Official Selection
OFFICIAL SELECTION
22nd edition TIFF 2024
FULL LENGTH Competition
FEATURE
1. Bang Bang by Vincent Grashaw | USA | 2024 | 104’ | Comedy, Drama
2. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World by Radu Jude | Romania, Luxemburg, France, Croatia | 2023 | 163’ | Comedy, Drama
3. Paradise is Burning by Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy | 2023 | 108’ | Drama,Comedy
4. The Legends of Eternal Snow by Alexei Romanov | Russia, Sakha Republic | 2024 | 80’ | Drama
5. The Stork by Isa Qosja | Montenegro, Kosova, Serbia, Albania | 2023 | 97’ | Drama, Comedy
PerspecTIFF
1. Árni by Dorka Vermes | Hungary | 2023 | 100’ | Drama
2. Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan | 2023 | 120’ | Drama
3. Silence of Sirens by Gazmend Nela | Kosova, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania | 2023 | 93’ | Drama
4. That Afternoon by Nafiss Nia | Netherlands | 2023 | 76’ | Drama
5. Xoftex by Noaz Deshe | Germany, France | 2024 | 99’ | Drama
DOCUMENTARY
1. Amor by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri | Italy, Lithuania | 2023 | 101’
2. Balomania by Sissel Morell Dargis | Denmark | 2024 | 90’
3. Echo of You by Zara Zerny | Denmark | 2023 | 76’
4. Malqueridas by Tana Gilbert | Chile, Germany | 2023 | 74’
5. Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | USA | 2024 | 87’
6. The Landscape and the Fury by Nicole Vögele | Switzerland | 2024 | 138’
SHORT Films Competition
LIVE ACTION - OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
1. A Summer’s End Poem by Lam Can-Zhao | China, Switzerland, Malaysia | 2024 | 15’
2. Dancing in the Corner by Jan Bujnowski | Poland | 2024 | 14’
3. Delivery by Ben Lankester | UK | 2024 | 25’
4. Dreams Like Paper Boats by Samuel Suffren | Haiti | 2024 | 19’
5. Looking She Said I Forget by Naomi Pacifique | Netherlands, Switzerland | 2024 | 25’
6. Mother is a Natural Sinner by Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija | Germany, Iran | 2024 | 15’
7. My Mother is a Cow by Moara Passoni | Brazil | 2024 | 15’
8. On the Way by Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | 2024 | 15’
9. Tea by Blake Winston Rice | USA | 2024 | 13’
10. The Cascade by Pablo Delgado Sanchez | Mexico | 2024 | 21’
11. The Distance Between Us by Léo Fontaine | France | 2024 | 19’
12. The Masterpiece by Àlex Lora | Spain | 2024 | 20’
13. Three Keenings by Oliver McGoldrick | UK, USA | 2024 | 10’
ANIMATION - OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
1. Ashen Sun by Camille Monnier | France, Belgium | 2024 | 13’
2. Flower Show by Elli Vuorinen | Finland | 2024 | 9’
3. Fracti by Lavinia Petrache | Switzerland | 2023 | 6’
4. Hooked on Illusions by Laura Isabel Schneider | Germany | 2023 | 5’
5. Matta and Matto by Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp | Switzerland | 2023 | 11’
6. Nothing Special by Efrat Berger | France, Israel | 2024 | 15’
7. Outside by Izabela Plucinska | Poland | 2023 | 5’
8. The Cactus by Ricardo Kump | Brazil | 2023 | 11’
9. The Three Sisters by Timur Kognov | Cyprus | 2024 | 15’
10. Volcelest by Eric Briche | France | 2024 | 15’
DOCUMENTARY - European Film Awards qualifying
1. A Storm Inside by Clément Pérot | France | 2023 | 24’
2. Been There by Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Switzerland | 2023 | 10’
3. Between Delicate and Violent by Şirin Bahar Demirel | Turkey, Netherlands | 2023 | 15’
4. City of Poets by Sara Rajaei | Netherlands | 2024 | 22’
5. Eternal Father by Ömer Sami | Denmark | 2023 | 30’
6. Ever Since, I Have Been Flying by Aylin Gökmen | Switzerland | 2023 | 19’
7. Exit Through the Cuckoo’s Nest by Nikola Ilić | Switzerland | 2024 | 20’
8. Know Your Stones by Katarina Jazbec | Slovenia | 2023 | 21’
VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL - European Film Awards qualifying
