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The FIFDH section for professionals, Impact Days, features an intense and international annual training programme: the Impact Lab. Every year we
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#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
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
#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
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
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
fifdh.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#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
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 📆
Let’s take a look at this edition’s films 🎬
Programme out in December 📆
November 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🎬 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 📆
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/...
🔗 More information: fifdh.org/en/pro/news/...
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#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/...
🔗 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 ❤️
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 ❤️
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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 ❤️
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 ❤️
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...
🔗 More info: fifdh.org/agenda/khart...
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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...
🔗 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...
🎟️ Free event, registration here: fifdh.org/agenda/khart...
October 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
@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...
🎟️ 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
🌐 Plus d'informations : cutt.ly/lrM5faSM
October 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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
🌐 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🗣️🇱🇧
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🔗 fifdh.org/agenda/to-cl...
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🗣️🇱🇧
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🔗 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
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🎟️ Free entrance, mandatory reservation
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September 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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...
🎟️ 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.
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🎟️ Free admission, no registration required.
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Hacking Hate - FIFDH
The Morges regional group of Amnesty International Switzerland invites you to a screening of Simon Klose's documentary Hacking Hate. The screening,
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September 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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.
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🎟️ 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/
September 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🇵🇸✊ 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/... 🎥
Call for impact documentary films and projects - FIFDH
Each year we select urgent documentary films and projects from all corners of the globe. We then help you to develop or refine your impact campaigns,
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August 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
💥 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
🔗 cutt.ly/KrTp3Wyn
July 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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
🔗 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
🔗 Watch more here: cutt.ly/ArRpVRmq
June 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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
🔗 Watch more here: cutt.ly/ArRpVRmq
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“#Cartoons in their #simplicity can show things as they are, and maybe that’s an #antidote for #propaganda and #disinformation”.
Our President @chappatte.bsky.social discusses his work, the state of #editorial #cartooning and democracy in an interview with SwissInfo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ha...
Our President @chappatte.bsky.social discusses his work, the state of #editorial #cartooning and democracy in an interview with SwissInfo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ha...
Swiss Political Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte: Cartoons and the fight for press freedom
YouTube video by SWI swissinfo.ch - English
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June 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
“#Cartoons in their #simplicity can show things as they are, and maybe that’s an #antidote for #propaganda and #disinformation”.
Our President @chappatte.bsky.social discusses his work, the state of #editorial #cartooning and democracy in an interview with SwissInfo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ha...
Our President @chappatte.bsky.social discusses his work, the state of #editorial #cartooning and democracy in an interview with SwissInfo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ha...
At the “COUNTERING THE NORMALISATION OF THE FAR RIGHT” Forum at #FIFDH25, Saoussen Hammami, a member of the Les Foulards Violets Collective, denounced Switzerland's hypocrisy in the fight against racism.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
June 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
At the “COUNTERING THE NORMALISATION OF THE FAR RIGHT” Forum at #FIFDH25, Saoussen Hammami, a member of the Les Foulards Violets Collective, denounced Switzerland's hypocrisy in the fight against racism.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
🏳️⚧️ Last Monday, the UN Trans Advocacy Week organisers, in partnership with FIFDH Impact Days 2025, were hosting a screening of QUEER AS PUNK, followed by a roundtable discussion with international trans activists. THANKS to all the participants and the organisers for such inspiring exchanges! 🤝
June 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🏳️⚧️ Last Monday, the UN Trans Advocacy Week organisers, in partnership with FIFDH Impact Days 2025, were hosting a screening of QUEER AS PUNK, followed by a roundtable discussion with international trans activists. THANKS to all the participants and the organisers for such inspiring exchanges! 🤝
Since 7 October 2023, more than 1,000 carers have been killed in Gaza.
🎙️”So this is a tool of Genocide”, says Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, guest at #FIFDH25 alongside Francesca Albanese.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources.
🎙️”So this is a tool of Genocide”, says Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, guest at #FIFDH25 alongside Francesca Albanese.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources.
June 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Since 7 October 2023, more than 1,000 carers have been killed in Gaza.
🎙️”So this is a tool of Genocide”, says Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, guest at #FIFDH25 alongside Francesca Albanese.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources.
🎙️”So this is a tool of Genocide”, says Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, guest at #FIFDH25 alongside Francesca Albanese.
🎥 Watch all the exchanges on our YTB channel and our platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources.
