Interested in the Environment or Archaeology?

Then the two film festivals coming up in Nyon are worth taking a look at.

The first is the Festival du Film Vert (Green Film festival) and the second is an film festival on Archaeology. Both festivals include some films in English, or have subtitles in English.

The Green film festival is on Saturday 28th February at the Salle Communale in Nyon with five films showing in the afternoon through to the evening. The first at 13:00 Flow is in English. This is an award winning documentary investigation into the World Water Crisis. See this film's website for more details. The second film at 15:15 is Planete Blanche The third at 17:00 is Our Children will accuse us Set in a community in France it features a mayor who has decided to make the school canteen organic. The 4th at 19:30 is called Blé (Wheat) And the final film at 21:00 is called The World according to Monsanto Although it is in French, it includes some interviews in English. More details on the festival's website Ticket prices CHF 10 for adults and CHF 5 for children and AVS and students or an abonnement for the whole day 20 CHF adults CHF 10 AVS and students. The festival is touring eleven Swiss venues from the 28th Feb to 7th March so if you don't catch it in Nyon, you can see it elsewhere.

The Archaeology film festival runs from next Tuesday March 3rd until Saturday the 7th March at the Usine a Gaz and has a full programme over the five days and entrance is free.

This bi-annual festival is now in its 10th year and is a good opportunity to learn more about the world of archaeology. Films are entered into a competition and a prize giving ceremony rounds off the festival on the Saturday night.

The festival has a full programme of films, these below are in English or with English subtitles. On Wednesday 4th at 14:00 Le Seigneur de Sipan is about excavation in South America.

On Thursday 5th at 16:00 there is Le Secret de la déesse aux serpents and at 22:05 Les Fouilles de la Discord is about excavation in Palestine.