Schedule

Wednesday 19.06

    15:45
    TIFF.23

    Some Birds

    TIFF.23

    Béla feels like the world is conspiring against him when his son places him in a nursing home. Here, he crosses paths with rebellious teenager Zoé, who has been sentenced to community service.

    Hungary - 2023
    93 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    16:00
    TIFF.23

    Daaaaaali!

    TIFF.23

    A young French journalist meets Salvador Dall repeatedly for a documentary film project which never gets to start shooting...

    France - 2023
    77 minute
    No Limit
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    17:30
    TIFF.23

    Kalman's Day

    TIFF.23

    Levente and Zita, a couple in their forties, are visiting the home of their friends, Kálmán and Olga, to celebrate Kálmán’s name day. But they have an ulterior motive: they want to register their children at Kálmán’s home address so that they can go to a better school in the area.

    Hungary - 2023
    71 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    17:45
    TIFF.23

    La Cocina

    TIFF.23

    It is the lunchtime rush at The Grill, a New York tourist trap that serves thousands of customers on a regular Friday like today. One of the cooks is Pedro, a young Mexican who is seeking more from life than this job has to offer.

    Mexico - 2024
    139 minute
    Supernova
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    17:45
    TIFF.23

    Pelikan Blue

    TIFF.23

    With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Hungary's borders suddenly open up. Everyone wants to travel to Western Europe - young people in particular - but the price of train tickets is prohibitive.

    Hungary - 2023
    79 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    18:00
    TIFF.23

    Dolce far niente

    TIFF.23

    The two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his life, meeting famous Rossini and falling in love with young widow Giuseppina.

    Romania - 1998
    119 minute
    Special Screenings
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    18:00
    TIFF.23

    The Promised Land

    TIFF.23

    In 1755, the impoverished captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal: to build a colony in the name of the King. In exchange, he’ll receive a desperately desired Royal name for himself.

    Denmark - 2023
    127 minute
    Supernova
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    18:15
    TIFF.23

    Ex-Husbands

    TIFF.23

    Peter Pearce’s parents divorced after 65 years, his wife left him after 35, and his two sons, Mickey and Nick, are off leading their own lives. When Peter flies to Tulum, crashing Nick’s bachelor party hosted by Mickey, he realizes he’s not the only Pearce man in crisis.

    United States - 2023
    98 minute
    Supernova
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    19:00
    TIFF.23

    Concert NEW FOSSILS (HU)

    TIFF.23

    New Fossils emerges as a fresh force in Budapest's dynamic jazz landscape, blending youthful energy with seasoned expertise. Anchored by drummer Dániel Ferenc Szabó and bassist Marcell Gyányi, the band represents a convergence of top-tier talent from diverse musical backgrounds.

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    19:30
    TIFF.23

    The Hypnosis

    TIFF.23

    André and Vera are a young entrepreneurial couple. They get the opportunity to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking. From this point, her attitude changes and André starts to behave unexpectedly.

    Norway - 2023
    99 minute
    Competition
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    19:30
    TIFF.23

    Alice On & Off

    TIFF.23

    Filmed over ten years, this is the story of Alice, an unloved girl trapped in a young mother’s life. At 16, she falls in love with Dorian, 35 years her senior. Although she marries him and has their son, Aristo, the familiar echoes of her own neglected childhood resurface.

    Romania - 2024
    85 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
    Romanian Days
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    19:30
    TIFF.23

    A Chef for Dali

    TIFF.23

    Fleeing political chaos in Barcelona, talented chef Fernando arrives to the village of Cadaqués, residence of the internationally renowned Salvador Dalí. The paths of the chef and the artist will cross and cause the birth of a new culinary genius.

    Spain - 2023
    116 minute
    Film Food
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    19:45
    TIFF.23

    Raw Material

    TIFF.23

    A young film director, Tamás, is invited to a village to lead a summer art workshop for kids. He quickly discovers that the village is overrun with corruption and that even exploitation might be involved in the lucrative local businesses.

    Hungary - 2024
    108 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    20:30
    Screening in the presence of actress Sibel Kekili

    Head On

    Screening in the presence of actress Sibel Kekili

    Cahit stumbles from bar to bar in Hamburg, lost in an alcoholic haze. The boozy Turkish immigrant crashes his car into a wall, which lands him in a mental institution. There he meets the suicidal Sibel.

    Germany - 2004
    121 minute
    Special Screenings
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    20:30
    TIFF.23

    The Beast

    TIFF.23

    In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her previous lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she has known him forever...

    France - 2023
    146 minute
    Supernova
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    20:45
    TIFF.23

    The Writer

    TIFF.23

    Kostas and Dima fell in love in the 1980s, when they were soldiers in the Russian army, and then Dima joined Kostas in Lithuania. But after the fall of communism, Kostas left to study in New York, leaving Dima behind.

    Lithuania - 2023
    86 minute
    Supernova
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    21:00
    TIFF.23

    In the Face of Gravity

    TIFF.23

    Félix is a firefighter specializing in high altitude rescues. His main priority in life is to save people in distress at any cost. He doesn't realise that, in the process of trying to understand those he helps, he is losing himself and the most important person in his life, his son.

