Program TIFF.20 Sibiu

New Year’s Eve, 1999. A man is fatally shot during a hunting party. Agachi, a young investigator at the beginning of his career, is sent from the capital to determine whether it was murder or an accident. Soon, this apparently simple case turns into a test of conscience.

Misanthropic novelist François writes gripping crime stories, but his own life is far less thrilling. His partner Colette, a professor at the Sorbonne and world-renowned expert on Alfred Hitchcock, is tired of watching François sit around their apartment in his pyjamas and yearns for the excitement of the classic films she watches with her students....See more details

Elaha is a 2023 German drama film directed by Milena Aboyanin her feature-length debut. It follows a Young Kurdish-German Woman named Elaha as she navigates familiar cultural expectations and individual and sexual Freedom right before her wedding. Elaha premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section....See more details

A young man dreams of opening a kiosk, but for now he lacks the means to do so. A local big shot offers him a substantial sum of money for what appears to be a simple delivery job, but things soon get complicated. At first convinced he has sold only his time, the young man realizes — when it is already too late — that he has in fact sold his conscience.

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

Two down-on-their-luck jazz musicians find themselves out of a job and on the run after the police raid the speakeasy where they perform and they inadvertently witness a gang war. With no money and nowhere to hide, they join an all-female band headed to Florida. Armed with dodgy wigs and wobbly falsettos, Joe and Jerry settle into their new identities — especially after meeting the gorgeous Sugar Kane — but things soon begin to spiral out of control...

Film subtitrat în limba română Premieră în România - film fresh de la Berlinale, Annecy și Toronto 2025 Regizor: Eric San (aka Kid Koala) Țară: Canada An: 2025 Vârstă recomandată: 6+ Sinopsis: Cadet în spațiu este o fabulă muzicală fără dialog, despre o tânără astronaută și robotul ei protector....See more details

With great power comes great responsibility, right? But what if the hero is just a hen? Escaping from a chicken farm, she finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order, and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family - and understands that her life is on the line.

Tomorrow Somewhere by the Sea (Morgen irgendwo am Meer) is a German coming-of-age film directed by Patrick Büchtingand based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Adriana Popescu. The film follows four teenagers who set out on a journey to Lisbon after finishing school, only to confront personal conflicts, complicated friendships, first love, and unresolved experiences from their past....See more details