Femicides: why do men kill?
Once considered an activism issue, femicide has now entered the mainstream vocabulary beyond feminist activist circles. According to a 2022 UN Women report, "violence against women and girls is one of the most common human rights abuses in the world". Indeed, every hour, more than five women or girls are murdered by someone close to them simply because they are women. These figures are only estimates, and the true scale of these crimes is possibly much greater. Why do men around the world continue to kill women? According to Argentinian-Brazilian theorist Rita Laura Segato, gender violence is the breeding ground for all other forms of violence. What is gender violence if not the last resort to regain a position of territorial domination and power over women's bodies?
Followed by a book signing by Christelle Taraud at the Festival café, in partnership with Payot Librairie.
Saturday 11 March
19:30
Espace Pitoëff - Grande salle
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
Followed by the debate "Feminicides: why do men kill?"
French / English
In partnership with BPEV - Canton de Genève, the Agenda 21 - Sustainable City Service and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Speakers
Mutlu Kaya Protagonist of the film "My Name is Happy"
Rita Laura Segato Argentinean-Brazilian anthropologist and feminist
Christelle Taraud Historian and feminist, editor of the book "Féminicides - Une histoire mondiale"
Moderated by
Victoire Tuaillon Journalist Le Coeur sur La Table, Les Couilles sur La Table
To go further
This debat is preceded by the movie:
Compétition - Documentaire de création
My Name is Happy
By Ayşe Toprak & Nick Read
Mutlu, a Kurdish teenager from South East Turkey, is destined for a career in music following her appearance on a televised singing competition. On the eve of the final, she is shot by a man she had rejected. Mutlu survives but with life-changing injuries. A few years later, while still recovering, she is affected by a new tragedy. "My Name is Happy" is an emotionally gripping film about a patriarchal Turkish society plagued by feminicide, from the point of view of the survivors and the women seeking justice.
Section Compétition - Documentaire de création
Original language(s) Turkish
Subtitle(s) English & French
- Director(s)
- Ayşe Toprak & Nick Read
World sales
- Autlook Filmsales
Production
- October Films
Cinematographer
- Meryem Yavuz
Music
- Smith & Elms
Sound
- Oguzhan Akalin
Editor
- Anna Price
- Duration
- 82'
- Year
- 2022
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
