Hello, this is Pip. Geneva’s annual film and human rights festival will return to the city next month with a packed programme of screenings, interviews and debates covering some of the most pressing global issues of our time, from conflict and displacement to climate change.

We're taking a closer look at this year’s programme, which was unveiled yesterday.

We’re also hearing about the cultural and historical sites under attack in Ukraine, and covering the latest warnings from the UN that rising seas threaten to force billions of people out of their homes.

15.02.2023

On our radar

FIFDH organisers revealed the programme for the 21st edition of the festival at a press conference in Geneva on 14 February. (FIFDH)

Geneva film festival spotlights stories of conflict, climate and migration. The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) will take place from 10 to 19 March, bringing together filmmakers, artists and activists from around the world. Migration, conflict and climate change are some of the biggest themes of this year’s event, with a total of 36 films due to be screened grappling with issues spanning the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan and Iran to the fight to protect indigenous land in the Amazon.

Geneva Solutions (EN)

Here's what else is happening

🖼️Wrecked museums and churches: the high cultural price of the war in Ukraine.
Le Temps (FR)
🌊Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns.
The Guardian (EN)
🌍WHO: Turkey, Syria earthquakes ‘worst natural disaster’ in European region in a century.
Politico (EN)
🎧Inside Geneva podcast: earthquakes, aid, and politics.
Swissinfo (EN)
🇺🇳UN members to mark one year anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine, centred on ‘peace’ resolution.
PassBlue (EN)

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