Singular, thoughtful and unruly, Black Movie offers the year’s best films d’auteur from around the world. A breath of fresh air in the atmosphere of standardized cinema!

CHF 20’925

104% of CHF 20’000

104 %
This is how it worksä

The «all or nothing» principle applies: The project only receives the funds if the funding target is reached or exceeded.

62 backers

Successfully concluded on 30/10/2014

15, Royston Tan, Singapour

Who are we?

A team of film d’auteur fans, wild about images of the world beyond, new art forms… in short, whatever you don’t find in commercial cinema.

What we defend

A Program which is untrammeled and uncompromising : films that reflect the inventiveness and diversity of the world’s cinematographies. Our aim? To arouse, move and above all to transport you… elsewhere.

Belinda 2014, after midnight ...
Belinda 2014, after midnight ...

Do people go to see Black Movie?

Yes! In 15 years, the Festival audience has jumped from 3,000 to 28,000. It’s recognized by film directors and critics from all over the world for its high-standard program, unique encounters and… its all-nighters.

  • Grütli Theater
    Grütli Theater
  • Spoutnik Theater
    Spoutnik Theater
  • Usine
    Usine

What is our program?

Each year, we build a program based on the films we’ve chosen. Whether it’s detecting (as yet) unknown films d’auteur or happily rediscovering now-recognized film-makers, steering a path between intimist documentary and Yakuza film, we screen some fifty features and many short films (in the children’s program). 98 % of the films we show are Swiss premières!

  • Oracle is Born, R. Heidmets, Estonie
    Oracle is Born, R. Heidmets, Estonie
  • R100, H. Matsumoto, Japon
    R100, H. Matsumoto, Japon
  • Touki Bouki, D. Diop Mambety, Senegal
    Touki Bouki, D. Diop Mambety, Senegal

On the slate for 2015

Activities with a special focus on Brazil, fiction, documentaries and genre films revealing a world on the verge of a nervous breakdown will offer an unusual, striking and moving itinerary through our world, while not neglecting humour and poetry!

  • Japanese movie posters from the 70’
    Japanese movie posters from the 70’
  • Japanese movie posters from the 70’
    Japanese movie posters from the 70’
  • Japanese movie posters from the 70’
    Japanese movie posters from the 70’

Why do we need you ?

Your contribution is essential to help us keep up the Festival quality ! In spite of its growing success, international renown and grants, Black Movie has been operating with the same budget base for the past four years ; and our budget won’t be increased until 2018. Other input is thus essential if we are to keep pace with our present rate of development and meet rapidly rising living costs.

Our priority: the film and his author

CHF 20’000 would enable us to:

  • go on inviting film-makers from around theworld to the Festival
  • to show each film three times instead of only twice. Thus making them accessible to more spectators
  • to continue promoting the Festival in Geneva and environs
  • to renumerate certain people whose work to date while totally professional has been provided for free.
  • Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public
    Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public
  • Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public
    Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public
  • Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public
    Au centre de notre intérêt: le cinéaste et son public

Why participate ?

To really be part of a festival that’s a tad transgressive and deliciously anticonformist! To meet the directors after seeing their films, at related conferences or at the Festival’s famous all-nighters. To share our passion for a cinema forced to struggle against excessive uniformization and that personifies the best of the 7th art!

  • Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest
    Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest
  • Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest
    Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest
  • Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest
    Conferences, exhibitions, activities with youngest