JURY DU CENTRE DE DÉTENTION ET D’OBSERVATION POUR MINEURS DE LA CLAIRIÈRE AWARD
Tacacho by Felipe Monroy
Tacacho by Felipe Monroy
"We, Jury of La Clairière, bestow the award for Best Film to Felipe Monroy’s Tacacho. We were deeply affected by the personal story which Felipe shared with us, because it allowed us to realize, by way of both his testimony and that of the film’s protagonists, the harsh reality experienced by too many Colombians.We were greatly moved by the courage shown of the protagonists to tell their stories in front of the camera. Thank you, Felipe, for this film."
Philippines Senator Leila de Lima’s Call
"I won’t be silenced"
Arrested in Manilla on drug-related charges on February 27, Philippines Senator Leila de Lima, the most vocal elected opponent to President Rodrigo Duterte, says she won’t be silenced in a statement sent to the organizers of the Festival.
Tawakkol Karman’s call
Read Tawakkol Karman’s call
The Women’s March Geneva community invites you to join this International Women’s Day for an action, on March 8th.
We ask that you please refer to the grid we have included separetely in folded A3 format, as well as our website.
To tell the story of exile in Geneva, we are looking for family photos taken BEFORE leaving your country of origin: wedding pictures, holiday photos, family portraits, new and old...
To participate, just send your photos, captured with your mobile phone (no specific quality required), to j.berclaz@fifdh.org before January 23.
These pictures will be selected by Rithy Panh, himself an exilee from Cambodia, during his artist’s residency in Meyrin. The final project, a great art installation, will be shown during the Festival together with his latest movie Exile, presented at the Festival de Cannes last year.
The Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, awarded at major international film festivals and nominated at the Oscars, will participate in a weeklong artist’s residency in Meyrin, at the gates of Geneva, starting January 23rd.
On this occasion he will create a monumental art work, based on stories and personal images proposed by inhabitants of Geneva, that resonates with his latest film, Exile, presented at Cannes and the FIFDH.
The opening of this installation created especially for the FIFDH will be held on Friday, March 10th at the Pitoeff theater, in the presence of many guests and partners. It will then travel around the world.
The world today is in turmoil. It is tense, dangerous, agitated. How can we defend and promote human rights in such a moment of vertigo? The question arises amidst wars, violence, the migratory crisis, terrorist threats but also through the unpredictable upheavals in our societies.
In addition to addressing the state of human rights through the historical perspective of Louis Joinet, pioneer of this struggle, the Forum will discuss through 19 high-level public debates, the wars in Syria, with the former senior official from the Obama administration and former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, and in Yemen with Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The Festival will also be concerned with the advent of strongman politics, as is the case in Turkey, with the Turkish sociologist and dissident Pinar Selek. It will also delve into important developments in our societies such as redefinitions of gender, the right to privacy and black identity.
This scene, which is strong, beautiful and complex at the same time, offers several interpretations, explains Isabelle Gattiker, director of the Festival. It is definitely an image à clés that our public can embrace. What are these women looking at holding their strange binoculars ? Are they looking for a relative across the border? Are they scrutinizing our world ? Are they searching for another horizon? I like the idea that in an unstable territory, the two of them stand tall ; they are not afraid, they peer beyond the frame, towards a clear sky. While still deeply rooted in an appalling reality, this image offers us, as does the upcoming 15th edition of the FIFDH, a horizon of action, engagement, ideas and transformation ".
international women’s day
The Women’s March Geneva community invites you to join this International Women’s Day for an action, on March 8th.This year they focus on the pay gap in women’s and men’s salaries, which is as high as almost 50% in some countries and sectors. In Switzerland, the gap is 20% on average.
The program grid printed at the centre of our magazine, distributed on all festival locations and inserted in the March 4th edition of Le Temps, contains a printing error. Please accept our sincerest apologies!
Erratum
The program grid printed at the centre of our magazine, distributed on all festival locations and inserted in the March 4th edition of Le Temps, contains a printing error. Please accept our sincerest apologies!We ask that you please refer to the grid we have included separetely in folded A3 format, as well as our website.