1. Entropic Memory by Nicolas Brault | Canada | 2024 | 7’
2. Look On the Bright Side by Yuyan Wang | France, Italy | 2023 | 17’
3. Schlafsand by Elias Bötticher | Switzerland | 2024 | 14’
4. Shokouk: A Cosmicomedy in Four Acts by Rouzbeh Akhbari, Felix Kalmenson | Uzbekistan | 2023 | 17’
5. Silent Panorama by Nicolas Piret | Belgium | 2024 | 5’
6. Something Mutual by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo | Mexico | 2024 | 5’
7. The Lost Memories of Trees by Antonio La Camera | Italy, Spain | 2023 | 20’
8. Thronebosis by Marco Espirito Santo | Portugal | 2023 | 2’
STUDENT - OSCAR® qualifying
Fiction
1. Our Own Shadow by Agustina Sánchez Gavier | Argentina | 2024 | 20’
2. Praeis by Dovydas Drakšas | Lithuania, UK | 2024 | 27’
3. Resort by Chanelle Eidenbenz | UK | 2024 | 20’
4. The Birthday Party by Francesco Sossai | Germany, France, Italy | 2023 | 17’
5. The Steak by Kiarash Dadgar | Iran, Canada | 2023 | 9’
6. Witnessing Her Last Fall by Ziyi Nan | China | 2024 | 15’
Animation
1. Eisspin, the oh so Terrible by Adrian Doll | Germany | 2023 | 15’
2. Long Distance by Nadja Tanno | Switzerland | 2023 | 6’
3. Minus Plus Multiply by Chu-Chieh Lee | UK | 2023 | 5’
4. So I by Charlotte Sun | China | 2024 | 3’
5. The Eastern Rain by Milly Yencken | Estonia | 2023 | 10’
6. The Last Visit by Keawalee Warutkomain | Estonia | 2023 | 16’
Documentary
1. Coming Back to Life by Mantra Watsa | Belgium, Hungary, Portugal | 2023 | 20’
2. Getty Abortions by Franzis Kabisch | Germany, Austria | 2023 | 22’
3. Goodnight, Mister Stalin by Benjamin Schildknecht Kodboel | UK | 2024 | 20’
4. Reading You by Angeline Teh | Malaysia, Belgium | 2023 | 14’
5. Tale of the Three Flames by Juliette Menthonnex | Portugal | 2023 | 20’
Experimental
1. A Symphony by Fabian Krebs | Czech Republic | 2023 | 4’
2. Breed by Yiyang Sun | China, Estonia | 2024 | 9’
3. Looking Into the Sun by Maximilian Karakatsanis | Germany | 2023 | 7’
4. The Horse Runs off the Frame by Lilli Pongratz | Germany | 2024 | 15’
5. The Looking Game by Ann Upton | Ireland | 2023 | 7’
6. Vision by Çağıl Harmandar | Japan | 2023 | 8’
7. Whisper of Water by Angela Wenyang Hou | USA | 2024 | 4’
BALKAN Shorts
1. 1001 Nights by Rea Rajčić | Croatia | 2023 | 12’ | Documentary
2. Catlands by Ana Čigon | Slovenia, Croatia | 2024 | 10’ | Animation
3. Cleaner by Kostas Gerampinis | Greece | 2024 | 19’ | Fiction
4. Espi by Ivan Grgur | Croatia | 2023 | 6’ | Documentary
5. Let the Dewy Flowers Bloom by Ivan Bakrač | Montenegro, Serbia | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction
6. Mavera by Batuhan Ibrahim | North Macedonia | 2023 | 23’ | Fiction
7. Parebrise by Theodore Vrachas | Greece | 2023 | 18’ | Experimental
8. The Bomb by Onur Doğan | Turkey | 2024 | 25’ | Fiction
9. The Sea in Between by Lun Sevnik | Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia | 2024 | 15’ | Fiction
10. The Visit by Veselin Boydev | Bulgaria | 2024 | 17’ | Fiction
11. Trash by Alexey Kozhuharov | Bulgaria | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
In ALBANIAn Shorts
1. A Way Out by Lum Radoniqi | Kosovo | 2024 | 25’ | Fiction
2. An Untold Story by Sara Hoxhaj | Albania | 2024 | 17’ | Fiction
3. And the Wind Weeps by Aulona Selmani | Switzerland | 2023 | 25’ | Fiction
4. Like a Sick Yellow by Norika Sefa | Kosovo | 2024 | 23’ | Documentary
5. Solum by Hana Bucalija | Kosovo | 2024 | 17’ | Fiction
6. Swallows Will Leave by Deni Neli | Albania | 2024 | 20’ | Fiction
Screenplay ContesTIFF
Selected scripts for Pitching
1. Amel by Julinda Emiri | Albania
2. Aurora by Gustavo Ribeiro | Brazil
3. Be Grateful by Minerva R. Bolaños | Mexico
4. Charlotte by Ylljet Aliçka | Albania
5. Courtesan’s Lullaby by Richard Soriano Legaspi | Philippines
6. Mere Light by Idlir Azizaj | Albania
