ArtLab to host four nights of open-air cinema

The screenings will be held at EPFL's Lombard Odier Agora © 2020 Joël Curty - Following a time of cultural scarcity, ArtLab is celebrating the start of the new academic year with GIFF PLUG x EPFL ARTLAB: an open-air cinema at the heart of the EPFL campus. Four evenings of screenings under the stars will be presented, with a customized program prepared by the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF). These screenings are free and open to all, but registration is required. September 17 and 25 at 20h Kids Michael Frei / 9 mins / 2019 / Switzerland / animation / in English How do we define ourselves when we're all equal? Who leads the people? What if they're going in the wrong direction? Where does the individual end and the group begin? What do we do by choice or under duress? Swatted Ismael Joffroy Chandoutis / 21 mins / 2018 / France / animation / in English with French subtitles 'Swatting', a potentially deadly menace of cyber-bullying that hovers over online gamers every time they play. Through YouTube videos and fascinating computer-generated images, they describe their struggle between fascination and horror. Operation Lune [Dark Side of the Moon] William Karel / 52 mins / 2002 / France / mockumentary / in French An intriguing documentary offering a subtle blend between fact, fiction and hypotheses about an event that has marked the twentieth century: the race for the moon. Was Nixon prepared to do anything it took to ensure American supremacy in conquering space? Were there really "live broadcasts" from the Moon? What was Stanley Kubrick's connection to NASA? Built around real-life interviews with Henry Kissinger, Donald Rumsfeld and Buzz Aldrin, this film stirs things up and reminds us of the power of images and their possible manipulation.