Aside from its international competitions, FIFF offers each year six or seven sections which celebrate cinema from all around the world. But there is much more to the Festival than films! FIFF also offers the public a great choice of side events, including Q&As, panel discussions, exhibitions, as well as special receptions and parties.
The complete programme will be revealed on Wednesday 5th March 2025.
GENRE CINEMA (I): Murders and Mysteries
Presentation
FIFF can already announce the Genre Cinema theme and line-up. Aptly named Murders and Mysteries, the section will forensically investigate whodunnit films from around the world. The stories told by the ten or so films in the Genre cinema: Murders and Mysteries line-up range from light-hearted, cheery and entertaining to chilling and dark. But regardless of tone, their deft cinematographic and narrative choices shake up preconceived notions and lock in the attention of the audience, leaving them more deeply invested – or, in some cases, destabilised – in the quest for the truth.
GENRE CINEMA (II) : Audience choice
Presentation
For the fifth year running, the FIFF has invited the public to curate part of the Festival programme. This year, the public voted for their favourite five whodunnit films from a shortlist of 50. The audience’s choices perfectly complement this year’s Genre Cinema (I): Murders and Mysteries line-up. It is with great pleasure – and a certain eagerness to see them on the Festival’s silver screens – that FIFF announces here the five culprits: (1) The Silence of the Lambs, by Jonathan Demme (USA, 1991); (2) Se7en, by David Fincher (USA, 1995); (3) Vertigo, by Alfred Hitchcock (USA, 1958); (4) 8 Women, by François Ozon (France, 2002); (5) Rear Window, by Alfred Hitchcock (USA, 1954).
MAKE IT FAMILY TIME
Presentation
The Make It Family Time section takes kids and their parents on a journey to cinematic worlds and cultures that are rarely seen in mainstream movie theatres. On the 2025 travel itinerary are eye-opening trips to places like Indonesia, Brazil and Hungary, to name a few. These tales of friendship and adventures are a real treat for all the family. Our programme of dialogue-free animated films will leave our youngest audience members in seventh heaven!
DIASPORA
Focus on a societal, political or cultural issue.
To be announced soon.
NEW TERRITORY
Discovery of a new or little-known cinematography
To be announced soon
SUR LA CARTE DE ...
A well-known celebrity reveals her/his favourite films.
To be announced soon.
Special screenings and Events
Passeport Suisse - Films made by Swiss directors or shot in Switzerland
Séances de minuit - Not for the faint-hearted!
FIFForum - The FIFF: Not just screenings