    Hungary - 2023
    110 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    21:30
    Followed by a jazz concert featuring Laurent Filipe (trumpet) and Dima Belinski (piano) - TIFF.23

    Luís Villas Boas, the Last Trip & Jazz Concert

    Followed by a jazz concert featuring Laurent Filipe (trumpet) and Dima Belinski (piano) - TIFF.23

    Luís Villas Boas, the Last Trip, r. Laurent Filipe, 2023, Portugalia

    59 minute
    Special Screenings
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    21:30
    TIFF.23

    To Laugh, to Sing, Perhaps to Cry

    TIFF.23

    Toñi, a middle-aged transgender woman, prays in a church to a miraculous saint to have a boyfriend. Then she meets Lahcen, a young and handsome Moroccan immigrant who has just arrived in Barcelona, and she falls in love with him.

    Spain - 2024
    75 minute
    No Limit
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    21:45
    TIFF.23

    KOS

    TIFF.23

    1794. General Tadeusz 'Kos' Kosciuszko returns to Poland, planning to start an uprising against the Russians by mobilizing the Polish nobility and peasants. A ruthless Russian captain, Dunin, plans to capture the general at all costs before he causes a national rebellion.

    Poland - 2023
    120 minute
    Supernova
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    21:45
    Muzică originală & interpretare live: Irina-Margareta Nistor & CelloFun

    Cine-concert A Page of Madness

    Muzică originală & interpretare live: Irina-Margareta Nistor & CelloFun

    A Page of Madness, dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japonia, 1926

    Original music & live interpretation: Irina-Margareta Nistor & CelloFun

    A Page of Madness is an experimental silent thriller. Considered lost for 45 years, the film is the product of an avant-garde group of artists from Japan, known as Shinkankakuha (School of New Perceptions), who sought to surpass naturalistic representation in film, being influenced by German expressionism cinema. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 18, starting at 6:00 p.m., at Cinema Dacia - https://tiff.eventbook.ro/
     
    The action of the film is set in a psychiatric institution in rural Japan. In the midst of a torrential rain, a caretaker walks the halls of an asylum populated by patients with mental illnesses... Using extravagant superimpositions, hallucinatory sequences, and fast and insistent visual structures, the film builds an intense and claustrophobic atmosphere. Neither pro nor anti-madness, not at all traditional, but not purely modern, A Page of Madness is lush and ambiguous, fully deserving its cult film status.
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    21:45
    TIFF.23

    Mastergame

    TIFF.23

    A young, revolutionary couple aboard the last train leaving Budapest after the Russian invasion of 1956. Meanwhile a young catholic priest is imprisoned and tortured by the communists in order to deliver information about hidden Vatican treasures.

    Hungary - 2023
    90 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    22:00
    TIFF.23

    Where Elephants Go

    TIFF.23

    Where Elephants Go is a film in which no elephant appears. It is a story of love and friendship between three characters in a difficult moment of their existence. Leni's, a sick little girl, but at the same time full of life.

    Romania - 2024
    115 minute
    Smart 7
    Competition
    Romanian Days
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    22:15
    TIFF.23

    Fairy Garden

    TIFF.23

    On the outskirts of Budapest, in the heart of the woods, hides a ramshackle little hut. Inside, two social outcasts have formed the unlikeliest of bonds.

    Hungary - 2023
    83 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    23:00
    TIFF.23

    Kix

    TIFF.23

    Kix is a 12-year odyssey following Sanyi's journey from a rowdy street kid in Budapest to a disillusioned young adult.

    Hungary - 2024
    94 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
    Hungarian Day
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Thursday 20.06

    10:00
    TIFF.23

    Permanent Picture

    TIFF.23

    In rural southern Spain, Antonia, a teenage mother, disappears in the middle of the night. Fifty years later and much further north, Carmen, an introverted casting director, is looking for people to share their memories when arriving in a new city.

    France - 2023
    94 minute
    Competition
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    11:00
    TIFF.23

    Raw Material

    TIFF.23

    A young film director, Tamás, is invited to a village to lead a summer art workshop for kids. He quickly discovers that the village is overrun with corruption and that even exploitation might be involved in the lucrative local businesses.

    Hungary - 2024
    108 minute
    Hungarian Day
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    12:00
    TIFF.23

    The Old Bachelor

    TIFF.23

    In an Iran weighed down by a struggling economy, two middle-aged brothers live with their bullying father. A man prone to rages and driven by chauvinism, the father’s abusiveness found his second wife leaving him.

    Iran - 2024
    192 minute
    Competition
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    12:00
    TIFF.23

    Eternal You

    TIFF.23

    Joshua chats day and night with the digital clone of his deceased first love. Christi just wants confirmation that her late best friend is doing well in heaven, but has a harrowing experience with his AI likeness.

    Germany - 2024
    87 minute
    What's Up, Doc?
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