The Black Movie International Independent Film Festival returns for its 27th edition, opening the cultural year with around a hundred bold and independent films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Featuring both feature-length and short films for adults and children alike, the festival showcases contemporary cinema beyond the mainstream, offering a vibrant journey through today’s most daring international creations.
Curated by the Geneva University Film Club, Lost in Narration gathers films by directors such as Federico Fellini, Alain Resnais and David Lynch to explore non-linear, disorienting storytelling. The series maps fragmented narratives and dreamlike logic, offering snapshots of memory, identity and cinematic form. Expect varied visual textures—from luminous retro frames to saturated nocturnes—and an emotional pulse that moves between unease and melancholic wonder. It highlights how narrative instability opens new dramaturgies and sensory possibilities in cinema.
Screening of Olivier Assayas’s film at Le Nord-Sud cinema, featuring a special appearance by the director. Based on Giuliano da Empoli’s novel, the film follows the journey of Vadim Baranov, a young artist turned TV producer in 1990s Russia, who rises to become Vladimir Putin’s “spin doctor.” Starring Paul Dano, Jude Law, and Alicia Vikander.
Multilingual original version with French subtitles.
Danielle and Gilles Hubert’s Madagascar is a lyrical documentary that follows five months of intimate fieldwork along a turquoise ocean. Filmed during pirogue journeys through a maritime bush, the film observes daily rituals, rice harvests and the luminous faces of local communities. At the shade of mango trees, beliefs and ceremonies surface in quiet, revealing cultural layers. Through patient observation and evocative imagery, the filmmakers create a sensory portrait of place, memory and ritual.
The MEG partners with the Black Movie festival to present “The Tree of Authenticity,” a film by Sammy Baloji that examines the impact of Belgian colonization in Congo and its connections to the current climate crisis. Through a rich auditory and visual meditation, this three-part documentary uncovers the history of an abandoned research center and historical figures like Paul Panda Farnana and Abiron Bernaert, along with a three-century-old tree that has become a national symbol.
LES SŒURS LUMIÈRE, the feminist film club of the Bibliothèque Filigrane, returns to Les Cinémas du Grütli with a cycle of six screenings from September 2025 to June 2026. Dedicated to the courtroom drama, this new edition offers a feminist re-reading of the genre, highlighting the challenges women face when confronted with moral and repressive orders.
Program Details:
Saint Omer — Alice Diop, 2022 (France): Thursday 25 September 2025
Une part du ciel — Bénédicte Liénard, 2002 (Belgium/France): Thursday 13 November 2025
Anna Göldin – Dernière sorcière — Gertrud Pinkus, 1992 (Switzerland): Thursday 29 January 2026
Le Silence autour de Christine M. — Marleen Gorris, 1982 (Netherlands): Thursday 5 March 2026
L’Audition — Lisa Gerig, 2023 (Switzerland): Thursday 7 May 2026
Hannah Arendt — Margarethe von Trotta, 2012 (Germany): Thursday 18 June 2026
All screening at 20:30.
The Green Film Festival raises awareness about the impacts of climate change and promotes sustainable lifestyles by showcasing films that offer solutions. Screenings are often followed by discussions with invited experts who address questions and inspire action for the environment.
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