CENTREPIECE

SEVEN DAYS 

by Ali Samadi Ahadi

Feature,  Fiction, 110‘

Germany, 2024

Production: brave new work

Sales: Good Fellas

SEVEN DAYS Screenings:

Sept. 6, Scotiabank 13, 9:15 PM (Press & Industry)

Sept. 7, Scotiabank 13, 3:20 PM

Sept. 9, Scotiabank 14, 9:45 PM

Sept. 14, Scotiabank 6, 5:10 PM

Sept. 15, Scotiabank, 13, 12:15 PM

CENTREPIECE

EDGE OF NIGHT

by Türker Süer 

Feature, 85’

Germany, Turkey 2024

Production: MFP

Sales: The Match Factory

EDGE OF NIGHT Screenings: 

Sept. 9, Scotiabank 6, 2:30 PM (Press & Industry)

Sept. 11, Scotiabank 4, 9:30 PM

Sept. 12, Scotiabank 10, 6:00 PM

Sept. 14, Scotiabank 5, 9:15 PM

CENTREPIECE

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

by Scandar Copti

Feature, 121’

Germany, Palestine, France, Italy 2024

Production: Red Balloon Film

Sales: Indie Sales

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Screenings:

Sept. 7, Scotiabank 8, 11:45 AM Press & Industry

Sept. 12, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3, 3:00 PM

Sept. 13, Scotiabank 10, 1:30 PM

CENTREPIECE

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

by Mohammad Rasoulof

Feature, 167’

Germany, France, Iran 2024

Production: Run Way Pictures

Sales: Films Boutique

The film is the German entry for the ACADEMY AWARDS® 2025 for BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM.

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG Screenings:

Sept. 5, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2, 2:00 PM Press & Industry

Sept. 11, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 1, 9:00 PM

Sept. 12, Scotiabank 3, 8:45 PM

DISCOVERY

SAD JOKES

by Fabian Stumm

Feature, 96’

Germany 2024

Production: Postofilm

Sales: Salzgeber

SAD JOKES Screenings:

Sept. 5, Scotiabank 8, 3:05 PM (Press & Industry)

Sept. 9, Scotiabank 10, 12:15 PM

Sept. 10, Scotiabank 6, 8:10 PM

SHORT CUTS

THE SUNSET SPECIAL 2

by Nicolas Gebbe

Experimental Animation, 19‘

Germany 2024

Production: Nicolas Gebbe

Sales: Square Eyes

THE SUNSET SPECIAL 2 Screenings:

Sept. 5, Scotiabank 14, 12:30 PM (Press & Industry)

Sept. 8, Scotiabank 13, 6:15 PM

Sept. 12, Scotiabank 10, 9:30 PM

FURTHER GERMAN CO-PRODUCTIONS

CENTREPIECE

AN UNFINISHED FILM by Lou Ye (SG/DE, Essential Filmproduktion)
CROCODILE TEARS by Tumpal Tampubolon (ID/FR/SG/DE, 2Pilots Filmproduction)
THE LEGEND OF THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS by The Agbajawo Collective (NG/DE, Die Gesellschaft DGS)
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe (AT/FR/DE/SO, NiKo Film)
TO A LAND UNKNOWN by Mahdi Fleifel (UK/FR/DE/GR/NL/QA/SA/PS, Salaud Morisset Germany)

CLASSICS

TIME OF MATURITY (REIFEZEIT) by Sohrab Shahid Saless (PROVOBIS Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen)

DISCOVERY

BONJOUR TRISTESSE by Durga Chew-Bose (CA/DE, Barry Film)

HORIZONTE by César Augusto Acevedo (CO/FR/LU/CL/DE, unafilm)

PLATFORM

THE WOLVES ALWAYS COME AT NIGHT by Gabrielle Brady (AU/MN/DE, Chromosom Film)

PRIMETIME

FAMILIER SOM VORES (FAMILIES LIKE OURS) by Thomas Vinterberg (DN/FR/SE/CZ/NO/DE, Zentropa Berlin)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

HARVEST by Athina Rachel Tsangari (UK/DE/GR/FR/US, MFP)

RUMOURS by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson (CA/DE, Maze Pictures)

THE ASSESSMENT by Fleur Fortuné (UK/DE/US, Augenschein Filmproduktion)

THE END by Joshua Oppenheimer (DN/DE/IR/IT/UK/SE, MFP)

TIFF DOC

TATA by Radu Ciorniciuc, Lina Vdovii (RO/DE/NL, Corso Film)

WAVELENGTHS

GRAND TOUR by Miguel Gomes (PT/IT/FR/DE/JP/CN)

PEPE by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias (DOM, NAM/DE/FR, Pandora Film Produktion)

VIET AND NAM by Quý Truong Minh (VN/PH/CH/SG/FR/QA/SA/DE, Scarlet Visions)

KINO! FILM SALON: THE GREEN WAVE

The focus of the next session for the KINO! FILM SALON online film club on Sep 8, hosted by Jim Kolmar, will be Ali Samadi Ahadi’s animated documentary feature film THE GREEN WAVE that premiered in Sundance in 2010.

The event will be hosted live from TIFF and has a special guest: director Ali Samadi Ahadi, who will be presenting SEVEN DAYS  as a world premiere. KINO! FILM SALON is a production of Telescope Film and German Film Office.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/kinofilmsalongreenwave

Date and time: Sunday, September 8 at 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET, 9:30 PM – 10:30PM CET. 

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