Since 2003, FIFDH has combined cinema with the promotion of human rights, presenting socially conscious films alongside debates and discussions that engage activists, journalists, artists, diplomats, and the public. Held across multiple venues in Geneva, including the UN, theaters, museums, and hospitals, the festival showcases feature films and documentaries that highlight human rights struggles worldwide, encouraging dialogue, reflection, and action. FIFDH has welcomed Nobel laureates, renowned filmmakers, and leading voices in activism, making it a unique platform where art and advocacy intersect.
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.
Founded in 2011, the Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (GIJFF) presents a diverse selection of international films highlighting Jewish life, history, and culture. Through its annual festival and Holocaust education screenings, GIJFF enriches Geneva’s cultural landscape, offering audiences a unique opportunity to explore stories that foster understanding, reflection, and dialogue.
A GIJFF exclusive: one-night-only screening of ELEANOR THE GREAT
Followed by a discussion with June Squibb
April 23, 2026 | 8:00 PM | Cinerama Empire
English with French subtitles
Geneva Lux stages a luminous parcours through the city centre and Old Town of Geneva, presenting for over twelve years an evening programme of light installations and live performances. Around twenty works transform public streets and historic architecture into immersive, often poetic environments. The festival foregrounds sensory and spatial experience, exploring how light reconfigures perception of urban space and winter, and how temporary interventions reveal layers of memory, intimacy and collective circulation in the nocturnal city.
Discover short films from Latin America in a colourful monthly film series for young audiences. Each session offers a different theme — ancestral tales told without words, environmental stories that spark curiosity, animated shorts about grandparents and family ties, and gentle films about growing up and nature. Children will watch rich visuals, vibrant rhythms and playful characters, explore stories through sound and movement, and share reactions in a calm group setting.
Kids ages 4 and up.
Help a friendly witch who has lost her magic and needs children’s help to bring it back. Through short sung scenes and playful piano accompaniment, little ones discover melodies by Purcell, Offenbach, Mozart and Grieg, sing simple refrains and take part in interactive musical games. The show is brief and hands‑on, encouraging imagination, listening and movement, and ends with a short questions‑and‑answers moment with the performers. Organised by the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Wednesday 10 December 2025 – 10:00
Wednesday 17 December 2025 – 10:00
At the Grand Théâtre de Genève
Wednesday 15 April 2026 – 10:00
At the Maison de l’Enfance et de l’Adolescence (MEA)
In French. Kids ages 3–7.
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