Swiss interior minister opens 31st edition of Geneva Film Festival

The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) opened on Friday in the presence of Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider. British director Stephen Frears and US screenwriter Alan Ball will be among the guests at the festival that runs until November 9. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "It is certainly only at the GIFF that it is possible to move seamlessly from a film about Betty Bossi to an immersion in the challenges of new technologies in the same week," said Baume-Schneider at the opening ceremony. Afterwards, the audience was able to watch the Swiss premiere of the film "L'Inconnu de la grande arche" by Stéphane Demoustier, which traces the unknown fate of Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, the Danish architect of the Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris. During the ten days of the 31st edition, the Geneva International Film Festival will screen and honour current international films. Guests of honour include film director Frears, who will receive the ...