Wednesday 18 February, 18:30

Premiere/ La Vallée, by Gwennaël Bolomey

Cinélux

Booking Required

Gwennaël Bolomey’s La Vallée is a sensitive, intimate film that reconnects the filmmaker with his childhood in the Vallée de Joux. Prompted by the birth of his daughters, Bolomey returns to the winter Jura to confront a fraught relationship with his manic‑depressive, alcoholic father. Through restrained, tender observation and evocative landscapes, the film examines memory, illness and inheritance. Poised between reserve and emotional warmth, it maps how ties frayed by suffering can, across generations, transform fear into a unifying love.

Followed by a discussion with director Gwennaël Bolomey.

In French (original version).

Blvd de Saint-Georges 8,
1205 Genève

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Wednesday 11 February, 19:30

Premiere/ Orwell: 2+2=5

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Ambitious, dense and strikingly topical, Orwell: 2+2=5 revisits the final years of George Orwell through the lens of the 21st century. Raoul Peck delivers an urgent and uncompromising exploration of totalitarianism, disinformation and their enduring appeal.

The screening is followed by a discussion with Melik Özden, Director of the Europe–Third World Centre (CETIM), in collaboration with CETIM.

In original English version with French subtitles.

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Wednesday 11 February, 19:00

Anti-Nymphs | Four short films | Screening + conversation

Art & Exhibits Independent Cinema

Centre d'Art Contemporain

Gathering short works by Le Nemesiache, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Jumana Emil Abboud and Katia Kameli, the Anti-Nymphs programme stages feminist rereadings of Greco‑Roman myths across the Mediterranean. The films foreground the aquatic—shorelines, currents and submerged histories—using textured, topographical explorations and lyrical montage to update mythological figures with political resonance. Sparse narration, tactile frames and layered soundscapes trace alternative geographies and collective memory, inviting a contemplative encounter with nature, gendered myth and the sea’s shifting allegories.

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Thursday 12 February, 19:30

Pulp Fiction

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Nord-Sud

Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction reconfigures crime cinema with a playful, violent mosaic of interwoven stories. Winner of the Palme d’Or, the film unfolds through sharp, rhythmic dialogue, jolting ellipses and richly textured tableaux that follow small-time criminals and lost souls in Los Angeles. Its episodic structure and pop-culture riffing probe fate, moral ambiguity and the performative nature of identity. Shot with kinetic framing and vivid, often darkly comic visuals, the film’s tonal shifts make ordinary moments feel uncanny and electric.

In Original English version with French subtitles.

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Thursday 12 February, 20:00

Special Screening: Blade Runner

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Blade Runner (Director’s Cut) by Ridley Scott (1992, 1h56), organised by the Société de Lecture, in the presence of Professor Alexandre Pouget.

Ridley Scott’s Director’s Cut of Blade Runner is a hallucinatory neo-noir that probes memory, identity, and what it means to be human. Set in a rain-soaked, neon-lit future, the film combines moody, atmospheric cinematography with philosophical questions about creation and empathy. Harrison Ford’s brooding performance and Vangelis’s iconic score create a haunting, elegiac tone that underscores themes of mortality, longing, and the blurred boundary between man and machine.

In original English version with French subtitles.

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5 January – 23 March

Lost in Narration

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Curated by the Geneva University Film Club, Lost in Narration gathers films by directors such as Federico Fellini, Alain Resnais and David Lynch to explore non-linear, disorienting storytelling. The series maps fragmented narratives and dreamlike logic, offering snapshots of memory, identity and cinematic form. Expect varied visual textures—from luminous retro frames to saturated nocturnes—and an emotional pulse that moves between unease and melancholic wonder. It highlights how narrative instability opens new dramaturgies and sensory possibilities in cinema.

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Friday 20 February, 18:30

Special premiere: Soyons fous

Independent Cinema

MEA

Quentin Perez’s intimate documentary approach was built with participants living with mental health challenges, following a team as they set out to make an adventure film. The camera tracks their learning, the transfer of craft from seasoned professionals, and a shoot in the Hautes-Alpes at 2,800 metres. Part coming-of-age and part collective odyssey, the film listens to voices too often silenced, balancing doubt, humour and moving revelations. Textures of mountain light and close-up intimacy shape a tender, unsentimental portrait of creativity and resilience.

Cine-deate in presence of the director, Quentin Perez and Noël Thulin Pinaud-Merlin, actor in the movie.

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Premiere/ La Vallée, by Gwennaël Bolomey