Thursday 29 October, 19:00

Invincible Été

Free, Booking Required

Stéphanie Pillonca’s Invincible Été observes illness and care with a restrained, empathetic gaze. Anchored by Olivier Goy, the film follows personal encounters around life-limiting illness and the practices of accompaniment, crafting a quiet meditation on dignity, vulnerability and relational care. Through patient rhythms and attentive framing, it explores how presence, ritual and small gestures shape quality of life at the margins. Poised and humane, the film privileges intimacy over spectacle, inviting reflection on mortality and the ethics of care.

followed by a discussion with specialists in palliative care and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Charcot’s disease

Rue de la Servette 78,
1202 Genève

Photo Credit: Mediawan rights

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Photo Credit: Mediawan rights

Tuesday 27 October, 18:30

On en rêvait – Jean-Baptiste Héritier

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Director Jean-Baptiste Héritier’s intimate documentary follows chef Gilles Varone on an extraordinary journey from London to the opening of his restaurant and the distinctions that followed. Moving between wild-herb gathering in the mountains and the feverish rhythm of service, the film brings viewers close to the daily craft behind his career. Its attentive, immersive portrait explores ambition, dedication and the relationship between a chef and his landscape.

The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring the chef and protagonist, Gilles Varone, as well as the director, Jean-Baptiste Héritier.

Legal age: 8. Suggested age: 12.
In French.

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Wednesday 28 October, 20:30

Special screening: Alien, le huitième passager

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Ridley Scott’s landmark science-fiction thriller follows the crew of the commercial vessel Nostromo as they respond to a distress call on a deserted planet. When one of them is assaulted by an unknown lifeform, the ship becomes the setting for a claustrophobic, escalating struggle for survival. Combining stark industrial design, tense atmospherics and H.R. Giger’s unforgettable creature imagery, Alien reshaped space horror and continues to influence filmmakers with its relentless sense of dread and formal precision.

In conjunction with the show Toutes les femmes sont des aliens (Oct. 8 – Nov. 14, 2026) and in the presence of Eric Devanthéry, director of Scènes du Grüti and stage director!
In English with French subtitles.

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Wednesday 28 October, 20:00

Preview: Derborence – Le Temps Des Animaux

Independent Cinema

Les Scala

Vincent Chabloz’s first feature is a lyrical wildlife documentary that revisits Derborence through the intimate gaze of its animals. Observing encounters between fauna and occasional human visitors, the film blends tenderness and gentle humour to reveal the valley’s rhythms and fragile balances. Rich in observational detail and poetic imagery, Chabloz’s approach invites quiet wonder while underscoring the urgent need to protect the living world to which we belong.

In French with English subtitles.
In the presence of director Vincent Chabloz.

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Wednesday 28 October, 20:00

Special Screening: Nicole Nicole

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Lauren Dällenbach’s luminous debut observes the quiet, intimate life of Nicole and her mother Alberte, who have shared the same home for over fifty years. Filmed with subtle, patient camera work by Nicole’s niece, Lauren, the documentary traces a delicate path toward autonomy and connection. Tender, unsentimental and visually attentive, it explores family dependency, small acts of care and the gentle, hard-won emergence of a woman learning to shape her own life.

Special screening with the movie team and director Lauren Dällenbach.

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Thursday 29 October, 20:30

Heureux comme Lazzaro

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Alice Rohrwacher’s luminous drama follows Lazzaro, a kind young man living in an isolated rural community dominated by an exploitative landowning family. A chance encounter with a young aristocrat upends his world and sets in motion a poetic reflection on innocence, collective memory and social change. Blending social realism with fable and mythic undertones, the film examines modern forms of exploitation and the transformations of Italian rural life through intimate performances and a haunting, lyrical visual style.

In Italian with French subtitles.

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Thursday 29 October, 18:00

Fenêtres sur le Japon

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Fenêtres sur le Japon gathers two rarely seen Japanese films in a programme that privileges attentive viewing and critical exchange. The screenings foreground intimate storytelling and formal rigour, tracing themes of memory, return and the resonant presence of voice. Each projection is followed by a discussion with specialists, situating the works within cinematic history and contemporary scholarship and inviting a reflective encounter with images, sound and cultural memory.

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