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6 – 15 March

Belleville-based photographer Souleymane Fofana, known as Commeas and also a player with JA Drancy, presents a body of photographic works that approach football through instinct and immediacy. Using motion, blur and saturated colour, he captures energy rather than fixed form, privileging rhythm, perception and spontaneous gesture over technical precision.

The images emerge from intuitive, in-the-moment shooting, a visual language of movement that evokes play, chaos and collective intensity. The presentation runs alongside the film Belleville nous verra toujours danser.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

Monday 9 March, 12:30

Pascal Schouwey, independent journalist, conducts an interview with Ernest Pignon-Ernest, elected to the Académie des beaux-arts and a precursor of street art since the 1960s. The conversation explores his rigorous technical practice, ethical commitment and the poetic way he inhabits the world. It examines emblematic works such as his Rimbaud vagabond, his interventions across different contexts and the recurring themes of exile, social injustice, reproductive rights, the AIDS crisis and migration, and how he revives dormant myths.

The lecture will be preceded by an apéritif at 18:30, offering a convivial start to the evening.

In French.

Monday 9 March, 18:30

A powerful forum on Iran’s long-standing repression and the voices of today’s uprising, preceded by a screening of Where God Is Not. Activists, journalists and researchers examine how decades of institutionalised violence, censorship and political repression shape the current protests, and reflect on resistance, memory and the visibility of victims under an authoritarian system.

The discussion is interpreted in English and French; the film is in Persian and French, with English and French subtitles.

6 – 15 March

Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.

6 – 15 March

Belleville-based photographer Souleymane Fofana, known as Commeas and also a player with JA Drancy, presents a body of photographic works that approach football through instinct and immediacy. Using motion, blur and saturated colour, he captures energy rather than fixed form, privileging rhythm, perception and spontaneous gesture over technical precision.

The images emerge from intuitive, in-the-moment shooting, a visual language of movement that evokes play, chaos and collective intensity. The presentation runs alongside the film Belleville nous verra toujours danser.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

Monday 9 March, 12:30

Pascal Schouwey, independent journalist, conducts an interview with Ernest Pignon-Ernest, elected to the Académie des beaux-arts and a precursor of street art since the 1960s. The conversation explores his rigorous technical practice, ethical commitment and the poetic way he inhabits the world. It examines emblematic works such as his Rimbaud vagabond, his interventions across different contexts and the recurring themes of exile, social injustice, reproductive rights, the AIDS crisis and migration, and how he revives dormant myths.

The lecture will be preceded by an apéritif at 18:30, offering a convivial start to the evening.

In French.

Monday 9 March, 18:30

A powerful forum on Iran’s long-standing repression and the voices of today’s uprising, preceded by a screening of Where God Is Not. Activists, journalists and researchers examine how decades of institutionalised violence, censorship and political repression shape the current protests, and reflect on resistance, memory and the visibility of victims under an authoritarian system.

The discussion is interpreted in English and French; the film is in Persian and French, with English and French subtitles.

6 – 15 March

Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.

6 – 15 March

Belleville-based photographer Souleymane Fofana, known as Commeas and also a player with JA Drancy, presents a body of photographic works that approach football through instinct and immediacy. Using motion, blur and saturated colour, he captures energy rather than fixed form, privileging rhythm, perception and spontaneous gesture over technical precision.

The images emerge from intuitive, in-the-moment shooting, a visual language of movement that evokes play, chaos and collective intensity. The presentation runs alongside the film Belleville nous verra toujours danser.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

Monday 9 March, 12:30

Pascal Schouwey, independent journalist, conducts an interview with Ernest Pignon-Ernest, elected to the Académie des beaux-arts and a precursor of street art since the 1960s. The conversation explores his rigorous technical practice, ethical commitment and the poetic way he inhabits the world. It examines emblematic works such as his Rimbaud vagabond, his interventions across different contexts and the recurring themes of exile, social injustice, reproductive rights, the AIDS crisis and migration, and how he revives dormant myths.

The lecture will be preceded by an apéritif at 18:30, offering a convivial start to the evening.

In French.

Monday 9 March, 18:30

A powerful forum on Iran’s long-standing repression and the voices of today’s uprising, preceded by a screening of Where God Is Not. Activists, journalists and researchers examine how decades of institutionalised violence, censorship and political repression shape the current protests, and reflect on resistance, memory and the visibility of victims under an authoritarian system.

The discussion is interpreted in English and French; the film is in Persian and French, with English and French subtitles.

6 – 15 March

Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.

3 – 15 March

Revived by director Ninon Fachard after the original staging by Véronique Ros de la Grange, this solo piece stars Jacques Michel with Caroline Gasser as the prompter. Lighting by Rinaldo Del Boca and music by Alain Lamarche carve intimate, shadowed spaces around a red sequined curtain. Makeup by Natalia Lepianka and costumes by Emilie Revel shape the fading glamour of a music‑hall star who soliloquises, recalls past glory and loss, and sings in playback—an inward plunge toward memory and survival.

In French.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Expect a rapid-fire musical guessing game where snippets spark memory and laughter. Teams or solo players race to name songs from French and international hits, recent singles and older classics, all served in short, buzzy rounds. The room pulses with sudden recognition, groans and triumphant shouts as melodies click into place. It’s playful, competitive and delightfully nostalgic — an energetic listening playground that turns familiar tunes into tiny, joyous puzzles.

11 – 15 March

Explore family ties with six quirky characters in a playful, child-height performance. They roam a poetic world, asking what makes a family and how we name bonds. Kids will listen to whimsical voices, watch colorful movements and imaginative scenes, and join gentle games that invite sharing and welcome. The piece mixes laughter, small surprises and moments for thinking, sparking curiosity about chosen families and how we open our hearts to someone new.

In French. Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

14 & 15 March, 14:00

The MAH offers an engaging and friendly weekend featuring knight demonstrations, live performances, and impromptu storytelling. Exciting surprises await children to spark their curiosity and imagination.

In French.  Ages 6 and up, accompanied by an adult.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

6 – 15 March

Belleville-based photographer Souleymane Fofana, known as Commeas and also a player with JA Drancy, presents a body of photographic works that approach football through instinct and immediacy. Using motion, blur and saturated colour, he captures energy rather than fixed form, privileging rhythm, perception and spontaneous gesture over technical precision.

The images emerge from intuitive, in-the-moment shooting, a visual language of movement that evokes play, chaos and collective intensity. The presentation runs alongside the film Belleville nous verra toujours danser.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

Monday 9 March, 12:30

Pascal Schouwey, independent journalist, conducts an interview with Ernest Pignon-Ernest, elected to the Académie des beaux-arts and a precursor of street art since the 1960s. The conversation explores his rigorous technical practice, ethical commitment and the poetic way he inhabits the world. It examines emblematic works such as his Rimbaud vagabond, his interventions across different contexts and the recurring themes of exile, social injustice, reproductive rights, the AIDS crisis and migration, and how he revives dormant myths.

The lecture will be preceded by an apéritif at 18:30, offering a convivial start to the evening.

In French.

Monday 9 March, 18:30

A powerful forum on Iran’s long-standing repression and the voices of today’s uprising, preceded by a screening of Where God Is Not. Activists, journalists and researchers examine how decades of institutionalised violence, censorship and political repression shape the current protests, and reflect on resistance, memory and the visibility of victims under an authoritarian system.

The discussion is interpreted in English and French; the film is in Persian and French, with English and French subtitles.

6 – 15 March

Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.

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Celebrating Geneva’s vibrant heartbeat and the stories shaping culture today

Human rights lawyer Alain Werner, founder of Civitas Maxima, shares a few of his favourite cultural and everyday spots in Geneva.
Cultural director of the Société de Lecture, Emmanuel Tagnard shares his Geneva essentials — from must-see landmarks and favorite chocolatiers to the book currently on his bedside table.

Geneva Classics

Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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