In 1993, Jane Campion became the first woman to receive a Palme d\u2019Or for \u201cThe Piano\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 2021, French director Julia Ducournau won one for \u201cTitane\u201d, followed by Justine Triet two years later for \u201cAnatomy of a Fall\u201d.<\/p>\n
French director Geraldine Nakache, who unveiled her latest film \u201cSi Tu Penses Bien\u201d (\u201cIf You Think So\u201d) in a parallel section of the festival, said she felt \u201ca bit powerless\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m here with my film and I tell myself, \u2018I\u2019m lucky to be here,\u2019 that things are moving forward and then someone shows me the statistics,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u2018Slow\u2019<\/p>\n
Cannes Festival organisers drew criticism from some activists this year for using the movie \u201cThelma and Louise\u201d on its official poster.<\/p>\n
Feminist collective 50\/50 accused organisers of \u201cfeminism washing\u201d by using actors Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon for publicity purposes.<\/p>\n
\u201cProgramming is a political act,\u201d Fanny De Casimacker from the collective told AFP. \u201cIf only 23% of directors (in competition) are women, we\u2019re going to miss out on some stories.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘It’s not endemic just to the film industry, it’s global,’ said Julianne Moore. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Festival supremo Thierry Fremaux stressed that all the juries and the Cannes governing body were gender equal, while the festival alone cannot correct the structural imbalances of the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we are hesitating between two films … and that hesitation is between a film by a male director and a film by a female director, we will choose the film by the female director,\u201d he said at the start of the festival.<\/p>\n
Although they only make up 23% of the main competition, women directors account for 34% of all feature films picked for the official Cannes programme, which includes several parallel sections, according to festival figures.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we\u2019re seeing more and more women directors in upcoming cinema, so they are gradually making their way into the competition,\u201d explained Fremaux, who has been running Cannes for two decades. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe figures show that things are moving forward, that it\u2019s slow, that it\u2019s not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018Endemic\u2019<\/p>\n
The picture is similar, or worse, in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
A study earlier this year by the University of Southern California Annenberg Inclusion Initiative found that only nine of the 100 biggest United States movies last year were directed by women.<\/p>\n
Speaking last weekend in Cannes, \u201cThe Hours\u201d star Julianne Moore bemoaned a drop in leading roles for women, with the number of women and girls in top-grossing movies down to 37% \u2013 a 10% drop in one year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not endemic just to the film industry, it\u2019s global,\u201d Moore said after getting a Women In Motion award from the luxury group Kering.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not representation in the media, there\u2019s not representation in higher education. There are lots of places where we don\u2019t have the representation we deserve,\u201d the actor added.<\/p>\n
Also speaking in Cannes, two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett stressed how gender imbalances run throughout the industry and that progress since the #MeToo scandals about sexual abuse in 2017 has stalled.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still on film sets and I do the headcount every day, and it is still, you know\u2026 there\u2019s 10 women and there\u2019s 75 men every morning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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