The Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 13th with actresses Isabelle Huppert as the head of the jury and of the 20 films in the official competition only three are directed by women:
Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold (a teenage girl drama)
Bright Star directed by Jane Campion about the poet John Keats
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo directed by Isabel Coixet
There is only one woman director featured in Un Certain Regard, Mia Hansen-Love for Pere de mes Enfants. Lee Daniels’ Precious (formerly Push) will also play.
Where are the women directors?
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Sigh.
Double sigh.
Women have been relegated to the special and late night.
Looks like there are a bunch of women in the special screenings and late night.
Which films directed by women that were ready for Cannes and submitted do you feel were excluded?