Thursday 18 June, 11:00

Ciné-relax X Animatou

Free

Curated with Animatou, this relaxed screening invites audiences into a gentle cinematic space where the lights stay soft and the door remains open. The program showcases short animated works that favour texture, rhythm and intimate gestures, presented with lowered sound to welcome diverse needs. Emphasizing presence and sensory detail over plot, the session foregrounds communal response—laughter, movement, quiet—while offering a calm, attentive frame for discovering films in an accessible, non-judgemental atmosphere.

Boulevard Carl-Vogt,
65, Switzerland

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Photo Credit: Visuel extrait de l’affiche du festival Animatou 2026

Tuesday 21 April, 20:00

Alone Among the Living? Meeting a Voluntary Castaway

Independent Cinema

Uni Dufour

Matthieu Juncker’s documentary follows a marine biologist who spends 200 days alone on an atoll to observe an endangered ecosystem. Shot in intimate long takes and immersive natural sound, the film combines scientific observation with lyrical reflection, charting the rhythms of solitude, vulnerability and resilience. Through patient framing and close observation, it explores human proximity to nonhuman life and the ethical questions of witnessing fragile environments. Projection followed by a discussion with director.

In French.

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17 – 26 April

Visions du Réel

Independent Cinema

Multiple locations

FURTHER AFIELD

Visions du Réel, founded in 1969, showcases bold and singular works rooted in past, present, and future realities. For ten days, the festival transforms Nyon into a hub where generations of filmmakers and artists from around the world connect with an engaged audience. Recognized as one of the leading international festivals dedicated to documentary and “cinéma du réel,” it premieres many films globally and serves as a key platform for professional exchange and creative collaboration.

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Wednesday 22 April, 18:30

Special Premiere: The Narrative

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Bernard Weber and Martin Schilt examine the Kweku Adoboli affair with forensic rigor in THE NARRATIVE, reconstructing the trial from original transcripts. Blending archival footage, testimony from close associates and staged courtroom re-enactments filmed in Ghana, the film interrupts familiar journalistic frames to expose the mechanics of global banking and a contested justice. Sparse, observational camerawork and incisive edits foreground uncertainty over tidy explanations, inviting reflection on culpability, media narrative and the human costs behind a headline.

The screening will be followed by a discussion in the presence of co-director Bernard Weber.

English speaking | french subtitles

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Thursday 23 April, 20:30

IMIHIGO – Le serment Rwandais

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Shyaka Kagame’s observational documentary unfolds in contemporary Rwanda through three protagonists linked by Imihigo, a national development ‘competition’. Mayor Richard races to meet a hundred local targets, Innocent tends grassroots implementation in a struggling village, and Sandrine, returning from the diaspora, navigates cultural reintegration. With patient framing and textured, close-up rhythms, the film probes civic ambition, personal duty and the fragile choreography between policy and everyday life, offering an intimate, atmospheric study of renewal without easy conclusions.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Shyaka Kagame and producer Florence Adam.

English voices | French subtitles

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Sunday 26 April, 17:00

Preview screening: Divine Comedy

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Ali Asgari’s Divine Comedy follows a film director and his producer as they try to organize a clandestine screening in Tehran after official censorship. Shot with playful energy and sharp political insight, the film tracks their scooter odyssey across the city, blending satirical humor with quiet resistance. In the vein of his earlier Chroniques de Téhéran, Asgari balances intimacy and civic critique, using light, movement and close observation to explore creativity, dissent and the power of laughter under constraint.

In the presence of director Ali Asgari.

In French.

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Sunday 26 April, 11:00

Special Screening: Être paysan·ne

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Directors Frédéric Gonseth and Catherine Azad offer a clear-eyed documentary portrait of Swiss farming under strain. Through intimate encounters on mechanized industrial farms and small-scale micro‑farms from plateau to mid‑mountain, the film traces the daily realities of people who persist despite collapsing prices and deteriorating working conditions. Combining observational footage and humane interviews, it examines economic pressure, attachment to land and collective resilience while capturing the sensory textures of rural life.

In the presence of directors Frédéric Gonseth and Catherine Azad

In French.

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