![]() ![]() While there has been anger from the critics that Toni Erdmann came away with nothing the truth is this: only 3 out of the 21 films in competition were directed by women and women can’t win if they aren’t even allowed to compete in the first place. ![]() And it has now been 55 years since a female director has won Best Director at the festival when Yuliya Solntseva (the first and only) female director won in that category. The secret life of The lonely doll the search for Dare Wright by Jean Nathan 5. Some unfortunate news: Jane Campion’s record of being the first (and only) female director to win the Palme d’or remains unbroken. ![]() While German director Maren Ade’s film Toni Erdmann earned raves and came away the most critically lauded film of the festival, the 9 member jury of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival left it empty handed.Īt the closing awards ceremony only two women directors took home prizes: English director Andrea Arnold who won the Jury Prize for the third time and Houda Benyamina won the Camera d’or (Best First Film) for Divines. Fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors: 2016 Cannes Film Festival The Lonely Doll culminates in a potential trauma in which Edith the doll & Little Bear transgress Mr. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |