Fatima (Short)
sunday, 8 november, 8:20 pm Ali Halawi, Germany | 2026 | 12m 34s | Animation, Drama with English Subtitles Fatima grows up on the Tyre peninsula in southern Lebanon. When she is ten, the first Israeli bombs change her life and her home forever. This animated biopic follows Fatima through her childho
Hair (Short)
sunday, 8 november, 2 pm Sara Jade Alfaro-Dehghani, Canada | | 15m 7s | Comedy | Farsi with English Subtitles Sisters Farrah, Miriam and Layla gather for their monthly hair removal and chai session. With them they bring years of family drama and inches of stubborn body hair. Meanwhile, their daughte
Unexpressed (Short)
saturday, 7 november, 1 pm Mariia Felenko, Czech Republic, Ukraine | 2026 | 7m 50s | Drama with English Subtitles After months in exile in Berlin, Anya returns to Kyiv and visits her boyfriend’s photo lab – where, under the sound of air raid sirens, their reunion unfolds differently than she
The Tide Inside (Short)
sunday, 8 november, 8:20 pm Lorena Villanueva, Colombia, United States | 2025 | 9m 54s | Drama | English, Spanish with English Subtitles A Colombian teenage girl in Los Angeles begins to unravel as the threat of deportation creeps into her world. Though raised to believe herself strong, a quiet unea
Student Competition
sunday, 8 november, 8:20 pm BABA NOEL BY DANIELA NOROUZIAN FOR VAANI BY Pragati Kaushal ITER BY Ismail Alberto Ali MACAAN BY Ayub Nor MARACATU BY PEER WAHLQUIST THE LINE BETWEEN US BY LEO DEAN
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Eran Riklis, Israel and Italy, 2024, 1h48m, Toronto premiere Based on a novel of the same title by Azar Nafisi. With Golshifteh Farahani, Zar Amir-Ebrahimi In Farsi and English, with English subtitles, Nominated, Best Film, Rome FF 2025; nominated, Best Film, Tallin FF 2025; Nominated, Best Direc
Mongrels
Jerome Yoo, Canada, 2024, 111 min, in English and Korean, with English subtitles, Toronto Premiere Vancouver FF 2024, Emerging Canadian Director Award In rural Canada in the 1990s, a Korean family, a widower, his teenage son, and young daughter, attempts to find footing in a new land while navigatin
SOULEYMANE’S STORY (L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)
Boris Lojkine, France, 2024, 92 min, in French, with English subtitles Cannes FF 2024, Un Certain Regard Best Performance, and Jury Prize, Nominated, Un Certain Regard Award; Jerusalem FF 2024, Winner, Best International Film; Reykjavik FF 2024, Nominated, Best Film; Pingyao FF 2024, Winner, Best Di
The Party’s Over (Fin de Fiesta)
Elena Manrique, Spain, 2024, 103’, in Spanish and French, with English subtitles Valladolid FF 2024, Nominated, Best Film Showtime: Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 3:00PM The Party’s Over follows Carmina, a privileged woman living in southern Spain, whose life of inherited wealth revolves around
Anywhere, Anytime
Milad Tangshir, Italy, 2024, 85 min, in Italian with English subtitles TIFF 2024, Nominated, People’s Choice Award (Best Film); Venice FF 2024, Winner, Premio Fondazione Fai Persona Lavoro Ambiente Award & Luciano Sovena Award, Nominated, Critics’ Week Award (Best Film); Busan IFF 2024, Nomi
Champions of the Golden Valley
Ben Sturgulewski, Afghanistan, Germany, United States, 2024, 80 min, in Farsi Dari and English, with English subtitles, Toronto Premiere Heartland IFF 2024, Winner, Audience Choice Award; Official Selection: Tribeca FF 2024, DC/DOX FF 2024, Denver FF 2024, Austin FF 2024 Showtime: Saturday, November
In the Land of Brothers
Alireza Ghasemi and Raha Amirfazli, Iran, France, Netherlands, 2024, 95 min, in Farsi, Dari, Hazaragi with English subtitles, Toronto Premiere Sundance FF 2024, Winner, Directing Award, Nominated, Grand Jury Prize; Uruguay International FF 2024, Nominated, Human Rights Award; Jeonju IFF 2024, Nomina
My Stolen Planet
My Stolen Planet Farahnaz Sharifi, Germany, Iran, 2024, 82 min, in Farsi with English subtitles Berlin FF 2024, Nominated, Berlinale Documentary Award; Chicago FF 2024, Nominated, Best Documentary Showtime: Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 7:00PM, Opening Film My Stolen Planet unfolds through the pe