Friday 5 June, 18:30

The Forgotten Occupation

Alain Martin’s documentary unfolds as a letter to his grandfather, returning to the US occupation of Haiti with a personal, investigative eye. Interweaving intimate memories and sweeping historical context, the film traces a paradox: how an aspirational embrace of American power shaped both an individual’s longing and a nation’s turmoil. Through textured, reflective framing, it explores exile, love, and the uncomfortable truths at the heart of freedom, balancing archival detail and personal testimony to provoke thoughtful examination rather than easy answers.

A discussion with the documentary-maker, Alain Martin, will take place after the screening.

Blvd de Saint-Georges 8,
1205 Genève

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Photo Credit: Cinélux

May 2026

Cinéglobe

Independent Cinema

Multiple locations

CineGlobe is a singular science film festival held at CERN, exploring the fertile ground where science, technology and culture meet. Rather than focusing on traditional science fiction or didactic documentaries, it showcases inventive films that draw inspiration from scientific ideas and use storytelling to spark curiosity, reflection and debate. Each edition is guided by a broad thematic thread, offering a bold and imaginative look at contemporary issues — from climate change to digital societies — while celebrating creativity, narrative power and fresh perspectives on science.

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Wednesday 27 May, 20:30

The World Is Full of Secrets

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Graham Swon’s intimate, suspenseful study unfolds through an elderly woman’s recollection of a single summer night. On a hot evening in 1996, five teenage girls gather in a suburban house and exchange increasingly unsettling tales. Shot in lingering long takes that favor faces and silence, the film keeps terror off-screen and lets the viewer assemble the missing images. A meditation on memory, the power of storytelling and collective imagination, it trades explicit shock for atmospheric dread, textures and uncanny rhythms.

The screening will be followed by a video discussion with director Graham Swon!
In English with French sub-titles.

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Thursday 28 May, 19:30

Special Screening: L’Affaire Abdallah

Independent Cinema

Cinélux

Pierre Carles’ documentary L’Affaire Abdallah examines the decades-long prosecution of Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Through testimonies and archival documents, Carles traces the judicial campaign and media orchestration, and the geopolitical pressure behind an unusually long detention. The film balances forensic investigation with humane portraiture, using austere framing and archival textures to probe state power, memory and conviction. Stern yet empathetic, it foregrounds the persistence of political belief and the human cost of prolonged incarceration. In presence of director Pierre Carles.

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Friday 29 May, 20:45

Bouchra

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

Directed by Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani, Bouchra follows a 35-year-old Moroccan filmmaker living in New York who confronts a creative block when a call from her mother in Casablanca resurfaces buried memories and desires. Part autofiction, the film blends humor and tenderness to explore mother–daughter bonds, the fraught process of creation, and the porous border between memory and imagination. Poetic imagery and playful surreal moments — including encounters between an ursine figure and a coyote — shape its intimate, lyrical tone.

In the presence of directors Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani!

Languages : Darija, French, English
Subtitles : French, English

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30 March – 15 June

White Coats and Silver Screens

Independent Cinema

Les Cinémas du Grütli

A spring cycle from the Geneva University Film Club marks the 150th anniversary of UNIGE’s Faculty of Medicine, gathering ten films that probe medicine’s moral and emotional terrain. From Alfred Hitchcock’s psychoanalytic intrigue to Ingmar Bergman’s introspective intensity and David Cronenberg’s clinical horror, the program sketches portraits of doctors, caregivers and patients: dream-work, ethical dilemmas, bodily fragility and devoted care. Shot in textures from dreamlike chiaroscuro to clinical close-ups, the films balance unease and tenderness with exacting cinematic rhythms.

In French.

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5 – 7 June

CineGlobe 2026

Independent Cinema

CERN

CineGlobe, founded in 2007, curates a lively dialogue between art and science, and in its 15th edition explores energy, ecological, technological and generational transitions. Across screenings, immersive projects and hands-on workshops the programme traces moments of state change—gradual and abrupt—where one balance dissolves and another emerges. With a programme ranging from science documentaries to VR and animation (opening film Arco, Oscar‑nominated and Annecy Cristal winner), the festival favors sensory experiments, optical play and a quietly probing, inventive cinematic intelligence.

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The Forgotten Occupation