Thursday 24 September, 19:30

Laurel & Hardy with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande live

Booking Required

Three restored Laurel and Hardy shorts—An Eye for an Eye, Long Live Liberty and The Battle of the Century—directed respectively by James W. Horne, Leo McCarey and Clyde Bruckman. The program foregrounds their precision of gesture, rhythmic choreography and comic timing, framed in silent-era textures and restored prints. A newly composed symphonic score performed live by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande weaves with the images, creating a dialogue between music and motion. The mood alternates between nimble slapstick and melancholic lyricism, highlighting the duo’s enduring cinematic modernity.

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 14,
1204 Genève

Photo Credit: Laurel et Hardy

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Photo Credit: Laurel et Hardy

7 September – 6 October

Patricia Plattner Retrospective

Independent Cinema

Carouge

An intimate retrospective devoted to director Patricia Plattner, presenting a selection of her films alongside a reading-performance and a small exhibition. Plattner’s cinema favors close human encounters and observational compositions, blending subtle humour with poignant emotional truth. The programme highlights her attentive direction and narrative economy, tracing recurring themes of identity, everyday intimacy and the passage of time. Screenings offer a chance to rediscover the quiet intensity and warm, lyrical realism of her work. An event presented by the association Le Bazar de la Sirène in collaboration with Luna Films and the City of Carouge.

On the program:
– Special screenings at Cinéma Bio
– An inaugural staged reading on September 5, at the Théâtre des Amis
– An exhibition, Le Petit Bazar de Patricia, at Place du Temple

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3 September – 10 October

Double Extraction de Nibards

Independent Cinema

Halle Nord

Ciel Sourdeau’s eight-minute, seventeen-second video unfolds as a subversive tutorial: part gore, part experimental film, it repurposes pedagogical forms into an improvised, transgressive bricolage. Mixed by Adrien Kessler, the piece layers tactile sound and rough-edged visuals to probe bodies, identity and the limits of instruction. Its stripped, confrontational aesthetic alternates shock and dark humour, inviting a re-examination of learning rituals and the politics of representation through intimate, unsettling imagery.

Opening: 3 September, 18:00

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Wednesday 9 September, 20:30

Special Screening : The Princess’s Forest, Between Visible and Invisible

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Directed by Ernst Zürcher and Jean-Pierre Duval, this documentary investigates a wild forest revered by ancient cultures and a source of inspiration for contemporary artists. Combining naturalistic cinematography and reflective interviews, it traces the relationship between humans and the woodland, and asks how to restore the Earth’s lost harmony. The film’s intimate visuals and measured pace offer a lyrical, sensory portrait of trees as living monuments and carriers of cultural memory.

Screening followed by a discussion with the two filmmakers, Ernst Zürcher, forestry engineer and author of Les Arbres, entre visible et invisible, and Jean-Pierre Duval, photographer, filmmaker and founder of Agence MUSEO.

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Friday 11 September, 18:30

Special Screening: Épouvantails, Autruches et Perroquets

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

An investigative documentary that scrutinizes how media narratives are constructed and circulated. Shot in observational style, the film blends archival fragments and personal testimony to explore doubt, critical thinking and the narrowing of public debate. Over 1h40 it unfolds as a calm yet probing meditation on truth, responsibility and the mechanisms that shape collective perception. The film’s restrained visuals and incisive editing invite reflection rather than verdict. In French.

Followed by a discussion with Charly Pache, journalist and founder of the independent radio station RadioLibre.

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Saturday 12 September, 19:30

De Thônex à Madagascar

Independent Cinema Outdoor

Place de Graveson

Directed by the association Grave’Side Family, this observational documentary follows a year-long grassroots effort that sends fifteen young people from Thônex to Ambohimanatrika, Madagascar, to help build a village water network. Through intimate portraits and sunlit, hand-held sequences, the film explores youth, solidarity and civic engagement, privileging everyday gestures over grand narratives. The camera lingers on labor, laughter and cultural exchange, offering a textured, human-scale account of collective commitment and the emotional rhythms of communal work.

In French.

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Saturday 12 September, 11:00

Festival de la Bâtie – La Révolution du Regard

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

An audiovisual projection followed by a conversation with the creative team behind the stage work PESSOA – Since I’ve Been Me, this program pays tribute to Robert Wilson, a pivotal figure in theatre and the visual arts. Through archival footage and testimonies it traces Wilson’s singular aesthetic and his collaborations with artists such as Philip Glass, Heiner Müller, Tom Waits, Susan Sontag and Laurie Anderson. The session explores his visual language, theatrical architecture and lasting influence on contemporary performance.

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Laurel & Hardy with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande live