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#ImpactDays ⎜ PROGRAMME & ACCREDITATION
Discover the 2026 #FIFDHImpactDays programme and apply for your Industry accreditation 💥

👉International case studies, panels, Swiss Focus & networking with a global impact community.
📍 Geneva, 8–10 March
🔗 Link : fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

We are delighted to present the seven members of the two international #juries! #FIFDH26
🌟They will award prizes in the Festival’s international competitions 🏆

👉 Awards ceremony: Saturday, 14 March.
More info : fifdh.org/en/festival/...

YouTube video by FIFDH Geneva Impact Days Webinar 15.01.2026 – Replay

🎥 REPLAY - The 2026 Impact Days Webinar is now available!

Missed our webinar on using documentary film to advance human rights? You can now watch the full session online!

🎤 With: Ishtar Lakhani - Rogue Union, Prince Nyambok - Docma & GIPA
👉 WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZEl...

The #FIFDH returns to Geneva from 6 to 15 March 🎬🌍 Our relationship with reality is at the heart of this year’s Festival - reflected in the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: a powerful diptych from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 by British photographer and filmmaker @zed_nelson 📸

📅 Full programme out on 12 February.

💚 Devenez Ami·es du #FIFDH
Soutenez un festival engagé et contribuez à faire entendre les voix de celles et ceux qui se battent pour les droits humains.
Rejoignez notre cercle d’Ami·es ou offrez une adhésion ✨
🌐 fifdh.org/amies/
#FilmFestival #DroitsHumains #Soutien #Genève

ÉCOLES - FIFDH

Are you a teacher? 🎓
Register your classes for the FIFDH Schools Programme! Discover a selection of 12 film screenings, each followed by discussions exploring themes related to #HumanRights.
Join us from 9 to 13 March at Cinémas du Grütli 👉 fifdh.org/ecoles

Impact Days Webinar - 15.01.2026 - FIFDH Want to use film to advance human rights? For filmmakers, NGOs, impact practitioners and funders: this conversation will change your collaborative practices!

Looking to use documentary film to advance human rights? 🎬 For filmmakers, NGOs, impact practitioners and funders: register for the 2026 Impact Days Webinar and change your collaborative practices!
📆 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟱:𝟭𝟱 𝗖𝗘𝗧
🌐 fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

Coup de projecteur sur le travail de l’artiste Clément Brazille, créateur des trophées du #FIFDH 🏆

Fruit d’un concours mené en collaboration avec la HEAD – Genève, ces trophées sont remis aux lauréat·es du Festival✨

Découvrez le processus créatif derrière ces pièces uniques 👇

Best wishes for 2026! ✨ A big thank you for your support to the success of the #FIFHD25! Preparations are well underway for the next edition, as shown by the Festival trophies created by artist Clement Brazille.
See you on 20.01 for the new posters and on 12.02 for the #FIFDH26 programme! 🗓️

🚀 2026 EARLY BIRD PASS 🚀

Give — or treat yourself to — a unique and meaningful experience at the FIFDH, from March 6 to 15, with our exclusive early-bird rate: CHF 105 instead of CHF 160 🎁
👉 Enjoy full access to all Festival events at 30% off with this special offer !
🔗 fifdh.org/en/news/earl...

Impact Days Webinar - 15.01.2026 - FIFDH Call out to filmmakers, NGOs, impact practitioners and funders: this conversation will change your collaborative practices! Want to know who can help articulate your goals with clarity, who can implem...

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2026 IMPACT DAYS WEBINAR 🚀
Filmmakers, NGOs, impact practitioners and funders — Clarify your impact goals, find the right partners and strengthen your collaborations. Join us Thursday 15 January, 14:00–15:15 CET! 🌐 Register now: fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

Join Ciné-ONU, CAGI and FIFDH for a screening and discussion on the journey of Francia Márquez, human rights and environmental defender and now Vice-President of Colombia 🇨🇴🎬 Followed by a discussion on the political participation of marginalised communities today.
🔗 fifdh.org/en/agenda/ig...

Retrouvez-nous à la projection 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗗𝗛 +𝟯𝟲𝟱 du documentaire DOUNIA ET LE GRAND PAYS BLANC d’André Kadi et Marya Zarif. Très apprécié au #FIFDH, le film sera à (re)découvrir le dimanche 14 décembre à 15h à la Maison de retraite du Petit-Saconnex, partenaire de l’événement 🎬
🔗 fifdh.org/agenda/douni...

Impact Days – Swiss Focus 2026 - FIFDH Swiss Focus is a space for connection and dialogue between Swiss impact stakeholders of all language regions, our international Impact Days guests and Swiss filmmakers.

#ImpactDays⎜ Discover the four projects selected for Swiss Focus 2026! 🇨🇭🎬 A moment to connect Swiss impact actors, international guests, and filmmakers. ℹ️ Swiss industry pros with an Industry Accreditation or Impact Days Daily Pass are welcome — more info before March. 🔗 fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

As part of the Let’s Doc! festival, a new FIFDH+365 screening is on the programme. Join us for IL RAGAZZO DELLA DRINA by Zijad Ibrahimovic on Wednesday, 26 November at Cinélux! 🎬
Screening followed by a discussion with Irvin, the film’s protagonist. 🎤

🔗 Tickets: www.cinelux.ch/2025/08/17/i...