MOONLIGHT - best picture – OSCARS 2017
Moonlight of Barry Jenkins, winner of the Oscars 2017, will be screened i the festival Fiction Competition – Swiss Premiere, March 10th and 12th !
This beautiful and sensitive film has been awarded with three Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Mahershala Ali, who becomes the first muslim actor to win an Oscar.
The festival warmly congratulates the whole movie team !
The FIFdh, the omct and amnesty international condemn the arrest of philippines senator leila de lima
The festival strongly objects to the arrest of Philippine Senator Leila de Lima. A former Minister of Justice, de Lima is expected to attend the Festival on March 18th, as part of a panel about the Philippines. Co-presented with the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the Délégation Genève Ville Solidaire, the roundtable will discuss the current situation in the country.
The programme is online!
Discover the full programme. Films, debates, exhibits, events & encounters in Geneva and all around western Switzerland, from March 10 to 19.
All the protagonists involved in the first case ever mounted against officials of the Syrian regime at the Festival on March 13
For the first time since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011, as reported by Swiss daily Le Temps, charges have been brought against officials of the Syrian regime. The case was filed today in Madrid by a Syrian exile whose brother was tortured to death in a Syrian jail. The FIFDH will have a special day dedicated to Syria on March 13.
HELP US CREATE A MAJOR ARTISTIC PROJECT ABOUT EXILe
To tell the story of exile in Geneva, we are looking for family photos taken BEFORE leaving your country of origin: wedding pictures, holiday photos, family portraits, new and old...
To participate, just send your photos, captured with your mobile phone (no specific quality required), to j.berclaz@fifdh.org before January 23.
These pictures will be selected by Rithy Panh, himself an exilee from Cambodia, during his artist’s residency in Meyrin. The final project, a great art installation, will be shown during the Festival together with his latest movie Exile, presented at the Festival de Cannes last year.
A major filmmaker in residency in geneva
The Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, awarded at major international film festivals and nominated at the Oscars, will participate in a weeklong artist’s residency in Meyrin, at the gates of Geneva, starting January 23rd.
On this occasion he will create a monumental art work, based on stories and personal images proposed by inhabitants of Geneva, that resonates with his latest film, Exile, presented at Cannes and the FIFDH.
The opening of this installation created especially for the FIFDH will be held on Friday, March 10th at the Pitoeff theater, in the presence of many guests and partners. It will then travel around the world.
A forum and key points of understanding
The world today is in turmoil. It is tense, dangerous, agitated. How can we defend and promote human rights in such a moment of vertigo? The question arises amidst wars, violence, the migratory crisis, terrorist threats but also through the unpredictable upheavals in our societies.
In addition to addressing the state of human rights through the historical perspective of Louis Joinet, pioneer of this struggle, the Forum will discuss through 19 high-level public debates, the wars in Syria, with the former senior official from the Obama administration and former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, and in Yemen with Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The Festival will also be concerned with the advent of strongman politics, as is the case in Turkey, with the Turkish sociologist and dissident Pinar Selek. It will also delve into important developments in our societies such as redefinitions of gender, the right to privacy and black identity.
THE POSTER OF THE 15TH EDITION IS UNVEILED !
This scene, which is strong, beautiful and complex at the same time, offers several interpretations, explains Isabelle Gattiker, director of the Festival. It is definitely an image à clés that our public can embrace. What are these women looking at holding their strange binoculars ? Are they looking for a relative across the border? Are they scrutinizing our world ? Are they searching for another horizon? I like the idea that in an unstable territory, the two of them stand tall ; they are not afraid, they peer beyond the frame, towards a clear sky. While still deeply rooted in an appalling reality, this image offers us, as does the upcoming 15th edition of the FIFDH, a horizon of action, engagement, ideas and transformation ". This photograph was taken at the border between Turkey and Syria by Bulent Kilic, winner of two World Press Awards for his coverage in Ukraine, Syria and Turkey. He was named best wire photographer in 2014 by Time magazine and The Guardian.