Program TIFF 2026

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. To protect her, Jung-hwan takes Soo-ah to a seaside village where his mother lives....See more details

Amidst the turmoil of the Thirty Years´ War, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. The stranger declares himself the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With time, he overcomes their doubts and shows himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becoming part of the community in a quest for acceptance made up of impossible deceit....See more details

April 15th, 1939. Just two weeks after the war’s end, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph. But in the hotel’s kitchen, a group of defeated Republican chefs are secretly preparing the meal, while also cooking up their last chance to escape the country.

Nagasaki, 1964. After the death of his father, the leader of a yakuza gang, 14-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a famous Kabuki actor. Alongside Shunsuke, the actor’s only son, he decides to dedicate himself to this traditional form of theatre. For decades, the two young men grow and evolve together — from acting school to the grandest stages, amid scandals and glory, brotherhood and betrayals....See more details

Corneliu Porumboiu and his father, former referee Adrian Porumboiu, revisit a football match played in 1988 between Steaua and Dinamo, in the middle of a snowstorm, one year before Ceauşescu’s fall. The game becomes a reflection on memory, communism, and truth.

Fatima is 17 and the youngest daughter of a French-Algerian family living in the suburbs of Paris. But after being admitted to a prestigious philosophy university in the city centre, she discovers a whole new world. Along come difficult questions about identity, duty, and the meaning of emancipation. Torn between the traditions she grew up with and her own intimate desires, Fatima must find her own path.

Fifteen-year-old Malou grows up in a small town with her two brothers and their mother. She excels at the local rowing club, but also gets bullied by her teammates. While her mother is trying to start dating again, the one person she can turn to is her older brother Max. But when Malou has a crush on Max’s new girlfriend Nouria, her life is turned upside down.

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier in 1996. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

In suburban America during the final days of October 1988, emotionally troubled teenager Donnie Darko begins experiencing visions of a monstrous rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world will end in 28 days. As reality fractures around him, Donnie is drawn into a labyrinth of time travel, paranoia, and apocalyptic destiny.

Ibrahim and Zehra are husband and wife. An argument over a coffee table spirals into chaos when a simple mistake turns into a desperate web of lies, panic and deception. Trying to cover up the truth may have terrifying consequences!