Cannes Diary: Festival opens to controversy over lack of female-directed films
Milos Stehlik, writing for The BEZ about a provocative open letter written by French feminist group “La Barbe”:
In presenting only films by male filmmakers, the writers said, the festival “show(s) once again that men love depth in women, but only in their cleavage.” Festival Director Thierry Fremaux responded by saying he agrees women lack opportunities to make films; however, he said, the problem exists year-round, not just during the ten days of the festival. Cannes could not, he said, start choosing films based strictly on the gender of the filmmaker. Undoubtedly this will not be the last word on the issue.
Undoubtedly.
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