BLACK MOVIE 2025 - 26th Edition

Bridging the seasons, the Black Movie International Independent Film Festival is fine-tuning this autumn its 26th edition, which will be yours to discover this winter from 17 to 26 January! Like every year, the Black Movie team probes the soul of international cinema, concocting a programme renowned for its eclecticism, made up of trenchant subjects and troubled passions, drawing on independent productions from Asia, Africa and Latin America. In the end, a list of over one hundred films will be unveiled on 7 January.

In the meantime, here’s the poster for the 2025 edition! To mark the occasion, graphic designers Neo Neo have rewarded Black Movie with a proposal shrouded in mystery. It's up to you to make your own interpretation: is this dark corridor a cinema, or a frightening administrative office worthy of a horror B-movie? With its coloured bars, could this be the legendary test pattern of CRT televisions making a headline appearance? You've got it: with this cryptic visual, the Black Movie Festival is once again playing its quirky music to the delight of Geneva audiences.

The arrival of this poster heralds the forthcoming release of Black Movie's jam-packed programme. In a few weeks' time, you will be able to explore the new themed sections inspired by the stories behind the feature films and shorts of the 2025 vintage. Among the planned movies, we can already mention the impressionist Caught by the Tides by the Chinese Jia Zhangke, the gripping allegory Harvest by the Greek Athina Rachel Tsangari, and the documentary La Libertad de Fierro by the Mexican Santiago Esteinou, who will be present together with the film's protagonist César Fierro, who was released a few years ago after an abusive sentence and a stay on death row that lasted several decades.

In addition to the many planned screenings, there will be a new exhibition which will be held this year at the Fonderie Kugler. Photo Kegham of Gaza: Unboxing will showcase the archives of the very first photographic studio to open in Gaza in 1944, some of which have been miraculously preserved and saved from oblivion.

All this, and much more, to be seen exclusively in cinemas from 17 to 26 January 2025!