The Smell of Apples

Directed by John Trengove

2026 · South Africa, Netherlands, Chile · Afrikaans, English · Drama, Environment + Sustainability, Biography + History, Adaptation

Platform

Tickets on tiff.net ↗Log / review on Letterboxd ↗

Synopsis

In John Trengove’s relentless third feature, a sheltered 11-year-old white South African boy gradually comes to realize the horrors of the apartheid system.

Programming note from tiff.net. Matched to TMDB on title and director (The Smell of Apples, 2026).

Showtimes

Fri Sep 11

6:15 PM

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Sat Sep 12

8:40 AM

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Press & Market

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6:00 PM

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Rush lineNo report yet · ~10 rush seats

Fri Sep 18

11:45 AM

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Rush lineNo report yet · ~22 rush seats