The opening ceremony of the FIFDH 2025 featured (in order of appearance):
Dancer Anaïs Maury
Laila Alonso-Huarte, Guillaume Noyé and Laura Longobardi
FIFDH General Management
Sami Kanaan – Administrative Councillor of the City of Geneva, in charge of the Department of Culture and Digital Transition
Thierry Apotheloz – State Councillor in charge of the Department of Social Cohesion
Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, co-directors of A State of Passion
Ghassan Abu Sitta, reconstructive surgeon and protagonist of the film A State of Passion