7. One Day Lasts Three Autumns by Delfina Braverman | Argentina
8. Sunday by Iman Davari | Iran
9. Tangled Tails by Oleg Condrea | Moldova
10. The Happy Reaper by Andy Lowe | UK
PANORAMA Competition
KIDs Program -10
1. #DoudouChallenge by Julie Majcher, Alexandra Delaunay-Fernandez, Sixtine Emerat, Marine Benabdallah-Crolais, Scott Pardailhé-Galabrun, Noémie Segalowicz | France | 2023 | 6’ | Animation
2. Amy and Frog by Paul Williams | China | 2023 | 11’ | Animation
3. As the Sun Goes Down by Laurine Bocquet, Ilona Caucal, Inès Fechner, Jahnice Laurent, Sarah
Robert, Emma Roussel, Kevin Vandenbeuck | France | 2023 | 6’ | Animation
4. Camille by Denise Raquel Roldán | Mexico | 2023 | 12’ | Animation
5. Drop by Claudio Quattrone | Italy | 2024 | 4’ | Animation
6. Gramophone by Alexey Alexeev | Cyprus | 2024 | 4’ | Animation
7. Luki and the Lights by Toby Cochran | Netherlands, USA | 2023 | 11’ | Animation
8. Marabu’ by Juan Pablo Etcheverry | Italy | 2024 | 14’ | Animation
9. Mû by Malin Neumann | Germany | 2023 | 7’ | Animation
10. Papa Bouteille by Lucie Carraz, Eleonore Deprun, Lalita Bruguiere, Clement Bretou, Pierre Étienne Mazet, Fred Marcassoli | France | 2023 | 8’ | Animation
11. Shellfish by Justine Aubert, Cassandra Bouton, Grégoire Callies, Maud Chesneau, Anna Danton,
Loic Girault, Gatien Peyrude, Justine Raux | France | 2023 | 6’ | Animation
12. Sparrow’s Brains by Arun Leander Boudodimos | Germany | 2023 | 2’ | Animation
13. The Girl with the Occupied Eyes by André Carrilho | Portugal | 2024 | 8’ | Animation
14. The Miss-Adventures of Molly & Sage by Nathaniel Bernard Shrage | USA | 2024 | 4’ | Animation
15. Tomorrow by Aryasb Feiz | Iran | 2023 | 17’ | Animation
16. Vidalia by Camille Borg, Constance Cartaut, Diane Hamel, Tabatha Hugues, Morgane Jolivel, Emile Lachkar, Bastien L’Hourre, Enzo Regardin, Céline Soubrane | France | 2023 | 7’ | Animation
17. Yuck! By Loïc Espuche | France | 2023 | 13’ | Animation
KIDs Program 11+
1. A Crab in the Pool by Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel | Canada | 2023 | 11’ | Animation
2. Eastern by Victor Dalmont, Mathis Dorniol, Valentine Fripier, Margaux Huvé, Marion Machelard, Maëva Mina, Iannis Oillic, Paul Pillan, Solène Poirier | France | 2023 | 7’ | Animation
3. For You by Luca Paulli | UK | 2023 | 4’ | Animation
4. Hunky Dory by Steven Vander Meer | USA | 2024 | 6’ | Animation
5. Jus d’Orange (Orange Juice) by Alexandre Athané | France | 2023 | 14’ | Animation
6. Langor by Marianne Autret, Eve Bermond-Gonnet, Guillaume Boeuf-Coueron, Léo Chabrier, Yannis Clerima, Roxelane Guilbaud, Solène Lablonde, Sam Moriceau | France | 2023 | 6’ | Animation
7. Mano by Toke Madsen | Denmark | 2023 | 7’ | Animation
8. On the 8th Day by Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois | France | 2023 | 8’ | Animation
9. Sapiens? By Bruno Bozzetto | Italy | 2023 | 23’ | Animation
10. Sunshower by Jintong Song | China | 2024 | 9’ | Animation
11. The Navel of the Moon by Sara Lourenço António, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Ezequiel Garibay Cires, Tian Westraad | France | 2023 | 8’ | Animation
12. The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess by Anna-Ester Volozh | UK | 2024 | 7’ | Animation
13. To Dear Me by Gisele Tong | China | 2024 | 6’ | Animation
TEENs
1. Absence Excuse by Alex Marano | Italy | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction
2. Fucked Up by Edvin Åhrström | Sweden | 2024 | 10’ | Fiction
3. Kiddo by Maks Nowicki | Poland | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
4. Like the Rain in the Branches by Yuri Casagrande Conti | Italy | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
5. Ootid by Eglė Razumaitė | Lithuania, France | 2024 | 9’ | Fiction
