2025 FIFDH PROGRAMME
Find out all about the programme of the 23rd edition of the FIFDH Geneva, from 7th to 16th March 2025!
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Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmad, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed and Phil Cox
Khartoum
18h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
Short Films
By Gabriella Choueifaty, Mona Jelić, Mohamed Bourouissa, Maxim et Evgenia Arbugaev and Nebojša Slijepčević
Short films – Under Pressure
18h45
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
14h
Temple de Cologny
Spotlight
Preceded by the film 5 Seasons of Revolution
Syria – The sixth, and last season of revolution?
15h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir
The Brink of Dreams
15h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
16h15
Temple de Cologny
EventExhibition
In the presence of Gianluca Costantini
Meet the artist: In the Crosshairs of Memory
17h30
— Free
Grütli – Orangerie
EventExhibition
In the presence of Kristian Skeie
Meet the photographer: Srebrenica, 30 years later
17h30
— Free
Grütli – Orangerie
Spotlight
Preceded by the film A State of Passion
Crossed voices: Francesca Albanese and Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
EventRencontre
Update as of 06.03.2025: by visioconference
Paul Watson: being an activist in an age of criminalisation
20h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
EventRound Table
Commented visit with Kalonji and two experts from Public Eye
Commented visit: 20 legal cases in the eye of Kalonji
13h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film There is Another Way
Israel-Palestine: what prospects for peace?
14h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Johan Grimonprez
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
14h
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventRencontre
Philo aux Bains with Timothée Parrique: Degrowth – a myth?
14h
— Free
Bains des Pâquis
Event
Événement annulé, plus d'informations à venir.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
14h
Temple de Cologny
Event
Guided tour
Dialogue tour in the MEG permanent exhibition
14h30
— Free
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG)
Forum
Preceded by the film Queer Camp
Deconstructing adult domination
15h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Stephanie Boyd and Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Karuara, People of the River
15h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
EventRound Table
Event proposed by Global Studies Institute students, Project Management course
Syria: between civil war and information warfare
15h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
EventSpecial Screening
Ciné-dimanche at MEG: Made in Ethiopia
16h
— Free
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG)
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
16h15
Temple de Cologny
Competition - Fiction
By Raha Amirfazl and Alireza Ghasemi
In the Land of Brothers
17h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
Countering the normalisation of the far right
19h15
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Writing Hawa
The unwavering strength of Afghan women
20h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Short Films
By Gabriella Choueifaty, Mona Jelić, Mohamed Bourouissa, Maxim et Evgenia Arbugaev and Nebojša Slijepčević
Short films – Under Pressure
21h
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film The Last Republican
Where are the United States headed?
18h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Focus
By Lucas van der Rhee and Chris Westendorp
Queer Camp
18h45
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Scars of Growth
A future without capitalism?
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Forum
Preceded by the film The Tender Revolution
Solidarity and care: a tender revolution
18h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Focus
By Havana Marking
Undercover: Exposing the Far Right
18h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Flowers of Ukraine
Three years of war in Ukraine, and tomorrow?
20h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Documentaries - Out of Competition
By Isabel Herguera
Sultana’s Dream
14h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir
The Brink of Dreams
18h
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventSpecial Screening
The role of platforms in the rise of the far right
18h30
— Free
EPFL – Campus
Competition - Fiction
By Raha Amirfazl and Alireza Ghasemi
In the Land of Brothers
18h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Made in Ethiopia
Strengthening economic, social and cultural rights
18h30
Graduate Institute – IHEID
EventRound Table
Switzerland’s Responsibility in Commodity Trading
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film Eat Bitter
China and Russia in Africa: opportunity or threat?
19h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
EventSpecial Screening
Rendez-vous in Carouge: The Tender Revolution
19h
— Free
Aula de l’école du Val d’Arve
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Najiba Noori and Rasul Noori
Writing Hawa
19h30
— Free
Maison de Quartier Sous-Gare Lausanne
EventRound Table
In replacement of the guided tours - The Pirates' Hill
How far does freedom of expression go?
19h30
— Free
Maison Internationale des Associations
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Najiba Noori and Rasul Noori
Writing Hawa
20h45
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Short Films
By Gabriella Choueifaty, Mona Jelić, Mohamed Bourouissa, Maxim et Evgenia Arbugaev and Nebojša Slijepčević
Short films – Under Pressure
21h15
Grütli – Salle Simon
Forum
Preceded by the film Hacking Hate
AI at the service of society?
18h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Stephanie Boyd and Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Karuara, People of the River
18h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventRound Table
Lives in motion, stories of climate migration
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film UNRWA, 75 ans d'une histoire provisoire
UNRWA called into question: is Humanitarian Law dead?
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Johan Grimonprez
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
20h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
EventRound TableRound Table
Drôle d’époque live at the FIFDH
15h
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film L'Emprise des sentiments
Gender-based violence: ending silence and shame
18h15
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
EventRound Table
Café des libertés: Women in international law
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film To Close your Eyes and See Fire
Lebanese resilience put to the test
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
EventRencontre
Signing session – Sabyl Ghoussoub & Christophe Ayad
22h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Khartoum
Sudan: civil society ignored in a forgotten war
13h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
14h
Temple de Cologny
Forum
Preceded by the film High Tide Don't Hide
Re-enchanting the future, keeping hope alive
15h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Carl Sauer
To Close your Eyes and See Fire
15h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventRound Table
LGBTQIA+ narratives: the challenge of media representations
15h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
16h15
Temple de Cologny
Fiction - Out of Competition
By Lawrence Valin
Little Jaffna – Closing ceremony
19h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi
A State of Passion
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
14h
Temple de Cologny
Event
Guided tour
Dialogue tour in the MEG permanent exhibition
14h30
— Free
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG)
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Mediha
What reparations for Yazidi survivors?
15h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
EventRound Table
RTS podcast: Switzerland confronts its colonial past
15h
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Event
Event cancelled, more information to come.
Guided tour – The Pirates’ Hill
16h15
Temple de Cologny
Forum
Preceded by the film Life is not a Competition, but I'm Winning
Sport as a mirror of social norms
17h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
EventExhibition
Exhibition presented by Public Eye
20 legal cases in the eye of Kalonji
From 7 to 16 March
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
EventExhibition
By photographer Kristian Skeie
Srebrenica, 30 years later
From 7 to 16 March
— Free
Grütli – Espace Hornung
EventExhibition
By artist Gianluca Costantini
In the Crosshairs of Memory
From 7 to 16 March
— Free
Grütli – Orangerie