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