In more than 70 years of existence, the Cannes Film Festival has always had a complicated relationship, not to say a problem with women, and even more with directors. Only two women thus chaired the jury of the most famous film festival in the world, and two directors won the Palmes, a Palme d'Or tied for Jane Campion and a Palme d'honneur for Agnès Varda. In 2018, 82 women - echoing the number of women presented in competition since 1946, against 1,688 men - had climbed the steps to demand equal pay in the cinema.
Four men for five women
In the process, the general delegate of the festival Thierry Frémaux had signed the 5050x2020 charter for parity and diversity in film festivals, with encouraging figures for 2019, despite only four female directors in competition, against 21 female directors. The selection committee was already joint, and it became predominantly female. Its nine members include four men (Lucien Logette, Paul Grandsard, Laurent Jacob, Eric Libiot) and five women (Virginie Apiou, Johanna Nahon, Guillemette Odicino, Caroline Veunac, Stéphanie Lamome).
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