Festival venues
In addition to the Festival’s central venues at the Espace Pitoëff and the Maison des Arts du Grütli, the FIFDH welcomes you in the Greater Geneva and French-speaking Switzerland. The locations of the various events are listed below each film or discussion.
Espace Pitoëff
Maison Communale de Plainpalais
Rue de Carouge 52
1205 Genève
Public transportations
TPG lines 1, 12 and 18
Stop : Pont d’Arve
TPG lines 15 and 17
Stop : Uni Mail
Festival Bookshop
At the Maison Communale de Plainpalais
Schedule
Fri 7 March : 18:00-23:00
Sa 8 March : 18:30-23:00
Su 9 March : 13:30-23:00
Mo 10 March : 18:00-23:00
Tue 11 March : 20:30-23:00
Wed 12 & Thu 13 March : 17:30-23:00
Fri 14 March : 17:30-23:30
Sa 15 March : 13:00-22:00
Su 16 March : 14:30-20:30
Maison des Arts du Grütli
Maison des Arts du Grütli
Rue du Général-Dufour 16
1204 Genève
Transports publics
TPG lines 3, 5, 12, 17, 18 and 20
Stop : Place de Neuve
TPG lines 1 and 15
Stop : Cirque
TPG lines 2 and 19
Stop : Théâtre
Ticket office
During the Festival, the ticket office opens 45 minutes before the first screening of the day and closes 15 minutes after the start of the last film.
Link to the ticket information page.
Accessibility and inclusion
The Festival
The Festival team is cognisant of the importance of inclusion and has been informed of which measures to apply to create an environment which ensures the comfort of all guests.
- Guide dogs and assistance dogs are allowed in all areas, including the screening rooms.
- PRM accompanying person ticket: possibility of taking a free ticket for the person accompanying a person with reduced mobility.
- Screening with audio description via the Great application:
- Sunday, 16 March 2025 , 19:00 – Closing Ceremony : Little Jaffna
- During the Festival, two Relax events are on the programme:
- Thursday 13 March, 11:00 at the MEG: Shorts screening GÉNIALES
- Wednesday 12 March , 14:45 at the Cinémas du Grütli: Screening of Dounia, le grand pays blanc
- The website:
- The use of the hyphenation point (‧) instead of the median point: maximising legibility and digital accessibility for visually impaired people.
- Fonts can be enlarged, allowing better, more accessible reading.
- The contrasting option on the site implemented allows browsing in dark or light mode.
Festival venues
The main venues of the FIFDH and the vast majority of other venues are accessible to people with reduced mobility. More information on accessible venues in Geneva.
Maison communale de Plainpalais (Espace Pitoëff):
- The rooms are accessible for PRMs
- Disabled parking:
- 1 space, rue Pictet-de-Bock, level with the community hall
- 1 space, rue Jean-Violette
- More parking spaces in the area on paramap.ch
- The hall is not equipped with a magnetic loop
- For people with visual or hearing disabilities: find all the information on culture accessible genève
Maison des Arts du Grütli :
- The halls are accessible for PRMs
- Disabled parking:
- 1 space, at the very beginning of rue Hornung, on the Plaine de Plainpalais side
- More parking spaces in the area on paramap.ch
- The auditorium is equipped with a magnetic loop
- For people with visual or hearing disabilities: find all the information on culture accessible genève
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG) :
- Access for PRMs (ramps and lifts)
- Cane strollers and wheelchairs available from the Museum’s ticket office
- Auditorium equipped with a magnetic loop
- More information on culture accessible genève or on the MEG website