Share your work for consideration with the world's most distinguished awards event dedicated to the #documentary genre ! Submissions for the 41st annual IDA Documentary Awards - @documentary.org - close on August 1! 👉 cutt.ly/rrv6ENg6
May 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Share your work for consideration with the world's most distinguished awards event dedicated to the #documentary genre ! Submissions for the 41st annual IDA Documentary Awards - @documentary.org - close on August 1! 👉 cutt.ly/rrv6ENg6
The start of summer is approaching... and what better way than to (re)see the films from #FIFDH25 and #FIFDH24 on the big screen? 🎥✨
This May and June, we invite you to join us in Geneva (Eaux-Vives), Presinge and Biel for powerful, engaging screenings. 🔗 More information : fifdh.org/en/agenda/
This May and June, we invite you to join us in Geneva (Eaux-Vives), Presinge and Biel for powerful, engaging screenings. 🔗 More information : fifdh.org/en/agenda/
May 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The start of summer is approaching... and what better way than to (re)see the films from #FIFDH25 and #FIFDH24 on the big screen? 🎥✨
This May and June, we invite you to join us in Geneva (Eaux-Vives), Presinge and Biel for powerful, engaging screenings. 🔗 More information : fifdh.org/en/agenda/
This May and June, we invite you to join us in Geneva (Eaux-Vives), Presinge and Biel for powerful, engaging screenings. 🔗 More information : fifdh.org/en/agenda/
Last March, we had the honor of hosting Douglas Kennedy, Adam Kinzinger, and Amy Greene for the forum “Where are the United States headed?” 🇺🇸🗣️
🔗 Catch the full discussion (available in FR and ENG) on our YouTube channels and our Resources & Media platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
🔗 Catch the full discussion (available in FR and ENG) on our YouTube channels and our Resources & Media platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
May 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Last March, we had the honor of hosting Douglas Kennedy, Adam Kinzinger, and Amy Greene for the forum “Where are the United States headed?” 🇺🇸🗣️
🔗 Catch the full discussion (available in FR and ENG) on our YouTube channels and our Resources & Media platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
🔗 Catch the full discussion (available in FR and ENG) on our YouTube channels and our Resources & Media platform 👉 fifdh.org/ressources
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160 journalists killed in Palestine.
Video produced in collaboration with @fifdh.bsky.social #Geneva.
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom.
Video produced in collaboration with @fifdh.bsky.social #Geneva.
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom.
Portraits of journalists killed in Gaza
YouTube video by Gianluca Costantini (Channeldraw)
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May 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
160 journalists killed in Palestine.
Video produced in collaboration with @fifdh.bsky.social #Geneva.
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom.
Video produced in collaboration with @fifdh.bsky.social #Geneva.
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom.
Reposted by FIFDH Geneva
EVENT — Another incredible night in the books! After the emotional, sold-out screening of @democracysiegedoc.bsky.social, we enjoyed a thought-provoking conversation between @chappatte.bsky.social and our guest star @anntelnaes.bsky.social — topped off by a surprise guest @lizadonnelly.bsky.social.
May 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
EVENT — Another incredible night in the books! After the emotional, sold-out screening of @democracysiegedoc.bsky.social, we enjoyed a thought-provoking conversation between @chappatte.bsky.social and our guest star @anntelnaes.bsky.social — topped off by a surprise guest @lizadonnelly.bsky.social.
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United Nations Human Rights screenings in South Sudan & Tunisia of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL by Mohamed Jabaly made possible by the wonderful @fifdh.bsky.social OHCHR-Tunisia & UNISFA
Thank you for your hard work on the film's meaningful impact on your audiences, we couldn't ask for better partners!
Thank you for your hard work on the film's meaningful impact on your audiences, we couldn't ask for better partners!
May 1, 2025 at 9:49 AM
United Nations Human Rights screenings in South Sudan & Tunisia of LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL by Mohamed Jabaly made possible by the wonderful @fifdh.bsky.social OHCHR-Tunisia & UNISFA
Thank you for your hard work on the film's meaningful impact on your audiences, we couldn't ask for better partners!
Thank you for your hard work on the film's meaningful impact on your audiences, we couldn't ask for better partners!
CONGRATULATIONS! Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, one of the protagonists of the film KARUARA, PEOPLE OF THE RIVER -FIFDH25 selection- has just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize @goldmanprize.bsky.social!
Discover her work 👇
www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma...
Discover her work 👇
www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma...
Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari
In March 2024, Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari and her Kukama community won a landmark rights of nature court decision to protect the Marañón River in Peru by granting the river legal personhood.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
CONGRATULATIONS! Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, one of the protagonists of the film KARUARA, PEOPLE OF THE RIVER -FIFDH25 selection- has just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize @goldmanprize.bsky.social!
Discover her work 👇
www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma...
Discover her work 👇
www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/ma...