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.
Professor Oduris, an eminent scholar of opera, condenses four centuries of lyric art into a compact, illustrated lecture-performance. Combining historical insight with theatrical storytelling, the presentation explores key moments, stylistic shifts and pivotal works that shaped opera from its origins to the modern stage. A prima donna and pianist join the talk, transforming chronology into a lively odyssey that highlights composers, vocal traditions and dramatic innovations. The format aims to inform and delight while clarifying how opera evolved.
In French.
FILMAR en América Latina is Switzerland’s leading festival dedicated to Latin American cinema and cultures. Founded in Geneva in 1999, it champions independent filmmaking through a programme of classics, new releases, and numerous Swiss premieres that explore the social, political and cultural realities of the continent. With a strong focus on minority voices — including Indigenous, Afro-descendant and LGBTQIA+ communities — the festival combines engaged cinema with discussions, filmmaker encounters, educational programmes for young audiences, and festive moments celebrating Latin American music and cuisine.
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
Filmer, c’est exister is a Geneva-based film festival dedicated to Palestinian cinema, using film as a space of expression, resistance and visibility. Showcasing documentaries and fiction by Palestinian filmmakers and allies, the festival highlights lived realities, personal narratives and political contexts that are often absent from mainstream screens, affirming cinema as a vital act of existence and testimony.
Returning from a major tour in Australia, Ensemble Contrechamps presents works by composer and writer Nardi Simpson, an Aboriginal artist whose meeting in Canberra proved decisive. Commissioned for a new piece that blends tradition and adventurous exploration, Simpson’s music dialogues with Jessie Cox’s latest creation, which also reflects an inquiry into origins. Performed by Contrechamps, the programme juxtaposes ancestral sonic gestures and contemporary techniques, offering a meditative and dynamic evening that explores memory, belonging and cultural transmission.
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