THE POET OPENS THE 10èmeEDITION OF THE FIFOG 2015

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE ❷
….………………………………..…………………………....…………...Genève, le 21 mars 2015
THE POET OPENS THE 10 ème EDITION OF THE FIFOG
The FIFOG 2015 started yesterday Friday, March 20 at the Cinema : Function at the Maison des
arts Grütli of Geneva. The opening was marked by the screening of the documentary film Earth
absence , meeting with Adonis , by John Albert Jansen. Ensued the films Thousand and one Cairo
and Not even any hurt , respectively by Jacques Siron , multimedia artist Genevan and Nadia El
Fani, Tunisian activist. In his inauguration speech, the Artistic Director of FIFOG Tahar Houchi ,
bowed in memory of the victims of recent attacks at Bardo Museum in Tunis.
ADONIS CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF FESTIVAL
To mark this special day , the worldwide known poet Adonis has offered a poem to the spectators and shared with them the
10th anniversary cake. In the discussion wich followed the screening of which he is the protagonist, a rich and fruitful
discussion was held with festival goers who listened with emotion. An occasion to celebrate the poet through his own
language, love and freedom, that he considers as his homeland, and shares with FIFOG .
GENEVE TAKES THE COLORS OF THE EAST
For 10 days to come, from March 20 to 29 , Romandie will live with the colors of the East. More than 100 films and 80
guests are on show at the 2015 FIFOG . Besides this documentary weekend , more than 30 feature films and nearly 50
short films , organized in 12 Orient-Express are programmed at the festival. To report, programming FIFOG Classics , the
jewels of Eastern cinema with the highlight of a tribute to Faten Hamama , the recently extinct Egyptian star , heroine of Our
best days of Helmy Halim , alongside a certain ... Omar Sharif . Also , to celebrate the Swiss cinema, FIFOG offers several
Swiss short films in the Competition participating to the SWISS MADE Competition.
FIFOG 2015, FIGURES
• 100 movies, short films and documentaries from Algeria, Belgium, Egypt, the United States, Jordan, Iran, Lebanon, France, Morocco,
Palestine, Tunisia, Turkey, Switzerland and Syria;
• 20 locations of projection: Cinémas du Grütli, Fonction: Cinéma, Ciné-Saussure, CinéVersoix, Lausanne, in neighbouring France and in the
United Nations Office in Geneva.
• 4 competitions for a Golden FIFOG and a Silver FIFOG for full-length feature films, short films, documentaries, shorts swiss films and
Bayoumi Prize “Une Certaine Image”.
• 2 School Awards involving the International School og Geneva and the Cycle d’Orientation de la Seymaz.
The FIFOG celebrates its 10th anniversary at a time when barbarism threatens peace between East and West. While the ranks of
obscurantist and racist groups are growing, the voices of wisdom and love remain inaudible.
The FIFOG wants to amplify the sounds of those first victims. Dedicated to Love, the FIFOG responds to hatred with love, to violence
with art, to barbarism with poetry. This guiding idea is concentrated in an arrangement of 100 impertinent and fresh works from East
and West, accompanied by sixty guests.
SER VICE
PR ESSE
Isabelle Fringuet-Paturle
Tamina Wicky et Mariam Mussa
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+41 77 419 57 17
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fifog.presse@gmail.com
FIFOG
Tahar Houchi Directeur artistique
+41 78 761 13 79
www.fifog.com
2015
Sofiane Bouchaïb Coordinateur général
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