David Bernet's «Solidarity» will be released in Swiss cinemas on 19 March 2026.
SOLIDARITY is a cinematic reflection on solidarity as a phenomenon. All solidarity has its limits and casts its shadows. Director David Bernet searches for these shadows and follows his protagonists, all of whom are professionals in solidarity, through the crises of recent years. From Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Lebanon to the open clash of solidarities in Gaza.
Solidarity is not just a feeling, it is a decision. The many crises of the present teach us that the ideal of «global solidarity», on which the acceptance of human rights rests, must be reinvented.
The theatrical release will be accompanied by several previews and special screenings:
Tuesday, 10 March, 6.30 p.m., as part of the FIFDH Geneva, Graduate Institute, followed by a discussion entitled "What Future for International Geneva?"
Thursday, 12 March, 6 p.m., Tavannes, Royal, preview screening with director David Bernet
Saturday, 14 March, 4.15 p.m., as part of the FIFDH Geneva, Grütli
Sunday, 15 March, 10.15 a.m., Biel, Lido, preview screening with director David Bernet, Fabrizio Moser, legal expert migration department, redcross and Matteo Micieli, board member, Solidaritätsnetz Bern, moderated by Cyrill Hermann, author of ‘What do we want?’ and activist
Sunday, 15 March, 3 p.m., Bern, CineMovie, preview screening with director David Bernet, Angela Lindt, head of development policy, Caritas, and Nora Trenkel, board member Solidaritätsnetz Bern, moderated by Cyrill Hermann
Monday, 16 March, 6 p.m., Fribourg, Korso, preview screening with director David Bernet, moderated by Cyrill Hermann
Thursday, 19 March, 7.30 p.m., Weinfelden, Liberty, premiere with director David Bernet and Michael Egli, head of migration policy, Caritas, moderated by Cyrill Hermann
Friday, 20 March, 7:30 p.m., Wattwil, Passerelle, premiere with director David Bernet and Jelena Cosic, head of gravita redcross (centre for psychotraumatology and integration), moderated by Cyrill Hermann
Saturday, 21 March, 5:00 p.m., Zurich, Piccadilly, premiere with director David Bernet, green councillor and int. solidarity activist Yves Henz, moderated by Virginia Köpfli (president of FRIEDA – the feminist peace organisation)
Sunday, 22 March, 10:30 a.m., Basel, Kinokoni, matinée with director David Bernet, Kishor Paul, campaign coordinator for migration and climate justice at Amnesty Int. Switzerland and Andrea Rid, head of integration and volunteering (redcross Basel), moderated by Virginia Köpfli (president of FRIEDA – the feminist peace organisation)
Sunday, 22 March, 8.15 p.m., Heerbrugg, Madlen, Action Days Against Racism with director David Bernet
Thursday, 26 March, 8.10 p.m., St. Imier, Espace Noir, premiere with director David Bernet and Fabrizio Moser, egal expert migration department, redcross
Saturday, 28 March, 7.30 p.m., Herisau, Cinetreff, premiere with director David Bernet and Christian Rupp, managing director of the redcross in the canton of St. Gallen, moderated by Walter Strässle, President of the cinétreff Herisau association
Tuesday, 7 April, 6.15 p.m., Lucerne, Stattkino, premiere with director David Bernet and Martin Hiltbrunner, programme director Middle East and Ukraine, Caritas, et Peter Hruza, deputy managing director, FABIA, moderated by Virginia Köpfli (president of FRIEDA – the feminist peace organisation)
Thursday, 9 April, 7 p.m., Thusis, Raetia, premiere with director David Bernet
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