Du pain et des jeux

Servette FC experienced a historic 2023-2024 season. The immersive documentary series Renaissance, produced by AKKA Films, takes a deep dive into the daily life of the "Grenat". Through the lens of talented young Geneva-based filmmakers Dylan Taher and Léo Wadimoff, viewers are given an inside look at a club that has reclaimed its former glory and regained popularity in Geneva after a decade-long struggle (2005-2015). Whether on the field, with their European campaign, the race for the Swiss championship title, and victory in the Swiss Cup, or off the field, with the club's community actions and campaigns to connect with their supporters, Renaissance showcases the moments of triumph as well as the doubts that shaped this unforgettable season.

Final series for the national championship. The team of Genève-Servette faced a challenge: to win th title. An exemplary captain suddenly pursued by bad luck. A fragile team stops marking and does not know where the tragedy struck. An uncompromising coach desperate to regain the favor of the gods of hockey. Here's what members attended the ASMS guest on May 31 in Geneva at the premiere of the film by Pierre Morath and Nicholas Peart, "Les Règles du jeu". The film, which was a great success at this event, enters the intimacy of a hockey team to discover the brutal reality of professional sport.

An elderly man goes about his daily routine until his grandson shows up and is eager to play football with him. Their mismatch on the football pitch is quickly apparent, with the youngster running rings around his senior. The old man with a bruised ego and full of reminiscence of his youth begins to prepare for their next encounter.

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family. Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet and author.

The German soldier Clemens Forel - determined to be reunited with his beloved family - makes a dramatic escape through bitter cold winters, desolate landscapes, and life threatening ventures from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. 8000 miles and three endless years of uncertainty later, he is finally about to reach his destination... An edge of your seat drama that celebrates the power of the human spirit and the force of will, while inspired and impowered by love.

Bambi is nibbling the grass, unaware of the upcoming encounter with Godzilla. Who will win when they finally meet? Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.