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SUMMARY:Screening of the  "Cascadeuses" documentary
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DESCRIPTION:Elena Avdija\, Nathalie Evequoz\nOn the occasion of Internatio
 nal Women’s Rights Day 2026\, the Equal Opportunities Office invites you
  to the screening of a film that addresses violence against women from an 
 unexpected perspective.\n\nCascadeuses (2022) is a Swiss‑French document
 ary (subtitled in English) directed by Elena Avdija that follows three wom
 en working as professional stunt performers in the film industry: Virginie
 \, Petra and Estelle. The film immerses viewers in their daily lives fille
 d with falls\, blows and staged violence—from flipping cars to choreogra
 phed fights—where they must endure repeated physical impacts for the nee
 ds of shoots\, training sessions or action scenes\, and then get back up a
 gain and again.\n\nThrough these very different portraits—the seasoned s
 tuntwoman\, the Swiss performer established in Hollywood\, and the enthusi
 astic young apprentice—the documentary explores how the film industry ve
 ry often assigns women roles as victims or mistreated bodies\, while stron
 g female heroes remain relatively rare on screen.\n\nCascadeuses thus ques
 tions our relationship to cinematic violence\, how it is represented and v
 alued\, and sheds light on an underrepresented profession in which women
 ’s bodies are pushed to their limits within a field that remains largely
  male-dominated. (Source: SWISSFILMS)\n\nWhy this film?\n\nBy making visib
 le the fact that even in an artistic profession\, women are often confined
  to roles as victims or mistreated bodies\, the film opens up a space for 
 reflection on the cultural normalization of gender‑based violence and th
 e gender stereotypes that underpin these representations.\n\nThe screening
  will be followed by a discussion with director Elena Avdija\, and with Na
 thalie Evequoz\, Project Officer for the Prevention of and Fight Against 
 Domestic Violence for the Canton of Vaud.\n\nIn the context of Internation
 al Women’s Rights Day\, this conversation offers a space to put words to
  and question the cultural mechanisms that make certain forms of violence 
 visible\, acceptable or invisible.\n\nThe evening will conclude with an ap
 eritif.\n 
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
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