a milestone for an a list festival. and it s a woman who s kicking off the movie marathon danish director lone to share fish will open the festival with a film the kindness of strangers in it she tells the story of a group of people who meet during a cold york winter. and the anyone sends for you. in this year s betty not a set of greats women festival director due to a costly excess it s a reaction to the gender equality thanks. but tilly of. course this is partially a result of the ongoing debate departed our views have expanded and we re learning to question things. but i have to stress that we didn t include any films where we weren t convinced of the quality from the. german films are also well represented. one powerful entry is by prize winning dire. shockey in the golden glow if you
a start seventeen of those films are in competition for the golden bear and seven of those seventeen have been directed by women just thinking about the venice festival where only one of their films in competition was directed by a woman in twenty eight ok let s look briefly at the competition. what s call your art the opening film for a start the kindness of strangers that s called by danish director lone a share. it s a modern day fairy tale about outsiders who cross paths in a new york restaurant ok and mrs jones enough to choose another film by star polish director agnieszka holland it s about a journalist who travels to moscow in one nine hundred thirty three and discovers the myth behind the communist utopia ok for the moment thank you let s have a look at.