A post-show conversation with co-creators Noé Forissier and Lou Golaz examines the creative choices behind Feu au lac. The session explores staging strategies, puppet design and technical challenges specific to puppet theatre, offering insight into artistic intent and production processes. Attendees can ask questions about concept, dramaturgy and fabrication and learn about practical and aesthetic decisions that shape the performance.
In French.
Fernand Salzmann leads a lecture exploring whether the Bible contains erotic magic formulas — spells used to bring a desired partner to one’s bed. Starting from the Song of Songs, a provocative short book of the Old Testament, the talk delves into ancient love magic and its social and religious contexts. Salzmann examines rituals, textual traces and the role of supernatural powers in desires and disappointments, offering historical and interpretive perspectives.
In French.
Through mystery, belief and wonder, magic has threaded through societies since ancient times. For its 11th edition, this festival explores shifting boundaries between science and the supernatural, reason and the marvelous. Lectures, screenings, guided visits and hands-on workshops invite everyone to discover the history of magical practices from past to present and to reflect on our ongoing fascination with the unknown and the afterlife.
Alain Mabanckou, novelist and professor of literature at UCLA, is known for his vibrant, lyrical French and award-winning fiction, including the Renaudot-winning Mémoires de porc-épic and internationally translated titles. In conversation with journalist Pascal Schouwey, Mabanckou discusses themes of exile, identity and language, and reads from his latest novel Ramsès de Paris, exploring its humour, irony and storytelling strategies that reinvent diasporic narratives.
In French.
This roundtable examines the impact of generative AI on creative practice and industry economics, questioning whether affordable AI tools risk enabling dumping that undermines creators’ livelihoods and reduces opportunities for newcomers. The discussion explores practical, ready-to-use strategies for creatives, clients and cultural stakeholders to navigate ethical, economic and quality concerns. Participants will investigate regulatory, contractual and professional responses, and highlight how different audiences can adapt workflows and commissioning practices to protect creativity and fair remuneration.
In French.
Judith Roche is a PhD candidate at the Institute of the History of the Reformation, specialising in late sixteenth-century religious history. Her Master’s thesis studied confessional controversies through the cooking-pot motif.
The lecture examines how polemical works used the cooking pot as a charged symbol—ranging from infernal instrument to emblem of communal difference—to fuel Manichaean narratives and exacerbate Catholic–Protestant tensions. Roche explores the visual and rhetorical strategies that shaped confessional identities in sixteenth-century France.
In French.
Week of events in Geneva bringing people together to confront racism through talks, roundtables, screenings, theatre, workshops, marches and guided visits. Activities are designed for all community members and include performances, film screenings, literary encounters, a human library, youth workshops and participatory theatre. The programme encourages listening, dialogue and collective reflection, offering multiple ways for neighbours and organisations to connect, learn and act together for a more inclusive city.
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