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Screening & Panel – The Shameless with special guests, including the Cannes Palme d'Or winner Anasuya Sengupta

Screening of The Shameless, followed by a panel with researchers and activists on caste, gender, and queer realities, and concluding with a cocktail reception

Les deux personnages principales du film se regardent dans les yeux

IAMANEH Switzerland and the Graduate Institute, in partnership with Dialogai – Fighting Discrimination, invite you to the screening of The Shameless, directed by Konstantin Bojanov. This Swiss-French-Bulgarian-Taiwanese co-production powerfully and poetically addresses questions of caste, gender, and queer realities.

📅 Date: 13 November 2025
📍 Venue: Graduate Institute, Geneva – Auditorium A2
🕖 Time: Screening at 6:15 pm (in hindi with subtitles in English), followed by a panel discussion

Synopsis: Renuka escapes from a Delhi brothel at night and finds refuge in a community of sex workers. She meets Devika, trapped by caste and forced into prostitution but dreaming of becoming a rapper. Their forbidden bond challenges deeply rooted structures and leads them on a difficult path toward freedom and resistance.

Panel discussion (in English) with researchers and activists, featuring the exceptional online participation of lead actress Anasuya Sengupta ✨

Alicia Adams – FIZ

Chandrima Dey – QISA (moderator)

Anasuya Sengupta – Lead actress (online)

Dr. Shirin Heidari – Gender Centre

Hossein Cheaito – Graduate Institute

⚠️ Warning: The film contains references to gender-based and sexual violence.
👉 The film will be screened in Hindi with English subtitles, and the discussion will be held in English.

📢 Organized by IAMANEH Switzerland and the Graduate Institute, in partnership with Dialogai, with the support of BPEV Geneva and as part of the November 25 campaign.

Dates and times

Thursday 13 November 2025

Event location

Location name
Geneva Graduate Institute - Maison de la Paix
Address
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 - 1202 Genève

Prices and conditions

Price

Free entry

Age
From 16 to 99 years

Organiser

Proposed by
IAMANEH Suisse / Geneva Graduate Institute
Les deux personnages principales du film se regardent dans les yeux