the big prize, so definitely history making, and also remember, spike dudley is the first african american to helm and be the jurist, first african american to helm and be thejurist, the first african american to helm and be the jurist, the lead first african american to helm and be thejurist, the lead of the cannes film festival this year, so first black person to be on thejury year, so first black person to be on the jury and the first person to win was a female, so wonderful to have history making at the cannes film festival right after the pandemic. festival right after the pandemic. festival right after the andemic. a , pandemic. as you say, barriers bein: pandemic. as you say, barriers being broken. pandemic. as you say, barriers being broken. us pandemic. as you say, barriers being broken. us more - pandemic. as you say, barriers being broken. us more about | being broken. us more about julia and her win, being broken. us more about julia and herwin, and how significant it i
it s very significant. julia ducournau is only in her 30s so she is not a director who has been around for a long time, and a lot of people outside of france may not really know her. she had some type of fame back in 2016 when she had a really well received film by the name of raw. she really sticks with the horror, thriller, kind of graphic genre, and even this year, with titane, there were people saying the film was so graphic that some people actually walked out. that s her niche, that s what she does, so she is really breaking out and making an international impact which is wonderful. and i think it also sends a message to the rest of the world that people are ready to see all of these large film festivals be much more diverse, with women and with people of colour being participants and winning these awards, so i hope this is the beginning of many more women winning, and hopefully a person of colour in the future.