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.
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.
Fabian Chiquet’s special documentary screening follows Edith Ballantyne, former president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, as a life of conviction becomes a call to action. Framed by today’s climate of conflict and polarisation, the film reflects on peace as a shared, ongoing responsibility rather than the simple absence of war. Its thoughtful, urgent tone is deepened by a discussion with the filmmaker and human-rights lawyer Madeleine Reese.
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.
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.
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.
Kino is an intimate, atmospheric independent film that traces the fragile intersections between memory and desire. Through lingering compositions, grainy textures and a measured, contemplative pace, the narrative follows a small ensemble as they negotiate loss, longing and quiet acts of repair. The film favours observational performances and visual storytelling, inviting the viewer into moments of emotional ambiguity and sensory detail rather than explicit resolution.
In French.
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