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Ritual sacrifice and oppression of individuals by society. After Norman Jewison’s Rollerball.
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Ritual sacrifice and oppression of individuals by society. After Norman Jewison’s Rollerball.
As Hakim is waiting for the bus after class, he is caught in a vendetta between teenagers. He is not exactly keen to get into a fight, but how can he possibly avoid an awaited confrontation?
A documentary following Indigenous struggles in the Americas and the pursuit for audience at the United Nations.
Lost in a forest, a prince meets a mysterious woman and takes her home to a dark castle haunted by repressed longings. There she grows fonder of her new husband's half-brother, sparking a fatal love triangle between the
This documentary about the canton of Geneva’s University Hospital focuses less on the technology of modern medicine, or the ubiquity of doctors, than on the destiny of ordinary people: the hospital as a shrine of humanit
Taking a classic opera and turning it on its head, Karin Henkel, a leading director in contemporary German theatre, offers a new interpretation of Verdi's masterpiece. In a world dominated by men, where women are exploit
A collective called Lacasinegra spent a few days in Geneva with a challenge: To film everything. Absolutely everything.
British director Phelim McDermott offers the audience a new take on the culture of the people of Ancient Egypt in Aida, one that allows us also to question the world in which we live. This new perspective entails a numbe
Politics. Religion. Nabucco is Verdi's retelling of the Old Testament story of King Nebuchadnezzar II's religious conversion. On one side, the fiery Hebrew priest Zaccaria, battling to lead his people from oppression. On
The production bears the imprint of the conductor, Marko Letonja, and the director, Tobias Richter, whose understanding is ideal: both breathe a troupe spirit - specific to comedy - into this heterogeneous cast, which br
A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.
Geneva just before the anti-G8 meeting of Evian.
Zofira Kiniorska conducts a concert entitled ‘Classique et engagé-e-x!’ (Classical and politically engaged!), devoted to women composers. For the occasion, the Polish conductor has devised a programme ranging from Mel Bo
Astor Piazzolla's only opera tells the story of María, born in the working-class districts of Buenos Aires. Between intoxicating tango and incantatory lyricism, this stunning work celebrates the vibrant spirit of the Arg