie

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    Jung-hwan, a professional wild animal trainer, spends his days bickering and playing with his teenage daughter, Soo-ah, who is passionate about dancing. Then one day, Soo-ah gets infected by a zombie virus that sweeps across the world.

    Korea, Republic of - 2025
    114 minute
    Teen Spirit
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    14:45
    Q&A with director Panu Suuronen
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    In Full Agreement

    Q&A with director Panu Suuronen

    Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Finland’s accession to NATO, three Russian women living in Finland develop radically different attitudes toward Putin’s Russia and their own identity. While one completely rejects her Russian roots, the others continue to hold on to them.

    Finland - 2026
    84 minute
    Double Takes
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    15:00
    Q&A with director Juan Pablo Sallato
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    The Red Hangar

    Q&A with director Juan Pablo Sallato

    Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1973. As the military coup unfolds across the country, Captain Jorge Silva receives an order that will change his life forever: to turn the Air Force Academy, where he now trains young cadets, into a detention and torture center.

    Chile, Italy, Argentina - 2026
    81 minute
    Competition
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    15:30
    TIFF.25

    The Last Viking

    TIFF.25

    Finally free from prison after a 20 year sentence, Anker wants to get back the money he has stolen. However, his brother and accomplice Manfred suffers from dissociative identity disorder: he now believes he is John Lennon, and John can’t remember the place in which Manfred buried the money.

    Denmark, Sweden - 2025
    116 minute
    The Pitch Black Anthology
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    15:45
    Q&A with director Ted Evans and British Sign Language Interpreter Chandrika Gopalakrishnan (BSL)
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    Retreat

    Q&A with director Ted Evans and British Sign Language Interpreter Chandrika Gopalakrishnan (BSL)

    Raised in a secluded deaf community, cracks begin to appear in Matt’s world when the arrival of enigmatic outsider Eva forces him to question his own deaf identity and lived experience.

    United Kingdom - 2025
    106 minute
    No Limit
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    16:00
    TIFF.25

    L'Accident de piano

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    A web star, famous for posting shocking content on social networks, decides to take a break after a mysterious piano incident while filming one of her videos. Isolated in a mountain chalet with her personal assistant, her retreat is interrupted by a journalist who begins to blackmail her.

    France - 2025
    88 minute
    The Pitch Black Anthology
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    17:00
    TIFF.25

    Sad Girlz

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    Paula and La Maestra are sixteen and inseparable. They train together over the summer to represent Mexico at the Junior Pan American Swimming Championship and are the strongest swimmers on their team. One night, at a party, Paula ends up alone with Daniel, a good friend and her longtime crush.

    Mexico, Spain, France - 2026
    91 minute
    Teen Spirit
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    17:15
    TIFF.25

    I Shall See

    TIFF.25

    17-year-old Lot is a bold and determined teenager whose life takes a devastating turn when a fireworks accident leaves her nearly blind. Struggling to reconcile who she was with who she’s becoming, Lot wrestles with the loss of her independence and the dreams she once held so tightly.

    Netherlands - 2025
    96 minute
    FOCUS Netherlands
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    17:30
    Q&A with director Carlos Saiz, actors Lionel Guy, Emilie Corral & Lionel Jose Corral Bernal
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    Lionel

    Q&A with director Carlos Saiz, actors Lionel Guy, Emilie Corral & Lionel Jose Corral Bernal

    With the start of summer in Murcia, Lionel receives some news: when he turns 26, he will lose the orphan's pension he has been living on since the death of his mother. Lionel finds himself in a moment of uncertainty about his future.

    Spain, France - 2025
    94 minute
    Competition
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    18:00
    TIFF.25

    In-I in Motion

    TIFF.25

    In 2007, actress Juliette Binoche and choreographer Akram Khan create In-I, a radical performance built through improvisation. Looking back on that intense creative process today, Binoche explores the personal transformation that is vital for artistic creation.

