GUESTS OF THE 25TH GENEVA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
International Features Jury
Clotilde Courau (President of the Jury) – Actress (FR, CH)
Roger Avary – Screenwriter, director (CA, US)
Caitlin Cronenberg – Photographer, author, director (CA)
Hafsia Herzi – Actress, director (FR)
Eva Ionesco – Actress, director, photographer (FR)
Bruce Wagner – Screenwriter, actor, producer, author (US)
International TV Series Jury
Tom Fontana (President of the Jury) – Creator, screenwriter, producer (US)
Marc Janssen – Buyer, distributor, consultant (BE)
Vincent Kucholl – Actor, humorist (CH)
Jamie Rose – Actress, author (US)
Noémie Schmidt – Actress (CH)
International Immersive Works Jury
Leen Segers (President of the Jury) – Entrepreneur (BE)
Peter Fisher – Producer (DK)
Marc Lee – artist (CH)
Elena Malakhatka – Creator, researcher, immersive works curator (SE)
Victoire Thévenin – Immersive works curator (FR)
SENSible Council
Kent Bye (President of the Council) – Journalist (US)
Myriam Achard – New media curator, PR (CA)
Guy Daleiden – Director of film and new media production (LU)
Hélène Faget – New media producer (CH)
Film & Beyond
Park Chan-wook – Director, screenwriter (KR)
Geneva Award
Xavier Dolan – Director, actor, screenwriter, producer (CA) accompagnied by Anne Dorval (actress) et Nancy Grant (producer)
Geneva Digital Market
International Features Competition
Esther Devos (international sales) – Beanpole
Midi Z (director, co-screenwriter), Wu Ke-xi (actress, co-screenwriter) – Nina Wu
Zhu Shengze (director) – Present.Perfect.
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan (director) – Shadow of Water
Shinzo Katayama (director) – Siblings of the Cape
Boris Akopov (director) – The Bull
Ala Eddine Slim (director) – Tlamess
Stéphane Batut (director), Thimotée Robart (actress) – Vif-Argent
International TV Series Competition
Krzysztof Skonieczny (co-creator), Jakub Żulczyk (co-creator) – Blinded by the Lights
Marie Østerbye (co-creator) – Deliver Us
Piotr Marciniak (screenwriter) – Everything I Don’t Remember
Maddy Chambers (international sales), Jonas Allen (executive producer), Ulrich Thomsen (actor), Lars Ranthe (actor), Alma Thomsen (actress) – Face to Face
Vladlena Sandu (director, co-screenwriter) – Identification
Rebecca Zlotowski (creator) – Les Sauvages
Reshef Levi (creator, actor, producer) – Nehama
Marjan Alcevski (creator) – Success
International Immersives Works Competition
Singing Chen (creator) – Afterimage for Tomorrow
Jan Kounen (creator), Antoine Cayrol (producer), Guy Daleiden (co-producer) – Ayahuasca – Kosmik Journey
Martin Allais (co-creator), Antoine Cayrol (producer) – Battlescar – Punk Was Invented by Girls
Diana Schniedermeier (co-creator) – Das Totale Tanz Theater
Hugo Arcier (co-creator), Coline Dervieux (coordinator, producer) – Éden
Adrián Regnier (creator), Pablo Mariña (compositor, sound designer) – La Fuga – L. & G.
