The festival’s closing ceremony celebrates the films and filmmakers committed to human rights, offering a moment to revisit the highlights of this year’s edition in the presence of special guests. The evening continues with a screening of Don’t Let the Sun by Jacqueline Zünd, a dystopian fiction that explores human relationships in a world not far from our own, where extreme heat has forced humanity to live at night.
An engaged forum on solidarity as a political practice, preceded by a screening of the documentary Portuali. Drawing on concrete struggles—from labour movements to feminist, anti-racist and anti-colonial causes—speakers and activists question what solidarity really means when it involves conflict, risk and power dynamics, including among allies themselves.
The discussion is interpreted in English and French (with French surtitles); the film is in Italian, with French and English subtitles.
The Festival du Film Vert is the leading documentary film festival dedicated to ecology and environmental issues in French-speaking Switzerland. Founded in 2006, it showcases Swiss and international films that address climate and environmental challenges and highlight concrete solutions. Designed as a decentralized, multi-site event, the festival prioritizes local access and complements screenings with discussions involving filmmakers, experts, and engaged voices, encouraging reflection and inspiring audiences to take action.
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.
A powerful forum on environmental injustice and Indigenous rights, preceded by a screening of Yurlu | Country. Speakers examine the long-ignored asbestos contamination of Wittenoom in Western Australia, questioning state and corporate responsibility, the right to a healthy environment, and the ongoing fight of Aboriginal communities for recognition, remediation and justice.
The discussion is in English and interpreted in French; the film is in English and Banjima, with French and English subtitles.
A powerful forum on Iran’s long-standing repression and the voices of today’s uprising, preceded by a screening of Where God Is Not. Activists, journalists and researchers examine how decades of institutionalised violence, censorship and political repression shape the current protests, and reflect on resistance, memory and the visibility of victims under an authoritarian system.
The discussion is interpreted in English and French; the film is in Persian and French, with English and French subtitles.
Presented as part of the Groove’N’Move Festival, Electric Bodies is an intimate and vibrant documentary in which Raphaël Stora returns to hip-hop dance at the age of forty, exploring his personal history, family ties and the evolution of a scene he once left behind. Through doubt, encounters and bodies in motion, the film traces a possible reconciliation between generations, languages and artistic past, followed by a discussion with the director.
In French.
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