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Feminist protesters interrupt Cannes premiere to highlight feminicide in France

Feminist protesters interrupt Cannes premiere to highlight feminicide in France

This is the second feminist protest at the film festival this year.
23 May, 2022

A group of feminist protesters interrupted the premiere of film Holy Spider with smoke devices and staged a scene highlighting the feminicide — killing of women strictly because they're female — in France at Cannes 2022.

According to Variety, roughly 12 women in formal attire gathered on the famed stairs of the Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes with raised fists on Sunday and filled the space with thick black smoke. They held a long banner with a list the names of 129 women which, according to the group, highlighted 129 feminicides in France since the last Cannes festival.

Security did not make an effort to put a stop to the ruckus and allowed the protesters to be filmed and photographed by the global press. A source revealed that the protest took place before the cast and filmmakers of Holy Spider arrived. They added that the caravan of vehicles bringing them to Cannes was intercepted briefly before arriving at the top of the red carpet.

Another insider shared that the protest was not a coordinated stunt to promote Ali Abbasi’s female-centred thriller which is about a journalist who travels to the holy city of Mashhad in Iran to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. On the contrary, according to the website Challenges, it was linked to the documentary Riposte instead, which is about feminist activists.

Cannes seems to be the popular venue of choice for feminist protesters to make a statement because this was not a first. On Friday, an activist who was attending the world premiere of George Miller’s 3000 Years of Longing pulled a switcheroo when she removed her gown that adhered to the premiere dress code and revealed her abdomen painted with the words 'Stop Raping Us' written atop the colours of the Ukrainian flag.

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad May 23, 2022 03:42pm
As you sow, so shall you reap.
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jaredlee007 May 23, 2022 04:24pm
And this feminism will now be taken out of context for replicating it in other parts of the world.
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Constantine May 23, 2022 05:38pm
Brave people
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Syed Hasni May 23, 2022 06:58pm
Femicide in not defined in their legislation even in the US, though the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in 2018 and is awaiting reauthorisation by Congress, is considered "landmark legislation" because it makes it a responsibility of the federal government to prosecute domestic violence and support victims.                 
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shubs May 23, 2022 10:26pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad - Years of repeating the five nonsensical phrases you know the words to but have no idea of their meaning. Still getting published by Dawn ahead of thoughtful commentary that somehow disappear into the ether. I guess "Pakistani intellectualism" is alive and well.
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Shezi May 23, 2022 10:27pm
When will we talk about "Malenism"?
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Dr.Rashes May 24, 2022 12:19am
what is sown & what is being reaped Dr.Salaria ? You've absolutely zero iota on any subject.
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Anonymouseee May 24, 2022 12:23am
What about all the Palestinians killed by Israel, Kashmiris killed by Indians, and western bombs killing half the population in the entire Middle East. These feminists have become a poison to society.
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Laughing May 25, 2022 06:47am
Lol! This is why no one can take you women seriously.
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sama May 25, 2022 09:25am
@Anonymouseee please don't show your lack of intelligence how are feminists responsible for death in Palestine????????????????? Really?
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