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Sunday, 04 Jul 2021 07:35 AM MYT Women staged a mass protest at the 2018 Cannes festival over the lack of female representation, at the height of the ‘Me Too’ movement. — AFP file pic Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. PARIS, July 4 — 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 s...
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 ...
Same question of women's underrepresentation arises again at Cannes film fest By 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 sw...