Friday 25 September, 20:00

Des jours et des nuits dans la forêt

Satyajit Ray’s gentle comedy-drama follows four thirty-something friends from Calcutta who retreat to the forest of Palamau, where meetings with Aparna, Jaya and Duli spark a summer of affectionate misunderstandings. Ray examines male immaturity, the caprices of desire and the shock between city life and nature with humour and melancholic grace. Shot with delicate, painterly compositions, the film balances lightness and emotional depth; this 4K restoration highlights Ray’s intimate visual and narrative touch.

In French.
In the presence of Amandine D’Azevedo and Eva Markovits, editors of the book Satyajit Ray – Ce que j’ai toujours su, c’est dessiner !

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 16,
1204 Genève
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3 September – 10 October

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

7 September – 6 October

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

Sunday 27 September, 17:15

Emmanuel Marre’s award-winning drama unfolds in September 1940 as a disoriented engineer seeks purpose within the new Vichy administration. Quietly efficient and unsettling, the film traces Henri Marre’s efforts to impose technical order on a crumbling nation while exposing personal compromises and moral drift. Shot with austere period detail and a restrained gaze, Notre Salut probes ambition, identity and the uneasy mechanics of patriotism.

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Founded in Geneva in 1951 by cinema enthusiasts including Alain Tanner and Claude Goretta, the Ciné-club universitaire de Genève (CCU) has spent 75 years bringing audiences together around singular films and shared discoveries.

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