Off Screen

DJs and dancing at the DRIV Café is the best way to celebrate this day’s queer program with two feature film screenings and a short film program. We can guarantee you good vibes and a busy dance floor!

It is with great pleasure that we invite audience, festival guests and all party lovers to celebrate the 33rd edition of TIFF!

The role of the storyteller examines the power that lies within the film industry to build worlds, shape memories, and change perceptions. We’ll look at who’s telling the stories, who isn’t, and why that matters.

Painter Anna-Brith Arntsen is showing some of her most recent paintings of Sami personalities for the very first time.

Meet the filmmakers at the festival!

Gozuid alde (Woke in Sami) with Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen and Sajje Solbakk.The Sami-speaking podcast that takes the difficult topics of conversation out from around the kitchen table and in the front of the microphone – takes a step further and brings the conversations to a live audience.

ICEBREAKER – your arena to talk about film.

"Russia as a neighbor - what happens when the dialogue is missing?"The war in Ukraine has put Russia's neighboring countries in a difficult situation. In Norway - especially in the north - we have long traditions of political and civil cooperation and collaborations with Russia. However, the war has made us question how one should relate to Russia as a neighbor.

The Norwegian Film Critics Association has put together a panel with one critic and people responsible for programming in addition to an academic. At least one of the participants works in Northern Norway - where people-to-people cooperation with Russia has a long tradition.

Norland Art and Film School invites to conversation with young filmmakers about what diversity really means.

Insomnia, TIFF and Musikkontoret Nord have the pleasure to invite you to a masterclass in film music for silent film with composer Neil Brand.

Welcome to the opening of Tromsø Kunstforenings festival exhibition during Tromsø International Film Festival‘Counterimaginaries’Thursday 19th of January from 6 - 9 pm

NORTH Pitch is a financing forum for documentary films focusing on life in Polar regions. The 14th edition will take place January 18-21, 2023 during Tromsø International Film Festival.

The Talks of the North build a bridge between the screen and the public debate. Tromsø International Film Festival, in cooperation with iTromsø, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Sparebanken Nord-Norge’s “Samfunnsløftet”, invite you to a series of talks with one or more festival films as starting point of the conversation. Note that the talks will be held mainly in Norwegian.

In collaboration with Tvibit, we are organizing TIFF UNG talk show with the youths that have curated the TIFF UNG program.

"It smells like a party in here!"Tromsø Film Society invites you to a trashfest in the spirit of John Waters.

EMERGING SCENES IN SMALL CITIESMusic business profile Daryl Bamonte (known for working with Depeche Mode and The Cure) and musician Per Martinsen (aka Mental Overdrive) in conversation.