Mihai Mincan’s Milk Teeth (2025) is set in late‑1980s Romania, where ten‑year‑old Maria is the last person to see her older sister Alina before the girl disappears. Left with no clues and little help from the authorities, Maria and her family unravel against the backdrop of the coming revolution. The film blends a tense missing‑person story with a portrait of a society collapsing under dictatorship, showing how political turmoil seeps into everyday life.
Mihai Mincan is a Bucharest‑born filmmaker. He studied philosophy at the University of Bucharest and later completed an MBA at the University of Poitiers. Mincan directed the shorts Alaska (2014) and The Comet (2017) and co‑directed Bondoc (2015), Emigrant Blues: A Road Movie in 2 ½ Chapters and The Man Who Would Be Free (2019). His debut feature To the North (2022) showcased his eye for moral and political tension, and Milk Teeth extends that sensitivity.
TIFF 50 screenings:
Thu Sep 4 – 12:25 PM, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto (Press & Industry)
Wed Sep 10 – 5:30 PM, TIFF Lightbox
Thu Sep 11 – 7:00 PM, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Tickets and more details: tiff.net/films/milk-teeth