Yoo Tae-kyung (creator) – The Tide
Highlights
Jan Kounen (director, co-creator) – 7 Lives
Costa-Gavras (director, co-screenwriter), Michèle Ray-Gavras (producer) – Adults in the Room
Max Rheiner (creator), Dominique Peter (technician) – Birdly – Paradise Lost
Antoine Cayrol (producer) – Caravaggio in Tenebris
Lucie Borleteau (director) – Chanson douce
Tom Fontana (executive producer) – City on a Hill
David Cronenberg (director, co-screenwriter, producer) – Crash
Antoine Cayrol (producer) – Gloomy Eyes
Romain Graf (creator, director), Pauline Gygax (producer), Max Karli (producer), Ursina Lardi (actress), Flonja Kodheli (actress), Roland Vouilloz (actor), Yoann Blanc (actor) – Helvetica
Elia Suleiman (director, screenwriter, co-producer) – It Must Be Heaven
Jean Dujardin (actor) – J’accuse
Clotilde Courau (actress) – L’Ombre des femmes
Roger Avary (director, screenwriter) – Lucky Day
François Klein (producer), Thomas Villepoux (producer), Delphine Lanniel (actress), Elliot Delage (actor) – Mechanical Souls
Alice Winocour (director, screenwriter) – Proxima
Stéphane Mitchell (co-creator, co-screenwriter), Jean-Marc Fröhle (co-creator), Laura Sépul (actress), Arnaud Binard (actor), Vincent Kucholl (actor), Lauriane Gilliéron (actress), Brigitte Fossey (actress), Stéphane Metzger (actor), Féodor Atkine (actor), Karim Barras (actor), Mariama Sylla (actress), Barbara Tobola (actress), Olga Korotyayeva (actress) – Quartier des banques
Dan Wechsler (co-producer), Jamal Zeinal Zade (co-producer) – The Operative
Dan Wechsler (co-producer), Jamal Zeinal Zade (co-producer) – The Whistlers
Béla Batthyany (creator, co-screenwriter), Pierre Monnard (director), Peter Reichenbach (producer), Sarah Spale (actress), Beat Lenherr (producer) – Wilder
Bande originale
Jan Kounen (co-creator, co-screenwriter, director) – -22.7°C
Marc di Domenico (director), Mischa Aznavour (son of Charles Aznavour) – Le Regard de Charles
Christophe Merkle (creator) – Nachtspiel
Léonard Guyot (creator), Evan Kelly (creator) – Neo-Incas
Adrien Kaeser (creator) – Poetic Playground
Kylan Luginbühl (creator) – Quantum
Pierry Jaquillard (creator) – SnapSphere
Paul Lëon (creator) – Super City
Giulio Barresi (creator) – The VR Eyesight Test
Pulsation
Karolina Markiewicz (co-creator), Pascal Piron (co-creator) – Fever
Albert Serra (director, screenwriter, producer) – Liberté
Damien Bonnard (actor), Djebril Zonga (actor), Nawel Baba-Ali (producer) Esther Devos (international sales) – Les Misérables
Yuriy Evtyukov (technician) – Psychosis
Myriam Achard (distributor) – Traveling While Black
Stream
Yann Toderi (director, screenwriter, actor), Corinn Springer (actress), Mikaëll Roost (executive producer), Warren Newton (producer), Nabil Rafi (producer) – Balls
Julia Jentsch (actress) – Pagan Peak
Midi Z (creator, director, screenwriter), Wu Ke-xi (actress) – The Making of
Jan Kounen (creator, director) – The Show
Eva Ionesco (director, co-screenwriter), Simon Liberati (co-screenwriter), Lukas Ionesco (actor) – Une jeunesse dorée
Future is Yours
Simon Senn (creator) – Be Arielle F. VR
Valerie Messini (co-creator) – Head in a Cloud
Myriam Achard (distributor) – Gymnasia
Maria Guta (creator) – Interlooped
Special Event
Marina Rollman (humorist), Yann Marguet (humorist) – Rollman x Marguet x Eisenstein (03 nov.)
Nuits blanches
Mambo Chick, Ras Mali, Radio Cool – Nuit blanche : Tropical (01 nov.)
Ramin&Reda, Estebahn, Audrey Danza – Nuit blanche : Techno (02 nov.)
Bad Yard Sound, Kay Rubenz, DJ Chacha – Nuit blanche : Dancehall (07 nov.)
Dee Nasty, Desir – Nuit blanche : Rap (08 nov.)
Ka(ra)mi, Milky Groove, Ora – Nuit blanche : Disco House (09 nov.)