Thursday 25 June, 14:30

La Fiancée du Poète

Booking Required

Yolande Moreau’s La Fiancée du Poète is a wry, heartfelt comedy that celebrates natural emotion and the courage to swim against the tide. Through intimate performances and a warm, unsentimental gaze, Moreau stages encounters that blend humor and tenderness, tracing a late-in-life awakening and the resilience of love. The film unfolds in understated visuals and melodic rhythms, offering a gently subversive meditation on longing, sincerity and the small rebellions that shape human connection.

In collaboration with Ciné-club Avivo & Cité Senior.
The screening will be followed by a friendly discussion.

Blvd de Saint-Georges 8,
1205 Genève

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Friday 21 August, 19:30

Preview screening: L’Inconnue

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Arthur Harari’s intimate drama follows David Zimmerman, a reclusive photographer whose life is unsettled when he fixates on a stranger at a party and wakes up in her body. Harari deploys restrained framing, naturalistic performances and a cool, precise visual palette to explore identity, desire and the disquiet of inhabiting another self. Tautly paced and atmospheric, the film balances psychological tension with moments of quiet humanity, inviting reflection rather than giving easy answers.

In French. In the presence of director Arthur Harari.

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Wednesday 25 June, 21:30

Outdoor Screening: Short Film Screening

Independent Cinema

Bains des Pâquis

Three short films present intimate, sensory narratives by emerging auteurs. Sandra Desmazières’ Fille de l’eau conjures lyrical images and tactile soundscapes, while Agello Faccini Rueda’s Lanawaru (Grand-père Caïman) fuses mythic undertones with intimate family textures. Adnan Al Rajeev’s Ali offers a contemplative portrait rooted in fleeting encounters. Together the programme foregrounds memory, identity and emotional resonance through disciplined framing, tactile cinematography and restrained yet powerful storytelling.

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Tuesday 16 September, 20:30

Outdoor Screening: Sound of Metal

Independent Cinema

Terrasse du Vroom

Directed by Darius Marder, Sound of Metal follows a drummer confronting imminent hearing loss and the upheaval it brings to his identity and relationships. Shot with intimate close-ups and an immersive sound design, the film favours sensory experience over exposition, placing viewers inside the protagonist’s perception. At once raw and tender, it explores grief, adaptation and the fragile edges of communication, offering a quiet, visceral meditation on silence, resilience and the costs of change.

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Wednesday 3 September, 21:00

Outdoor Screening: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Independent Cinema

Place des Volontaires

Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s haunting film follows Uncle Boonmee as supernatural visitations and tender memories lead him to confront mortality. Shot with languid long takes, luminous natural light and a patient, dreamlike rhythm, the film blends everyday intimacy with mythic strangeness. Palme d’Or winner at Cannes, it explores reincarnation, familial bonds and the porous boundary between life and death with quiet compassion, inviting reflection rather than offering answers.

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Tuesday 23 June, 20:00

Special Screening: Climbing Iran

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

This intimate documentary profiles an Iranian climber who defies entrenched social and ideological barriers to pursue her passion. Shot in an observational, cinema-vérité style, the film follows her as she teaches young women to climb the rock faces outside Tehran, cultivating physical skill and personal independence. Through quiet, luminous scenes and candid moments it explores themes of resilience, solidarity and small acts of social change, tracing the emotional and geographic contours of a life lived on the edge. Original version with French subtitles.

The screening will be introduced by Ambassador Luigi Maria Vignali, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva. The event will be followed by a convivial aperitif.

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Tuesday 26 August, 21:00

Outdoor Screening: Slingshot Hiphop

Independent Cinema

Place des Volontaires

Jackie Reem Salloum’s documentary traces the rise of Palestinian hip hop in the late 1990s through intimate portraits of artists such as DAM, Mahmood Shalabi (MWR), Abeer Al Zinati, Arapeyat and Palestinian Rapperz. Shot with observational empathy, the film blends road-like encounters and performance footage to capture anger, resilience and lyrical dissent against occupation, inequality and gender discrimination. Raw, rhythmic and compassionate, it foregrounds music as a vehicle of identity, resistance and communal longing.

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