The Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), in partnership with HEAD - Geneva, will be awarding the Film & Beyond prize to Ava DuVernay, a filmmaker, director and producer renowned worldwide for her innovative approach to storytelling and cinema.

As part of their ‘Ecosystem and artistic watch’ module, first and second year Bachelor in Cinema's students in Film are invited to meet film professionals, notably at festivals such as GIFF, of which HEAD has been a partner for several years.
For this 30th edition, our future filmmakers will be accompanied on the festival's immersive journey and will attend this exceptional masterclass.

Ava DuVernay
From the start of her career, Ava DuVernay has established herself as a brilliant and talented filmmaker, winning Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. Heading her own production company and always keen to disprove racist and sexist prejudices, Ava DuVernay has directed Middle of Nowhere (2012), Selma (2014), the Netflix series When They See Us (2019) and finally Origin (2023). She will receive the Film & Beyond Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the diversification of viewpoints and representations in cinema, and will talk in a moderated lecture about her inspiring career and her ever-renewed social and political commitment.