Do you risk a dunking in this deep cinema bath? Don’t worry! Being dunked was never such fun, thanks to a lush selection of 39 films that weave links between 25 countries and get you from Brazil to Iran or China in two breaststrokes! On the way, you’ll meet some indomitable animals, discover some ‘lively’ family relationships, some young people guided by their beliefs as well as two sessions on overcoming our fears. For those who’re not scared of getting wet, a broad range of workshops is on offer this year, from filming-editing on 16mm to stop-motion directing to radio production techniques and songs from across the world. There’s something for all ages and tastes!!
Registration for the workshops (atelier@blackmovie.ch) as well as for the Kid’s Jury (juryenfant@blackmovie.ch), is now open (link to the full programme below).
And finally, on the Festival’s second weekend, a glitz-splashing bomb: Gregaldur is staging a not-to-be-missed cine-concert around maestro Garri Bardine’s classics.
So, go for it, just take the plunge! Dip into the multiple streams of our fountain of youth! They’re made to enrich kids’ minds and take adults back to the days of their childhood!
The Black Movie Festival full line up will be unveiled on 7th January on: http://www.blackmovie.ch
Sung in German with French and English subtitles
Audiodescription: 1st & 2nd February 2020
Shows: 30th January, 1st and 2nd February
Duration: 1h50 without intermission
Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by the Grand Théâtre de Genève will revisit the somewhat outdated “turquerie” of the lyric tradition with a critical view of today, a view immersed in a world profoundly different from that of Mozart. Under the pen of the writer, activist and former Turkish political prisoner Aslı Erdoğan and in the concept of the Belgian theatre-maker Luk Perceval, the dialogues of Singspiel disappear and the play takes on consonant and dissonant resonances, both epic and of an intimate sadness. “We are all locked in the seraglio of our lives,” says Luk Perceval. In a radical dramatic gesture, which makes this production as much a theatrical event as it is a lyrical one, singers and actors interact with a new coherence. Mozart’s music takes on an unexpected dimension and becomes a reflection on the shadowy, lonely and alienating part of our human lives.
More information and Tickets: click here
Sung in German with French and English subtitles
Audiodescription: 1st & 2nd February 2020
Shows: 30th January, 1st and 2nd February
Duration: 1h50 without intermission
Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by the Grand Théâtre de Genève will revisit the somewhat outdated “turquerie” of the lyric tradition with a critical view of today, a view immersed in a world profoundly different from that of Mozart. Under the pen of the writer, activist and former Turkish political prisoner Aslı Erdoğan and in the concept of the Belgian theatre-maker Luk Perceval, the dialogues of Singspiel disappear and the play takes on consonant and dissonant resonances, both epic and of an intimate sadness. “We are all locked in the seraglio of our lives,” says Luk Perceval. In a radical dramatic gesture, which makes this production as much a theatrical event as it is a lyrical one, singers and actors interact with a new coherence. Mozart’s music takes on an unexpected dimension and becomes a reflection on the shadowy, lonely and alienating part of our human lives.
More information and Tickets: click here
Sung in French with Subtitles in French and English
Grand opéra by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps
First performed in Paris in 1836
Last time at the Grand Théâtre de Genève in 1927
In co-production with Nationaltheater Mannheim
Sunday performances at 15:00 hours
Tickets and more information: click here
Swiss Premiere Screening of “Doin’ My Drugs” film in Geneva followed by discussion: HIV: 40 years Later, Discrimination Still Kills, with panelists Buttenschøn, Rosen, and Osborne; Charlotte Sector, moderator.
Swiss Premiere of Doin’ My Drugs in Geneva followed by a discussion: HIV: 40 years Later, Discrimination Still Kills, with Film subject, recording artist and AIDS activist Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn; Doin’ My Drugs Documentary director Tyler Q Rosen; Executive Director of the International AIDS Society, Kevin Osborne and Charlotte Sector, the Multimedia Communications Manager of the United Nations (ONU) UNAIDS.
Doin’ My Drugs is the story of musician Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn—born HIV-positive in 1985—and his crusade to use his music to wipe out AIDS in his native Zambia and beyond. Doin’ My Drugs aims to raise awareness about the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zambia—a country of 17 million people where more than 1.2 million are HIV-positive or have the disease. Zambia’s situation is mirrored throughout the developing world.
A father to two young children, Buttenschøn has kept his HIV in check and his family virus-free, by “doin’ his drugs.” He recognized that his native Zambia remains trapped in a horrific and senseless AIDS crisis. While a significant percentage of the population there is infected with HIV, many antiretroviral drug treatment programs that keep the virus dormant—“a near-zero viral load” as Buttenschøn says—are widely available through government programs for free.
We are delighted to celebrate with you the 10th edition of the GIJFF festival. Through cinema we can discover our cultural diversity, our traditions and the issue around us. In 2020 we changed the French title of the festival to better express this diversity.
Full programme and tickets from 14th February.
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Natalie Dessay, soprano – Philippe Cassard, piano
Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Frédéric Chopin, Vincenzo Bellini, Jules Massenet, Enrique Granados, Albert Roussel, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy et Léo Delibes
More info and tickets: here
Saint François d’Assise, a work of awe-inspiring ambitions and proportions, will be staged by world-famous French contemporary visual artist, Adel Abdessemed. This first performance in Switzerland of Messiaen’s only opera will be conducted by Jonathan Nott, musical and artistic director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Sunday performances at 15:00 hours
More info and tickets: here
