PROGRAMME 2024
This is the programme for the 22nd edition of the FIFDH Geneva – which took place from March 8-17, 2024. It sought to outline the contours of a brighter future by harnessing the power of cinema and the influential voices of human rights.
The next edition of the FIFDH will take place from March 7-16, 2025.
→ Are you a pro (NGOs, filmmakers, impact practitioners and funders)? Check out the FIFDH Impact Days programme. → Are you a teacher? Discover the School programme and the films you can watch in your classrooms.
EventExhibition
The Suitcase Project
From 27 February to 30 August
— Free
Musée International de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge
EventExhibition
« Life After Genocide » Kurdistan Iraq – 7 years later
From 8 to 17 March
— Free
Grütli – Espace Hornung
Competition - Fiction
By Paola Cortellesi
There's Still Tomorrow
20h30
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Simon
Documentaries - Out of Competition
By Lina Soualem
Bye bye Tiberias
20h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Eylem Kaftan
A Day, 365 Hours
20h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Ghost Fleet
Can the high seas escape the law of might?
14h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Forum
Preceded by the film Of Caravan and the Dogs
Russian society on the war in Ukraine
15h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Edward Lovelace
Name Me Lawand
15h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
EventRound Table
The role of the press in the polarisation of ideas
17h
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Competition - Fiction
By Malika Musaeva
The Cage is Looking for a Bird
18h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Queendom
Feminist and LGBTQIA+ resistance against fascism
19h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Focus
By Reuben Hamlyn and Sophie Compton
Another Body
20h30
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Acsexybility
For an inclusive and antivalidist sexuality
14h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Focus
By Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu
Our Land, Our Freedom
14h30
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Searching for Nika
Towards ethics of coexistence: rethinking relationship with other species
15h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Spotlight
Preceded by the film God is a woman
The rights of indigenous peoples: decolonising perspectives and imaginations
16h
— Free
Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG)
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Where God Is Not
Iran, images of the repression
16h
Grütli – Salle Simon
Competition - Fiction
By Paola Cortellesi
There's Still Tomorrow
17h30
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Between the Rains
Carte blanche to Rokhaya Diallo – Climate equity: women on the front line
19h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Life is Beautiful
Palestinian views and voices
19h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Eylem Kaftan
A Day, 365 Hours
18h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Simon
Spotlight
Preceded by the film L' Audition (The Hearing)
Switzerland’s asylum procedure in an era of suspicion
19h
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík
Photophobia
19h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Forum
Preceded by the film Tropical Utopia
BRICS: the world upside down
18h30
— Free
Graduate Institute – IHEID
Forum
Preceded by the film BROKEN - A Palestinian Journey Through International Law
Israel-Palestine: what common future is possible?
18h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Spotlight
Preceded by the film An Unfinished Journey
Afghanistan: a 21st century apartheid?
19h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Shoghakat Vardanyan
1489
20h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Documentaries - Out of Competition
By Lina Soualem
Bye bye Tiberias
14h
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Young Public
By Meinardas Valkevičius, Guillaume Lorin and Emily Worms
Drôles d'oiseaux
14h45
Grütli – Salle Simon
Forum
Preceded by the film Food, Inc. 2
Feeding humanity and preserving the biosphere
18h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Ivan Ostrochovský and Pavol Pekarčík
Photophobia
18h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventRound Table
Speed debating – The impact of sanctions on human rights
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Forum
Preceded by the film Métis, les enfants cachés de la colonisation
The mixed-race people of the Belgian Congo: a crime against humanity?
19h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
EventSpecial Screening
Screening followed by a discussion on the ecological, economic and social consequences of the textile industry, here and elsewhere.
Made in Bangladesh : the dark secret behind our clothes
19h30
— Free
Salle communale du Petit-Lancy
Documentaries - Out of Competition
By Els Van Driel, Sajid Khan Nasiri and Eefje Blankevoort
The Mind Game
19h30
— Free
Maison de Quartier Sous-Gare Lausanne
EventSpecial Screening
Followed by the film The Mind Game
The Suitcase Project: opening event
18h15
— Sold out
Musée International de la Croix Rouge et du Croissant Rouge
Spotlight
Preceded by the film Who If Not Us? The Fight for Democracy in Belarus
Belarus, a dictatorship in Europe
18h30
Grütli – Salle Simon
EventRound Table
Think & Drink: what of digital inclusion?
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Competition - Fiction
By Rolf de Heer
The Survival of Kindness
18h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Documentaries - Out of Competition
By Avi Mograbi
The First 54 Years - An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation
19h15
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Forum
Preceded by the film Another Body
Artificial intelligence: a stake in feminist battles
19h30
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Lisa Gerig
L' Audition (The Hearing)
20h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
EventRound Table
Café des Libertés– Climate activists take on the multinationals
18h30
— Free
Espace Pitoëff – Café du Festival
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Edward Lovelace
Name Me Lawand
18h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Simon
Forum
Preceded by the film Limits of Europe
Freedom or toil: breaking down the notion of work
20h30
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Mohamed Jabaly
Life is Beautiful
21h15
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film The Flag
Who watches the watchmen?
14h
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Forum
Preceded by the film 1489
Nagorno-Karabakh: a long-forgotten destiny
15h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Mehran Tamadon
Where God Is Not
15h30
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Fiction - Out of Competition
By Baloji
Omen - Closing ceremony
19h
— Sold out
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Competition - Focus
By Anonymous 1 and Askold Kurov
Of Caravan and the Dogs
20h45
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Competition - Creative Documentaries
By Andrew H. Brown and Moses Thuranira
Between the Rains
21h
Grütli – Salle Simon
Competition - Focus
By Juliane Tutein
Who If Not Us? The Fight for Democracy in Belarus
21h15
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Young Public
By Meinardas Valkevičius, Guillaume Lorin and Emily Worms
Drôles d'oiseaux
10h
Grütli – Salle Simon
Competition - Focus
By Aeyliya Husain and Amie Williams
An Unfinished Journey
14h
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Event
Creative Documentary Competition
Photophobia – Documentary Youth Jury Award
14h
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Spotlight
Preceded by the film All Static & Noise
Xinjiang, the repression camps
16h30
Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
Event
Fiction Competition
The Cage is looking for a Bird – Fiction Grand Award ex-aequo
16h45
— Sold out
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Forum
Preceded by the film Tax Wars
Re-enchanting hope facing global challenges
17h
Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
Event
Creative Documentary Competition
Name Me Lawand – Grand Geneva Award
17h15
Grütli – Salle Simon
Event
Focus Competition
Total Trust – The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) Award
19h15
Grütli – Salle Langlois
Event
Creative Documentary Competition
Life is Beautiful – Gilda Vieira De Mello Award
20h
Grütli – Salle Simon
