Monday 16 November, 18:15

Manas: Making Visible the Invisible

Manas: Making Visible the Invisible navigates the fragile coming-of-age of thirteen-year-old Marcielle in an isolated riverside community on Marajó Island. Built from years of testimonies and interviews, the film adopts a documentary-rooted, intimate approach to reveal hidden gender-based violence, structural oppression and patriarchal systems across Latin America. The narrative blends real voices and lyrical realism to trace resilience, memory and the social forces that shape childhood, offering a restrained but powerful cinematic meditation on visibility and ethics.

Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2

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Photo Credit: DR

30 October – 8 November

GIFF – 32nd Geneva International Film Festival

Independent Cinema Lectures & Workshops

Multiple locations

Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is one of Geneva’s longest-standing cinema festivals and among the first in the world to integrate television into its programming. A hub for experimentation, encounters, and celebration, the ten-day festival presents films, series, and immersive audiovisual experiences to some 35,000 visitors each year. GIFF also hosts the Geneva Digital Market, Switzerland’s only meeting point for professionals in innovation and audiovisual content, and maintains year-round activities including school programmes and GIFF UNLIMITED events. Recognized as a key driver of Switzerland’s audiovisual sector, GIFF combines artistic ambition with international reach.

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Wednesday 4 November, 19:30

Special Screening: Trad

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Lance Daly’s film follows Shóna McAnally, a young fiddle prodigy from Donegal, as she leaves home with her little brother Mickey to join a travelling band of musicians. Blending adventure, romance, and musical discovery, the story unfolds against a richly felt Irish landscape and a tradition carried by sound, movement, and memory. Presented as a special screening, it is preceded by a short live Irish music session, adding an intimate, celebratory note to the evening.

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Thursday 5 November, 21:00

Special Screening: Arutam by Julien Belin

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

In the heart of the Cordillera del Cóndor in Ecuadorian Amazonia, Julien Belin’s documentary enters the world of the Shuar Maikiuants community with quiet attentiveness. Through their knowledge, spirituality and ancestral memory, the film opens a space where land, identity and resistance are deeply intertwined. Its intimate perspective invites viewers to listen, observe and feel the fragile strength of a living culture carried by its guardians.

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Thursday 5 November, 18:30

Special Screening: PILLEURS DE TERRE

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Fanny Paloma’s documentary follows Indigenous communities in Cambodia and Cameroon fighting to reclaim lands seized by subsidiaries of the Bolloré Group. Blending investigative filmmaking with poetic storytelling, the film exposes the human and environmental costs of land grabbing and the global struggle for justice and accountability.

In collaboration with Coalition pour des Multinationales responsables. Screening followed by a discussion with director Fanny Paloma.

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6 November – 14 May 2027

Ciclo de Cine Espagñol

Independent Cinema

Multiple locations

ALCE Geneva’s 28th Spanish-Language Film Series celebrates the diversity and richness of Spanish cinema through six carefully chosen films. Spanning genres and perspectives, the programme invites viewers into stories shaped by vivid characters, social nuance, and distinct regional voices. From intimate dramas to sharper, more playful tones, these Friday screenings offer a relaxed encounter with contemporary Spanish filmmaking, where language, rhythm, and emotion come together in an accessible, welcoming atmosphere.

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Friday 6 November, 18:30

Tales of Swiss Innovation

Independent Cinema

Théâtre Pitoëff

Exit Void, the Geneva-based collective founded by Emral Kadriov, Birdjan Kadriov and Alessandro Bucolo, traces a sharp, restless path through Swiss independent cinema and music culture. Known for turning the music video into a space of invention, the trio presents a selection of works shaped by narrative drive, special effects and formal risk. Their collaborations with Geneva artists and international names reveal a visual language that is bold, kinetic and unmistakably contemporary.

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Manas: Making Visible the Invisible