CineGlobe offers a unique meeting point between cinema, science, and immersive experiences around this year’s theme: Transitions.
Throughout the weekend, CineGlobe invites audiences of all ages to discover a rich and interdisciplinary program combining film screenings, live performances, workshops, and virtual reality installations.
Here is a small selection of the program:
Friday, June 5: The festival opens with an outdoor screening of the film ARCO, nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 2026 Oscars and Winner of the Cristal Award for Best Feature Film at the 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival — the story of a boy from a peaceful distant future, who accidentally finds himself in the dangerous world of 2075. He teams up with a young girl and her robot companion to find a way back home.
Saturday, June 6: The awards ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception, where attendees can meet filmmakers and jury members, and then by an immersive live audiovisual performance by Vallon Sauvage titled HORIZONS (https://indico.cern.ch/e/cineglobe2026-performance). Combining light, lasers, sound, and space, this sensory creation offers an experience where perception itself is transformed.
Throughout the weekend, the international short film competition will showcase fiction films, documentaries, and youth films inspired by science and technology, divided into eight programs. Screenings will take place from Friday 5 June to Sunday 7 June in Auditorium A at CERN’s Science Gateway or outdoors on the Piazza, depending on the weather.
In the parallel scientific documentary section, 24 films will be shown at the Globe. These films cover a wide range of scientific topics, including astronomy, volcanology, and the human voice. Their style is often serious, sometimes poetic, and occasionally sprinkled with humor.
Saturday, June 6 & Sunday, June 7 from 10h: Workshops will also return! Activities include building analog cameras, creating soundtracks directly on film reels, using a century-old Moviola editing machine, or experimenting with a Zoetrope. These activities are open to everyone, and no prior experience is required. The festival will also feature an immersive virtual reality space with a variety of VR experiences.
Sunday, June 7: The festival will conclude with a screening of A Life Illuminated (2025, directed by Tasha Van Zandt), followed by a discussion titled “Transitioning Toward an Ocean-Friendly Future”. The documentary follows the work of biologist Dr. Edie Widder and her groundbreaking research on bioluminescence, highlighting both the beauty and fragility of deep-sea ecosystems.
CineGlobe 2026 promises a unique fusion of science and cinema.