The Plaza Center Cinema in Geneva is being transformed to become a multi-purpose cultural complex. The reopening is planned for the end of 2026. This project includes the restoration of the emblematic cinema hall, the creation of an immersive room, exhibition spaces, a boutique-bookstore, an ice cream bar, a brasserie and a hotel. movie theater. The objective is to make the Plaza a place of meeting and cultural exchange, keeping cinema at its heart while opening up to other artistic disciplines such as architecture, visual arts, dance, music, digital creation and literature.
The Foundation Board is chaired by Jean-Pierre Greff, Art and design historian, former director of HEAD – Geneva. Other members of the Council include Emmanuel Cuénod, director of the Digital Creation Center, Natacha Koutchoumov, actress and director, Carmen Jaquier, director and screenwriter, and Marc Maugué, secretary general of the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation.
Open days
Although the historic cinema hall is still under construction, it will be possible to explore the floors of the building of the future cultural complex and discover behind the scenes of the different structures linked to culture and cinema installed there: GIF – Geneva International Film Festival & Geneva Digital Market, le FIFDH – International Film Festival and Human Rights Forum, Everybody’s Perfect – Geneva International Queer Film Festival, Cinema, Flux Laboratory, ProFilms, Rita Productions, Large Network, Created Sahli, Meriweza CooperativeFdMP architects and the Geneva Contemporary Art Centere.
Activities planned:
- The deadly beauty of cinemas, an exhibition of photographs by Simon Edelstein – all floors
- Tumbleweedvideo animations proposed by Z1 Studio (Camille de Dieu and Laurent Novac) – elevators
- The Followingsvideo of the choreographic artists n + n Corsino – all floors
- The Plaza Sagafilm by Stéphane Riethauser. 24 min, loop – 2nd floor
- Dance workshop with Nicolas Cantillon from Compagnie 7273 offered by Flux Laboratory between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday – 4th floor
- Reading by Fabienne Radi of extracts from her book “Several times the Plaza”, produced with Clovis Duran, Saturday at 2 p.m. – 2nd floor
- Exhibition of models of spaces proposed by FdMP architects – 5th floor
- Presentation of the future Plaza Center Cinema project by the Plaza Foundation, Friday 29 at 12 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Saturday November 30 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 2nd floor
- Guided tours with Hepia students
Free entry // 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
