This year, HEAD's presence at the 29th edition of GIFF takes many forms: workshops, experiments, screenings and even awards: students and teachers from a wide range of specialties are ready to welcome you:

Virtual reality experiments - Virtual Territories II:
Two virtual reality experiments created by Master students will be on display as part of Virtual Territories II. From diving into the unknown depths of the sea to freeing a small caterpillar using a virtual flashlight, the two virtual and interactive works Abyss Encounter and Creepy cutouts will plunge you into astonishing and mysterious worlds. Come and try out the VR experiences at the Great Hall - Zone 2, Rue de Carouge, 52 -1205, Geneva.

Worshops - AIppy Hour
Alexia Mathieu, Head of the Media Design Master's program, and Douglas Edric Stanley, Senior Lecturer, will lead three short workshops on the use of artificial intelligence in the audiovisual field. Each workshop will highlight a tool and methodology implemented by experts including Computational Mama, Timo Millar of Move AI and Jamie Umpherson of Runway and Caleb Ward of Curious Refuge. The workshops will take place on Tuesday November 7, Wednesday November 8 and Thursday November 9 from 5:30 to 6:00 pm in Studio 4 at RTS. More information on the GIFF Festival website.

Diploma projects - Swiss Interactive Sessions
Our Master's alumni will also be present! Pauline Baldinetti and Audrey Délisse will be presenting their diploma projects Vie Silencieuse and 08:00 am as part of the Swiss Interactive Sessions on Wednesday November 8 from 1:30 to 6:00 pm in Studio 4 at RTS.

Conference - Gamification of Cinema: livestreaming to the rescue of the audiovisual industries?
HEAD - Geneva will present its research project funded by the Gebert Rüf Foundation: Play to learn - A dialogue between video games and social sciences. The event will conclude with a round-table discussion on the activities of livestreamers, in the presence of Anthony Masure, head of IRAD, the school's Institute for Research in Art and Design. Rendezvous at RTS Studio 4, Tuesday November 7, from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. Further information on the GIFF festival website.

Awards and commitment:
HEAD is also a partner of the Geneva Award, which this year will be presented to the Kourtrajmé collective at a masterclass event featuring Kim Chapiron, Romain Gavras, Toumani Sangaré, Ladj Ly, Nabil Zerf and Yassine Lassar Ramdani on Sunday November 5. 
SWAN Charter for parity and inclusion: on the initiative of SWAN (Swiss Women Audiovisual Network), GIFF is about to sign the Charter for Diversity in Cinema and Audiovisual. Anita Hugi, Head of HEAD's Film Department, is the charter's patron and will co-sign alongside Anaïs Emery, GIFF's General and Artistic Director.

The GIFF trophy, designed by students of the Bachelor's program in Product Design, Jewelry and Accessories.
Available in 6 versions, corresponding to the 3 main prize categories awarded each year at the official closing ceremony, the design of the 2023 trophy was proposed by Madeleine Chaumette, then in her 1st year of the Bachelor program. It's made up of metal slats, a reference to screens. They are linked together to create an optical effect that reveals the GIFF logo only to those looking at it from the front. Innovative 3D printing processes were used, a way to emphasize the 2D/3D interplay between the film medium celebrated by the GIFF and the sculpted object rewarding it.

The GIFF
Founded in 1995, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) is Geneva's oldest film festival, and one of the first in the world to include television in its programs. A crossroads of genres and disciplines, a place for experimentation, encounters and festivities, every year for ten days it offers films, series, interactive installations and immersive experiences to some 50,000 festival-goers. As Switzerland's largest space dedicated to the immersive arts, GIFF has become one of Europe's leading events.

At the heart of the event is the Geneva Digital Market, a unique event in Switzerland dedicated to audiovisual innovation. Image professionals, industrialists and theoreticians from all over the world meet, debate and exchange ideas on what makes up today's audiovisual world and what will run through it tomorrow.

See you on November  3 to 12 2023 for the 29th edition!