Miscellaneous Geneva Film Festival opens with Federal Councillor Baume-Schneider
The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) opened on Friday in the presence of Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. British director Stephen Frears and US screenwriter Alan Ball will be among the guests until November 9.
31.10.2025, 21:54
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"Surely only at the GIFF is it possible to move seamlessly from a film about Betty Bossi to an immersion in the challenges of new technologies in the same week," said Culture Minister Baume-Schneider at the opening ceremony.
Afterwards, the audience was able to watch the Swiss premiere of the film "L'Inconnu de la grande arche" by Stéphane Demoustier, which traces the unknown fate of Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, the Danish architect of the Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris.
During the ten days of the 31st edition, the Geneva International Film Festival will screen and award current international films. Guests of honor include film director Frears, who will receive the Film & Beyond Award, and screenwriter Ball.
