Saturday 5 September, 19:00

Patricia Plattner / A Walk around her Work

Patricia Plattner guides a lyrical portrait assembled from texts, interviews and testimonies drawn from the books L’Âme du cochon and Le Bazar de la sirène. The film enters the artist’s world and follows her singular journey through voices of collaborators and performers, woven with projections and music. Intimate and textured, it privileges layered testimony over linear biography, exploring memory, creativity and the rhythms of artistic life. Sensory framing and a measured, observational rhythm make the work both personal and quietly revelatory.

In French.

Place du Temple 8,
1227 Carouge

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Photo Credit: DR

1 July – 1 September

Les Étoiles

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Spanning a century of cinema, this retrospective traces the evolving face of stardom from silent-era pioneers to contemporary icons. Through nine thematic chapters and a curated selection of one hundred films, it examines the star system, shifting modernities, emerging representations of desire and identity, and the rise of anti-heroes. Shot and assembled for a keen focus on the human visage, the program foregrounds cinematic techniques that reinvent how films capture presence and persona.

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Wednesday 2 September, 20:00

Special Screening: Laundry

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Zamo Mkhwanazi’s powerful drama follows a young man who fights to protect his family, his dignity and his dream of freedom against the brutal backdrop of apartheid. Shot with intimate, unflinching cinematography and a measured, humanist gaze, the film blends raw realism with moments of tenderness. It explores courage, resistance and the moral costs of survival, portraying how hope and personal dignity can become sources of strength even in the darkest circumstances.

In presence of director Zamo Mkhwanazi

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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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Thursday 3 September, 19:45

Special Screening: Becaària

Independent Cinema

Les Scala

Erik Bernasconi’s 1977-set coming‑of‑age drama follows Mario, a sixteen‑year‑old sent for the summer to a high‑altitude farm. Shot in naturalistic, panoramic images, the film captures the wild, muscular rhythm of the mountains and the tentative intensity of a first love. Between awkwardness at school and fraught ties with his father, Mario learns through landscape and encounter, in a delicate balance of silence and heat. A subtle, sensory portrait of youth and belonging.

In presence of director Erik Bernasconi.

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Thursday 3 September, 19:30

Avant-première: Notre Salut

Independent Cinema

Cinéma Bio

Emmanuel Marre’s tense historical drama unfolds in Vichy France, following Henri Marre, a disillusioned engineer seeking status within the new administration. Adapted from his self-published political tract, the film probes ambition, moral compromise and the mechanics of power. Shot with austere precision and measured pacing, it balances tight, procedural detail with intimate character study. Honed by a screenplay recognised at Cannes 2026, the film traces how personal failure and national crisis entwine.

In presence of director Emmanuel Marre

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3 September – 10 October

Double Extraction de Nibards

Independent Cinema

Halle Nord

Ciel Sourdeau’s eight-minute, seventeen-second video unfolds as a subversive tutorial: part gore, part experimental film, it repurposes pedagogical forms into an improvised, transgressive bricolage. Mixed by Adrien Kessler, the piece layers tactile sound and rough-edged visuals to probe bodies, identity and the limits of instruction. Its stripped, confrontational aesthetic alternates shock and dark humour, inviting a re-examination of learning rituals and the politics of representation through intimate, unsettling imagery.

Opening: 3 September, 18:00

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Patricia Plattner / A Walk around her Work