A familiar question at Cannes: where are the women?
Sun, Jul 04, 2021
PARIS: With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d´Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
Only one woman has ever won the film industry´s most prestigious prize: Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993.
Debates over whether to blame the festival´s selection committee, or the wider film industry, have become as routine as sunshine and champagne on the Croisette.
The debate reached new heights in 2018. With the #MeToo movement in full swing, 82 women held a protest on the steps of the Palais in Cannes, including Jane Fonda, Marion Cotillard and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
Same question of women s underrepresentation arises again at Cannes film fest
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Sunday Jul 04, 2021
PARIS: With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d´Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
Only one woman has ever won the film industry´s most prestigious prize: Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993.
Debates over whether to blame the festival´s selection committee, or the wider film industry, have become as routine as sunshine and champagne on the Croisette.
The debate reached new heights in 2018. With the #MeToo movement in full swing, 82 women held a protest on the steps of the Palais in Cannes, including Jane Fonda, Marion Cotillard and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.
Where are the women? Debates take off as a familiar script plays at Cannes
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Last Updated: Jul 03, 2021, 09:41 AM IST
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Festival director Thierry Fremaux speaks during the press conference for the presentation of the official selection of the 74th International Cannes Film Festival, in Paris, Thursday, June 3, 2021.
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PARIS: With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
Only one woman has ever won the film industry s most prestigious prize: Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993.
Debates over whether to blame the festival s selection committee, or the wider film industry, have become as routine as sunshine and champagne on the Croisette.
A familiar question at Cannes: where are the women?
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03/07/2021 - 05:44 Women staged a mass protest at the 2018 Cannes festival over the lack of female representation, at the height of the Me Too movement Anne-Christine POUJOULAT AFP 3 min
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With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
Only one woman has ever won the film industry s most prestigious prize: Jane Campion for The Piano in 1993.
Debates over whether to blame the festival s selection committee, or the wider film industry, have become as routine as sunshine and champagne on the Croisette.
With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
Only one woman has ever won the film industry s most prestigious prize: Jane Campion for
The Piano in 1993.
Debates over whether to blame the festival s selection committee, or the wider film industry, have become as routine as sunshine and champagne on the Croisette.
The debate reached new heights in 2018. With the #MeToo movement in full swing, 82 women held a protest on the steps of the Palais in Cannes, including Jane Fonda, Marion Cotillard and Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins.