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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.

Wednesday 11 March, 15:00

Explore the mythology of the Nile Valley with tales like the world’s creation by the god Atoum, the goddess Sekhmet threatening humanity, and the resurrection of Osiris.

In French.  For children aged 6 and up, accompanied by an adult.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:00

Julien Doré, the singer‑songwriter revealed by La Nouvelle Star in 2007, offers dynamic, sensitive and often humorous pop. His new stage show mixes theatricality, visual invention and intimate moments, drawing on his work as an actor and director of his own videos. Expect playful arrangements, striking imagery and a charismatic presence that shifts between tenderness and irreverence, exploring emotion and humour with theatrical flair.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:30

Shane Carruth’s Primer, debuting with the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004, is a tightly constructed, low‑budget sci‑fi puzzle. Formerly an engineer, Carruth applies clinical rigor to a story about four suburban inventors; when Aaron and Abe discover that their mass‑reducing device can send them into the near past, timelines and trust fracture. The film’s austere textures, precise rhythms and intellectual tension create a disorienting, cerebral atmosphere where small technical details carry heavy moral and emotional weight.

In collaboration with l’Association des Amis de la Maison d’Ailleurs.

In original English version, with 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

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.

Wednesday 11 March, 15:00

Explore the mythology of the Nile Valley with tales like the world’s creation by the god Atoum, the goddess Sekhmet threatening humanity, and the resurrection of Osiris.

In French.  For children aged 6 and up, accompanied by an adult.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:00

Julien Doré, the singer‑songwriter revealed by La Nouvelle Star in 2007, offers dynamic, sensitive and often humorous pop. His new stage show mixes theatricality, visual invention and intimate moments, drawing on his work as an actor and director of his own videos. Expect playful arrangements, striking imagery and a charismatic presence that shifts between tenderness and irreverence, exploring emotion and humour with theatrical flair.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:30

Shane Carruth’s Primer, debuting with the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004, is a tightly constructed, low‑budget sci‑fi puzzle. Formerly an engineer, Carruth applies clinical rigor to a story about four suburban inventors; when Aaron and Abe discover that their mass‑reducing device can send them into the near past, timelines and trust fracture. The film’s austere textures, precise rhythms and intellectual tension create a disorienting, cerebral atmosphere where small technical details carry heavy moral and emotional weight.

In collaboration with l’Association des Amis de la Maison d’Ailleurs.

In original English version, with 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

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.

Wednesday 11 March, 15:00

Explore the mythology of the Nile Valley with tales like the world’s creation by the god Atoum, the goddess Sekhmet threatening humanity, and the resurrection of Osiris.

In French.  For children aged 6 and up, accompanied by an adult.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:00

Julien Doré, the singer‑songwriter revealed by La Nouvelle Star in 2007, offers dynamic, sensitive and often humorous pop. His new stage show mixes theatricality, visual invention and intimate moments, drawing on his work as an actor and director of his own videos. Expect playful arrangements, striking imagery and a charismatic presence that shifts between tenderness and irreverence, exploring emotion and humour with theatrical flair.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:30

Shane Carruth’s Primer, debuting with the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004, is a tightly constructed, low‑budget sci‑fi puzzle. Formerly an engineer, Carruth applies clinical rigor to a story about four suburban inventors; when Aaron and Abe discover that their mass‑reducing device can send them into the near past, timelines and trust fracture. The film’s austere textures, precise rhythms and intellectual tension create a disorienting, cerebral atmosphere where small technical details carry heavy moral and emotional weight.

In collaboration with l’Association des Amis de la Maison d’Ailleurs.

In original English version, with 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.

Saturday 14 March, 21:00

Sur Le Temps brings together Ensemble Batida, a contemporary trio of percussionists (Alexandra Bellon, Anne Briset, Jeanne Larrouturou), and the vocal quartet Contre le Temps, whose female voices specialise in medieval repertoire. The programme juxtaposes organum with open improvisation, exploring the distance between a centuries‑old vocal practice and an intensified attention to the present. The first part presents organum; later the musicians engage in improvised encounters that blur historical and contemporary sound worlds.

The project is organised by Ensemble Vide, an interdisciplinary platform for contemporary music and artistic research.

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.

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.

13 – 14 March

Presented as a lively meeting between young musicians and jazz in all its forms, this festival showcases emerging talents from school workshops. Students from collèges De Saussure, Claparède, André-Chavanne and the Jean-Piaget school perform spirited sets guided by their teachers. The programme spans vibrant concerts, experimental explorations and collaborative ensembles, balancing improvisation and composed pieces. The atmosphere is energetic and curious, celebrating youthful creativity, sonic discovery and the communal thrill of live jazz.

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

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.

Wednesday 11 March, 15:00

Explore the mythology of the Nile Valley with tales like the world’s creation by the god Atoum, the goddess Sekhmet threatening humanity, and the resurrection of Osiris.

In French.  For children aged 6 and up, accompanied by an adult.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:00

Julien Doré, the singer‑songwriter revealed by La Nouvelle Star in 2007, offers dynamic, sensitive and often humorous pop. His new stage show mixes theatricality, visual invention and intimate moments, drawing on his work as an actor and director of his own videos. Expect playful arrangements, striking imagery and a charismatic presence that shifts between tenderness and irreverence, exploring emotion and humour with theatrical flair.

Wednesday 11 March, 20:30

Shane Carruth’s Primer, debuting with the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2004, is a tightly constructed, low‑budget sci‑fi puzzle. Formerly an engineer, Carruth applies clinical rigor to a story about four suburban inventors; when Aaron and Abe discover that their mass‑reducing device can send them into the near past, timelines and trust fracture. The film’s austere textures, precise rhythms and intellectual tension create a disorienting, cerebral atmosphere where small technical details carry heavy moral and emotional weight.

In collaboration with l’Association des Amis de la Maison d’Ailleurs.

In original English version, with 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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