In the table below you will find a list of closed press screenings of several of the films in the festival program, including the opening film.
Relevant guests who are visiting during the festival are also listed in the table below. You can find more information about availability and contact information for interviews here.
Important! Most of TIFFs press screenings have an embargo after the premieres. You will find the embargo time for each film in the table below.
To get access to the screenings you can use your press accreditation.
Monday 15th of January
| Time | Place | English Title | Director | Guests | Embargo time |
| 13:30 | Fokus 1 | Life is Beautiful - Al Haya Helwa | Mohamed Jabaly | Mohamed Jabaly(dir), Kristine Ann Skaret (prod), Sarah Winge Sørensen (impact prod), Erland Edenholm (editor) | Monday 15th Jan, at 20:40 |
| 19:30 | Fokus 6 | Life is Beautiful - Al Haya Helwa | Mohamed Jabaly | Mohamed Jabaly(dir), Kristine Ann Skaret (prod), Sarah Winge Sørensen (impact prod), Erland Edenholm (editor) | Monday 15th Jan, at 20:40 |
| 09:00 | Fokus 6 | 20,000 Species of Bees | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren | |
| 11:30 | Fokus 6 | Four Daughters | Kaouther Ben-Hania | Monday Jan. 15th, at 15:50. | |
| 15:30 | Fokus 6 | Green Border | Agnieszka Holland | Wednesday Jan. 17th, at 11:30 |
Tuesday 16th of January
| Time | Place | English Title | Director | Guests | Embargo time |
| 08:45 | Fokus 6 | The Gullspång Miracle | Maria Fredriksson | Maria Fredriksson, Ina Holmqvist (prod) | Tuesday Jan 16th, at 10:35 |
| 10:45 | Fokus 6 | Punishment | Øystein Mamen | Øystein Mamen, Bjørn-Edvard Ramstad Rones (cast) | Tuesday Jan 16th, at 18:00 |
| 12:45 | Fokus 6 | Dream Scenario | Kristoffer Borgli | Tuesday Jan 16th, at 18:25 | |
| 14:50 | Fokus 6 | Riceboy Sleeps | Anthony Shim | Anthony Shim, Seungyoon Choi(cast) |
Wednesday 17th of January
| Time | Place | English Title | Director | Guests | Embargo time |
| 08:30 | Fokus 6 | Kalak | Isabella Eklöf | Isabella Eklöf, Maria Møller Kjeldgaard (prod), Elin Anderson (prod) | Friday Jan 19th, at 19:00 |
| 10:45 | Fokus 6 | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | Wednesday Jan 17th, at 21:00 | |
| 12:45 | Fokus 6 | The Tundra Within Me | Sara Margrethe Oskal | Sara Margrethe Oskal, Risten Anine Gaup (cast), Nils Ailu Kemi (cast), Anna Løvlund (editor) | Wednesday Jan 17th, at 20:45 |
| 14:30 | Fokus 6 | Diagnonsense | Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård | Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård, Andrew Grant (prod), Øyvind Gregersen (prod) | Wednesday Jan 17th, at 18:35 |
Thursday 18th of January
| Time | Place | English Title | Director | Guests | Embargo time |
| 08:45 | Fokus 6 | Je'vida | Katja Gauriloff | Katja Gauriloff | Thursday Jan18th, at 15:40 |
| 10:45 | Fokus 6 | Ibelin | Benjamin Ree | Friday Jan 19th, at 21:20 | |
| 12:40 | Fokus 6 | The Holdovers | Alexander Payne | ||
| 15:00 | Fokus 6 | Woolly | Rebekka Maria Nystabakk | Rebekka Maria Nystabakk, Benedikte Bredesen (prod), Fridtjof Kjæreng (crew), Ann Katrin Sætrevik (cast) | Thursday Jan 18th, at 21:10 |
| 16:30 | Fokus 6 | Puan | María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat | Benjamín Naishtat |
Friday 19th of January
| Time | Place | English Title | Director | Guests | Embargo time |
| 08:45 | Fokus 6 | Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind | Ethan Coen | Ethan Coen, Tricia Cooke |
