24th International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights | FIFDH 2026

About the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights

The 24th edition of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) is taking place from 6 to 15 March 2026. Taking place in the margins of HRC61, this year’s edition features the environment highly as the various films, exhibitions and conferences tackle the interlinkages between human rights issues and toxics, minerals and metals, Indigenous People’s rights, environmental (and) human rights defenders, and questions on economic growth, among others.

FIFDH Impact Days

The FIFDH Impact Days bring together NGOs, filmmakers, impact practitioners, and funders to find joint strategies around common human rights themes, including on the environment. Taking place from 8 to 10 March 2026, the 8th edition of Impact Days featured documentary projects, with the goal of working with filmmakers to refine their impact goals, and facilitate partnerships within the vast ecosystem of organizations, policymakers and funders active around International Geneva. → Discover the program.

Environment @ FIFDH 2026

Various environment-related activities are taking place at FIFDH 2026:

• Oya – Clima Yaakaar | Exhibition | 6 – 15 March | Espace Pitoëff – Librairie
• Yurlu | Country | Film | 6 March | 18:15 CET | Grütli – Salle Langlois
  The film will present the story of Maitland Parker who has dedicated his life to protecting the Banjima people’s ancestral land that has been poisoned by asbestos mining. Discussions on “largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere” will take place on 9 March in a side event at the 61st session of the Human Rights Council and the European premiere of the film.
• Black Water | Film | 7 March | 16:00 CET | Grütli – Salle Langlois
• Of Mud and Blood | Film | 8 March | 13:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
• DRC: War, Minerals and Impunity | Conference | 8 March | 15:00 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
• Yurlu | Country | Film | 9 March | 19:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
• Wittenoom: Poisoned Land, Ignored Crime | Conference | 9 March | 21:00 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
• The System | Film | 9 March | 20:30 CET | Grütli – Salle Langlois
• Water geopolitics in the age of AI | Conference | 11 March | 18:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Librairie
• Yurlu | Country | Film | 11 March | 20:00 CET | Théâtre Forum Meyrin
• Meyrin Screening & Discussion: Yurlu | Country | Conference | 11 March | 21:30 CET | Théâtre Forum Meyrin
• Returning to the Wild to Save Humanity? | Conference | 13 March | 18:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Librairie
• Black Water | Film | 13 March | 20:00 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
• When Climate Change Forces Displacement | Conference | 13 March | 21:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Théâtre
• The System | Film | 14 March | 13:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
• Climate, non-violence put to the test of urgency | Conference | 14 March | 15:00 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
• Closing Ceremony | 14 March | 19:00 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle
• Don’t Let the Sun | Film | 14 March | 19:30 CET | Espace Pitoëff – Grande Salle