CENTREPIECE

MIROIRS NO. 3

by Christian Petzold

Fiction Feature, 86'

Germany, 2025

Production Company: Schramm Film Koerner Weber Kaiser

Sales: The Match Factory

MIROIRS NO. 3 Screenings:

September 4, 7:00 PM, Scotiabank 3 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 6, 6:15 PM, TIFF LIGHTBOX Cinema 3
September 13, 7:05 PM, Scotiabank 11

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

SILENT FRIEND

by Ildikó Enyedi

Feature, 145'

Germany, Hungary, France 2025

Production: Pandora Film

Sales: Films Boutique

SILENT FRIEND Screenings:

September 8, 9:25 AM, Scotiabank 14 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 8, 8:15 PM, Royal Alexandra Theatre
September 9, 7:30 PM, Scotiabank 2
September 13, 3:15 PM, Scotiabank 11
September 14, 12:15 PM, Scotiabank 3

SOUND OF FALLING

by Mascha Schilinski

Fiction Feature, 159'

Germany, 2025

Production Company: Studio Zentral

Sales: MK2

The film is the German entry for the ACADEMY AWARDS® 2026 for BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM.

SOUND OF FALLING Screenings:

September 4, 2:45 PM, Scotiabank 10 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 7, 5:45 PM, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
September 8, 7:00 PM, Scotiabank 11
September 13, 7:30 PM, Scotiabank 9

DISCOVERY

BABYSTAR

by Joscha Bongard 

Feature, 98’

Germany, 2025

Production: LiseLotte Films

Sales: LiseLotte Films

BABYSTAR Screenings:

September 6, 9:00 AM, Scotiabank 9 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 5, 7:00 PM at TIFF Lightbox Cinema 4
September 6, 11:45 AM, Scotiabank 4
September 12, 12:30 PM, Scotiabank 3

WAVELENGTHS

DRY LEAF

by Alexandre Koberidze

Fiction, 186'

Germany, Georgia 2025

Production: New Matter Films

Sales: Heretic 

DRY LEAF Screenings:

September 5, 7:15 PM, Scotiabank 6 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 7, 6:45 PM, Scotiabank 10
September 13, 7:30 PM, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 4

WITH HASAN IN GAZA

by Kamal Aljafari 

Documentary, 106'

Germany, Palestine, Qatar, Switzerland, France 2025

Production: kamal aljafari productions

Sales: kamal aljafari productions

WITH HASAN IN GAZA Screenings:

September 4, 3:25 PM, Scotiabank 8 (Press & Industry Screening)
September 6, 6:45 PM, TIFF Lightbox Cinema 4
September 7, 9:40 PM, Scotiabank 8

FURTHER GERMAN CO-PRODUCTIONS

CENTREPIECE

A USEFUL GHOST (PEE CHAI DAI KA) by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke (TH/FR/SG/DE, Mayana Film)

DIYA (BLUTGELD) by Achille Ronaimou (TD/FR/DE/CI, Filmgalerie 451)

EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik Saleh (FR/SE/DK/DE, Films Boutique)

ORPHAN by László Nemesz (HU/UK/FR/DE, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion)

THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD (LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA) by Francesco Sossai (IT/DE, Maze Pictures)

THE LITTLE SISTER (LA PETITE DERNIÈRE) by Hafsia Herzi (FR/DE, Katuh Studio)

TWO PROSECUTORS (ZWEI STAATSANWÄLTE) by Sergei Loznitsa (FR/DE/NL/LV/RO/LT, LOOKSfilm)

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

A POET (UN POETA) by Simón Mesa Soto (CO/DE/SE, Ma.ja.de)

CALLE MALAGA by Maryam Touzani (MAR/FR/ES/DE/BE, One Two Films)

FRANZ (FRANZ K.) by Agnieszka Holland (CZ/DE/PL, X-Filme)

SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier (NO/DE/DK/FR/SE, Komplizen Film)

SOUND OF FALLING (IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN) by Mascha Schilinski (Studio Zentral)

THE SECRET AGENT by Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR/FR/DE/NL, One Two Films)

PLATFORM

HEN by György Pálfi (GR/DE/HU, Pallas Film)

SHORT CUTS

THE CONTESTANT by Patrick Xavier Bresnan (US/DE)

KINO! FILM SALON: xxxxxxx

 KINO! FILM SALON online film club wil be hosted in a live event from the Toronto International Film Festival and have a special guest star on site:

xxx, director of xxx featured at TIFF in the xxx section.

xxx will talk about his feature film xxx  

Date and time: Sunday, September 7, 11:30am – 12:30 pm PT
2:30pm – 3:30pm ET, 8:30pm – 9:30pm CET

Hosted by Jim Kolmar and Justine Barda, More information and RSVP here.

GERMAN FILMS CONTACT IN TORONTO

Simone Baumann, Managing Director (Sep 3-8)

Nicole Kaufmann, Head of Regional Desk USA & UK (Sep 3-9)

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