Program TIFF 2023

23-year-old Simone studies criminal law and advocates for women's rights. At night she performs in front of a live sex cam. One night she watches a film which awakens dark impulses for a more dangerous means of sexual gratification. Winner of the Golden Leopard at the 2022 Locarno film festival!

Yugoslavia in the late 1980s. A beloved uncle has returned home from Germany for the holidays and is handing out gifts. The reunited family enjoys their traditional Croatian Christmas lunch until a smartphone starts ringing. It’s a sign that it is not the 1980s, it’s not quite Christmas time either, and it is not just the served turkey that can be cut with a knife – the tension can, too.

In the mid-1980s, fishing quotas are introduced in Iceland, a government decision that upset the entire industry. Harpa is a town council secretary who takes advantage of a tragic accident to save her town from bankruptcy and create a fishing empire, thanks to the new quota system... The first two episodes of an 8-episode series.

Middle aged bourgeoisie couple lives a loveless life along with their beautiful eighteen year old daughter. The man has a passionate desire for the girl who in fact is not his real daughter but the fruit of an affair of the woman early in the marriage. This leads to tragic events.

When the Hullabaloos head to Helsinki to celebrate the birthday of their twin boys Mökö and Luru, a hilarious mix-up leads to their beloved dog Pulla being swapped with the President’s pooch. As the boys embark upon a mission to get their dog back, the parents must come up with a plan to bring the entire family back together.

A group of students have embraced Maoist ideals and strive to incite revolution through terrorist violence. The group eventually plots to assassinate a high-ranking Russian governmental official who is visiting Paris, but things don't go according to plan. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 1967 Venice film festival!

Mia, the director, receives life-altering news and takes a journey through her own history. We follow a child astronaut’s lonely travels through space, and ageing gangster Vincent, who, while moving away from his violent life, makes a find in his basement. An intimate and poetic story about memory and the fragility of existence.

The First Romanian CGI Animation Series created by Szabolcs Fazakas, internationally acclaimed and awarded. Produced in Odorheiul Secuiesc. The series Legendarium follows the story of two children, Rika and Zete, who discover legends and save them from oblivion  

Several old friends arrive at a cabin in the woods to visit the owner, but the man is missing and his dog was apparently killed. As the strangeness of the circumstances settles in, one recalls the legend of the previous owner who killed his sister and her lover before drowning himself in the lake. Now, occupants are said to hear sinister cries in the night and feel compelled as by a siren song to the lake...

Homeless and invisible - the Twins are constantly struggling to survive. Sister is a ticking time bomb; her screams are loud. Brother, on the other hand, doesn’t speak, but rather screams inwards. Their dream of a real home leads to an unexpected job opportunity that sounds simple enough: transport goods from point A to point B....See more details