6. Summer 2000 by Virginie Nolin, Laurence Olivier | Canada | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction
7. The Nest by Valèria Cuní | Spain | 2023 | 8’ | Fiction
8. Viaje de Negocios (Business Trip) by Gerardo Coello Escalante | Mexico | 2024 | 13’ | Fiction
9. Yellow Belt by Allyn Quigley | Ireland | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
GENERATIONs
1. Changing Rooms by Violette Gitton | France | 2024 | 18’ | Fiction
2. Hard to Swallow by Magali Miniac | France | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
3. Jungle Law by Madli Lääne | Estonia | 2024 | 18’ | Fiction
4. kitty_kitty_katxxx by Diệu An | Vietnam | 2024 | 29’ | Fiction
5. Last Night by Lea Bloch | Switzerland | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
6. Norma by Payam Razi | Czech Republic, France | 2023 | 24’ | Fiction
7. Olli by Jeroen Mourmans | Netherlands | 2024 | 17’ | Fiction
8. Oyu by Atsushi Hirai | France | 2023 | 22’ | Fiction
9. Porcelain by Annika Birgel | Germany | 2024 | 15’ | Fiction
10. Trees Painted in Tar by Casper Rudolf | Denmark, France | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
11. Two For the Road by Lochlainn McKenna | Ireland | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction
NEW WORLD
1. A Night at the Rest Area by Saki Muramoto | Japan | 2024 | 12’ | Animation
2. Alarms by Nicolas Panay | France | 2024 | 17’ | Fiction
3. Complications by Ivar Aase | Norway | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction
4. Cross My Heart and Hope to Die by Sam Manacsa | Philippines | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction
5. Dammi by Yann Mounir Demange | UK | 2023 | 16’ | Fiction
6. Distress Call by Michele D’Anca | Italy | 2024 | 20’ | Fiction
7. Dom Juan by Hekuran Isufi | France | 2024 | 15’ | Fiction
8. Electra by Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia | 2023 | 27’ | Animation
9. Forsaken by Aziz Shennawy | Tunisia | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction
10. P by Stelios Koupetoris | Greece | 2024 | 10’ | Animation
11. The Voice of Others by Fatima Kaci | France | 2023 | 30’ | Fiction
12. Titanic, Suitable Version for Iranian Families by Farnoosh Samadi | France | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
13. Via Dolorosa by Rachel Gutgarts | France | 2023 | 12’ | Animation
DIVERGENT MINDs
1. Dori by Redi Mazi | Albania | 2024 | 18’ | Fiction
2. Hedgehog’s Dilemma by Mateusz Rybiński | Poland | 2023 | 16’ | Fiction
3. It Is What It Is by Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Finland | 2024 | 15’ | Fiction
4. Maral by Parinaz Mehri | Iran | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction
5. My Son Went Quiet by Ian Singh Bawa | Canada | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
6. The Horn by Mark Wills | Australia | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction
7. You Land by Debora Maité | UK | 2023 | 15’ | Fiction
PARADE
1. Abraham by Elnaz Ghaderpour, Reza Gamini | Iran | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
2. Better Than Earth by Sherif Elbendary | Egypt, France | 2024 | 23’ | Fiction
3. Crave by Mark Middlewick | France | 2024 | 12’ | Fiction
4. Muscat by Philippe Grenier | Canada | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction
5. Pigeons Are Dying, When the City is on Fire by Stavros Markoulakis | Greece | 2023 | 21’ | Fiction
6. Queen Size by Avril Besson | France | 2023 | 18’ | Fiction
7. The Exchange by Amaia Yoldi | Spain | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction
REFLECTING ALBANIA
1. Belonging by Kreshnik Jonuzi, Sævar Guðmundsson | Iceland, USA | 2023 | 88’ | Documentary
2. House With a Voice by Kristine Nrecaj, Birthe Templin | Germany | 2024 | 87’ | Documentary
3. Italianesi by Saverio La Ruina | Italy | 2023 | 84’ | Documentary
