As the #metoo movement continues to make waves in the film industry and beyond, as the Black Lives Matter protests mobilize an entire generation, and as numerous accounts on social networks recount stories of shootings emblazoned with #balancetonporc, the seminar “Whose voice do we give? “was created at the Cinema Department under the impetus of Alice Riva (teaching assistant and programmer at Visions du Réel), Nicolas Wadimoff (head of the cinema department and director) and Delphine Jeanneret (deputy head of the cinema department and programmer at the Locarno Film Festival).