Impact Lab 2026 selection - FIFDH The FIFDH section for professionals, Impact Days, features an intense and international annual training programme: the Impact Lab.  Every year we

#ImpactDays | The FIFDH pro programme returns for its 8th edition! 💥
We’re thrilled to reveal the 2026 Impact Lab selection — nearly 200 submissions from 70 countries across all continents. Discover via our online catalogue : fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

🗓️ Mar 8–10, 2026 – Impact Days in Geneva

🎬 In partnership with UN Human Rights, the FIFDH launches the 2025 tour for Human Rights Day. This year’s theme — OUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS — reminds us that human rights aren’t ideals, they’re what we rely on every day ✊

Let’s take a look at this edition’s films 🎬
Programme out in December 📆

#ImpactDays⎜Thanks to our #ImpactDays 2026 selection committee! ✨ With Laura Longobardi & Ana Castañosa, four impact pros shaped this year’s picks 🎬 And thanks to our NGO friends for their expert feedback! Full selection out Tue 18 Nov!
🔗 More information: fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...

Coup de projecteur sur notre collab avec le duo du studio BAD ✨

Leurs affiches pour le FIFDH ont été sélectionnées à la Biennale UPLOAD dans la catégorie identité visuelle 💥
Merci à elles pour leur créativité qui fait briller le Festival, sur papier comme en digital ❤️

👉 Followed by a discussion with Jean-Nicolas Armstrong Dangelser, MSF Head of Mission in Sudan, and Narin Fandoglu, MSF Operational Advisor from MSF Switzerland.

As part of the Let's Doc! festival, catch a new screening of the documentary KHARTOUM lele on Thursday 6 November at 7.30pm at the Salle Communale in Satigny! 🎬

🔗 More info: fifdh.org/agenda/khart...

@msf.ca, the Festival's main partner, invites you to a screening of KHARTOUM on Friday 17 October at 18:30 in Fribourg. After the screening, Andrea Isenegger, former MSF project collaborator in Sudan, will share her field experience.

🎟️ Free event, registration here: fifdh.org/agenda/khart...

En collaboration avec la Geneva Peace Week, retrouvez une projection gratuite de THE ILLUSION OF ABUNDANCE d’Erika González et Matthieu Lietaert le mardi 14 octobre à 11h à la Maison de la Paix ! Suivie d'une discussion 💬 @gpplatform.ch 🤝

🌐 Plus d'informations : cutt.ly/lrM5faSM

Join us for the screening of 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗗𝗛 +𝟯𝟲𝟱 of the documentary TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern and Jakob Carl Sauer on Saturday 4 October at 6pm, accompanied by an aperitif prepared by the CHC in Presinge, the event's partner municipality🗣️🇱🇧

🔗 fifdh.org/agenda/to-cl...

The Zurich English speaking regional group of @suisse.amnesty.ch invites you to a screening of Najiba and Rasul Noori’s documentary WRITING HAWA. Join us on Friday, 3 October at 19:00 at the Quartierzentrum Bäckeranlage, Zurich.

🎟️ Free entrance, mandatory reservation
🔗 fifdh.org/en/agenda/wr...

The Morges regional group of @suisse.amnesty.ch invites you to a screening of Simon Klosel's documentary HACKING HATE, followed by a discussion. Join us on Tuesday, 30 September at 7:30 p.m. at the Cinéma Odéon in Morges.

🎟️ Free admission, no registration required.
🔗 fifdh.org/en/agenda/ha...

🇵🇸✊ Le FIFDH soutient Waves of Freedom - mouvement citoyen, indépendant et pacifique et la flottille internationale Global Sumud. Ensemble, ils visent à briser le blocus illégal de Gaza par la mer. 🤝Rejoignez le mouvement et soutenez la cagnotte de la flottille : waves-of-freedom.ch/fr/

💥 CALL FOR PROJECTS NOW OPEN - Calling international #documentary #filmmakers working on #SocialJustice & #HumanRights! Craft your impact goals with experts & meet your future impact partners in Geneva! Submit your project/film to #FIFDH by 19 Sept! fifdh.org/en/pro/news/... 🎥

During the discussion “GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: ENDING SILENCE AND SHAME", Giulia Foïs, journalist, once again highlighted the constant climate of fear experienced by the majority of women, both in private life and/or in public spaces. A powerful, necessary conversation!
🔗 cutt.ly/KrTp3Wyn

If sport is meant to be a universal space, it nonetheless remains shaped by gendered norms, discriminating against trans and non-binary athletes among others. French sprinter Halba Diouf bore witness to this at the forum "SPORT, A MIRROR OF SOCIAL NORMS"🏳️‍⚧️✊

🔗 Watch more here: cutt.ly/ArRpVRmq