4. My Branches, Our Roots by Laura M’Baye Edge, Vita Söderberg, Hanna Maria Rydberg | Sweden | 2023 | 20’ | Documentary
5. Pasturismo by Andrea Chiloiro, Riccardo Franchini, Giovanni Labriola, Matteo Ragno | Italy | 2024 | 43’ | Documentary
6. Raw Materials by Tuna Kaptan | Germany | 2023 | 86’ | Drama
AI Program 1.0
1. Code of illusion by Ard Kelmendi | Czech Republic | 2024 | 9’ | AI Documentary
2. Entropy by Yumeng Liu, Weizhi Cao | China | 2024 | 5’ | AI Experimental
3. Hypnosuggestion by Per Bifrost | Sweden | 2023 | 8’ | AI Experimental
4. Kingdom by Andres Bronnimann | Costa Rica | 2024 | 4’ | AI Experimental
5. Mombomb by Patricia Beckmann Wells | USA | 2024 | 5’ | AI Animation
6. reMemBer2.human by Durim Klaiqi | Kosovo | 2023 | 7’ | AI Experimental
7. The Artificial Conjuring Circle by S()fia Braga | Austria | 2023 | 6’ | AI Experimental
8. The Girl Who Walked on Snow by Bruno Carnide | Portugal, Spain | 2024 | 4’ | AI Animation
9. The Lost Conversation by Chenmo Wu | UK | 2023 | 3’ | AI Experimental
10. To Dear Me by Gisele Tong | China | 2024 | 6’ | AI Animation
SPECIAL PROGRAM
RetrospecTIFF – Tribute to Marcello Mastroianni 100th anniversary
1. La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini | Italy, France | 1960 | 176’ | Comedy, Thriller
2. 8½ by Federico Fellini | Italy, France | 1963 | 138’ | Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
3. Me, Me, Me… and the Others (Io, Io, Io… e gli Altri) by Alessandro Blasetti | Italy, France | 1966 | 95’ | Comedy, Drama
4. What Time Is It? (Che Ora È) by Ettore Scola | Italy, France | 1989 | 97’ | Comedy, Drama
FOCUS: Kosova’s Young Film Talents - Faculty of Arts, University of Prishtina
1. Blind Owl by Kushtrim Haxha | Kosovo | 2023 | 8’ | Fiction
2. Devil’s Breath by Arlind Islami | Kosovo | 2021 | 15’ | Fiction
3. Dorina by Hana Salihu | Kosovo | 2023 | 5’ | Fiction
4. It’s a Boy by Durime Bajrami | Kosovo | 2021 | 12’ | Fiction
5. Same Place, Same Time by Jehona Ajdini | Kosovo | 2022 | 10’ | Fiction
6. Textile Factory by Alban Kaqiu | Kosovo | 2023 | 13’ | Fiction
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
OPENING FILM
Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France | 2024 | 136’ | Drama, Fantasy
TIFF CLASSICS: World Premiere Restored 4K
Kapedani by Fehmi Hoshafi, Muharrem Fejzo | Albania | 1972 | 100’ | Comedy
Experimental and Personal Filmmaking
Elpis by Rouzbeh Rashidi | Ireland, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Iran, Hungary | 2023 | 71’ | Film Essay, Documentary, Experimental
THE NETWORK OF FESTIVALS IN THE ADRIATIC REGION
1. Flow by Gints Zilbalodis | Latvia, France, Belgium | 2024 | 84’ | Animation
2. Hypnosis by Ernst De Geer | Sweden, Norway, France | 2023 | 98’ | Satire
3. Milk by Stefanie Kolk | Netherlands | 2023 | 96’ | Drama
4. Three Days of Fish by Peter Hoogendoorn | Netherlands, Belgium | 2024 | 85’ | Tragicomedy
OSCAR® 2024 Shorts - Live Action
1. Invincible by Vincent René-Lortie | Canada | 2022 | 29’
2. Knight of Fortune by Lasse Lyskjær Noer | Denmark | 2022 | 25’
3. Red, White and Blue by Nazrin Choudhury | USA | 2023 | 23’
4. The After by Misan Harriman | UK | 2023 | 18’
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar by Wes Anderson | UK | 2023 | 37’ | Oscar® Winner
EFA Short Tour 2023
1. 27 by Flóra Anna Buda | France, Hungary | 2023 | 10’ | Animation
2. Aqueronte by Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain | 2023 | 27’ | Documentary
3. Daydreaming so Vividly About our Spanish Holidays by Christian Avilés | Spain | 2022 | 24’ | Fiction
4. Flores Del Otro Patio by Jorge Cadena | Switzerland, Colombia | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction
5. Hardly Working by Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf | Austria | 2022 | 21’ | Documentary