Program TIFF 2026

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. Convinced that the horror will be short-lived, Silva tries to stay on the sidelines, but the arrival of an unhinged superior officer will force him to confront his deepest beliefs.

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. She quickly becomes the center of attention, especially for three friends who have been a unit for as long as they can remember....See more details

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.

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a thirty-something man and a lowly employee, buries his mother without showing the slightest emotion. The following day, he embarks on an affair with an office colleague called Marie, and then he gets back to everyday life. But his neighbour upsets his daily routine by dragging him into some shady business, until a tragedy takes place on a beach beneath the blazing sun...

With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.

Love-22-Love is an ode to love, art, and darkness. Creating art is filmmaker Kooijmans’ reason for being, yet it also drives him to deep despair: Kooijmans films himself as he descends into a psychosis. But above all, the film is a love letter to his wife, who has been the light at the end of his tunnel for over 30 years....See more details

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.

Three flatmates in Edinburgh — journalist Alex, accountant David and doctor Juliet — place an ad to find a new roommate. After choosing the mysterious Hugo, they discover him dead in his room beside a suitcase full of cash. Tempted by the money, the three decide to hide the body and keep the fortune for themselves, but paranoia and mistrust soon begin to destroy their friendship.

Elsa is an advertising director whose mother dies during a long December holiday. She works non-stop and, without realising, doesn’t give herself time to mourn her mother’s absence. After a crisis, Elsa decides to travel to the island of Lanzarote accompanied by her friend Patricia, who also needs to get away from the city....See more details

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.