    France - 2025
    125 minute
    Special Screenings
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    18:00
    Q&A with director Marion LeCorroller
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    Species

    Q&A with director Marion LeCorroller

    Margot, a young intern at the most competitive ER in the country, has trouble keeping up in this stressful environment. As she’s confronted with multiple patients her age presenting unusual symptoms, her own body starts to show disturbing changes...

    France, Belgium - 2026
    103 minute
    Full Moon
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    18:00
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    Follies

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    François and Julie, together for sixteen years and parents of two children, can no longer connect intimately. They decide to open up their relationship in order to engage in sexual follies that will allow them to learn more about themselves... But it can’t be that simple, right?

    Canada - 2025
    103 minute
    No Limit
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    18:15
    Q&A with actor Pietro Giustolisi
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    Un Anno di Scuola

    Q&A with actor Pietro Giustolisi

    September 2007. Fred, who has just moved to Trieste with her father, enrolls in the local Technical High School for her senior year, finding herself as the only girl in an all-male class.

    Italy, France - 2025
    102 minute
    Teen Spirit
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    19:00
    TIFF.25

    Kazdoura (Syria/Lebanon/Canada)

    TIFF.25

    Kazdoura is a duo formed in Toronto by Syrian vocalist Leen Hamo and Lebanese multi-instrumentalist John Abou Chacra. Their name, meaning “a stroll” in Levantine Arabic, reflects a musical universe at the intersection of Arabic tradition, psychedelia, funk, and soul.

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    19:00
    Q&A with Head of Animation Jason Coombs
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    Bouchra

    Q&A with Head of Animation Jason Coombs

    Bouchra (35), a Moroccan filmmaker in New York, is paralyzed by the fear of the blank page. A phone call with her mother in Casablanca will have memories resurfacing.

    United States, Italy, Morocco - 2025
    82 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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    19:30
    TIFF.25

    Spirited Away

    TIFF.25

    After her parents are transformed into pigs, young Chihiro becomes trapped in a mysterious, magical world inhabited by spirits and monsters. Terrified at first, the little girl slowly discovers a courage she never knew she possessed...

    Japan - 2001
    124 minute
    25 Years Later
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    19:45
    Q&A with director Pedro Ramalhete
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    Eternal Flame

    Q&A with director Pedro Ramalhete

    Love, cinema and naivety. They meet randomly in the street: João is unemployed, Clara is a cinema production assistant. They remember each other from film school. She invites him to come along in this film she’s working on.

    Portugal - 2025
    72 minute
    Smart 7 Festival Network
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    20:00
    Q&A with director Gábor Holtai
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    Feels Like Home

    Q&A with director Gábor Holtai

    Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi.

    Hungary - 2025
    124 minute
    Competition
    Hungarian Day
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    20:30
    TIFF.25

    Queen at Sea

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    Amanda and her stepfather Martin struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother, Leslie, who is experiencing advanced dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interest?

    United Kingdom - 2026
    121 minute
    Supernova
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    20:45
    Q&A with Enrique López Lavigne and Marta Medina
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    El Ultimo Arrebato

    Q&A with Enrique López Lavigne and Marta Medina

    Arrebato (1980), the ultimate cult film of contemporary Spanish cinema, and its enigmatic director Iván Zulueta are bound together by a dark history in which cinema, addiction, and self-destruction become inseparable.

    Spain - 2025
    108 minute
    Double Takes
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    21:00
    TIFF.25

    Wit

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    Vivian Bearing, a brilliant and fiercely independent professor of English literature, is diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer and undergoes an aggressive experimental treatment.

    United States - 2001
    99 minute
    25 Years Later
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    21:15
    Q&A with director Devon Delmar
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    Variations on a Theme

    Q&A with director Devon Delmar

    An elderly goat herder in the mountains of Namaqualand, South Africa, falls victim to a scam promising long-overdue reparations for her father’s WWII service. As she waits for money that will never come, the disruptions of her 80th birthday threaten to strip away the last of her independence.

    South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar - 2026
    65 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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