Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Mar 31, 2015 6:49:00 GMT -6
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The Cannes Film Festival is partnering with luxury and sport brand group Kering to launch the first Women in Motion program at this year’s event in May. The aim is to “celebrate the talent of women in cinema and encourage reflection on their contribution to and role in the film industry,” Kering said. The partners will also launch two special awards from 2016, one recognizing a significant contribution to the cause of women in cinema, and the other celebrating a young female filmmaker. Although there were a record 15 female directors across the Official Selection in 2014, the festival has nevertheless come under fire in recent years for a paucity of women in the Competition. Only one has ever taken home the Palme d’Or: Jane Campion in 1993 for The Piano. Throughout this year’s fest, a series of Women in Motion Talks will focus on women and the film industry, covering a range of issues such as women’s status, their representation within the profession and on screen, the specific nature of their narrative points of view and their perspectives behind the camera. Fest chief Thierry Frémaux will be one of the guests. He said today, “Women’s contribution to the film industry, be it on screen or behind the camera, is essential and invaluable. By putting this topic on the agenda, we hope to work towards greater recognition of their work and input to cinema.” A special award will be presented at the Presidential Dinner on May 17, hosted by incoming president Pierre Lescure, Frémaux and Kering Chairman and CEO, François-Henri Pinault. Lescure said, “We are opening another chapter in the history of the Festival de Cannes and are paving the way for the cinema of tomorrow, enriched by a greater variety of points of view and by the diversity of films. This initiative perfectly corresponds to the new momentum we wish to give the competition.
The Cannes Film Festival is partnering with luxury and sport brand group Kering to launch the first Women in Motion program at this year’s event in May. The aim is to “celebrate the talent of women in cinema and encourage reflection on their contribution to and role in the film industry,” Kering said. The partners will also launch two special awards from 2016, one recognizing a significant contribution to the cause of women in cinema, and the other celebrating a young female filmmaker. Although there were a record 15 female directors across the Official Selection in 2014, the festival has nevertheless come under fire in recent years for a paucity of women in the Competition. Only one has ever taken home the Palme d’Or: Jane Campion in 1993 for The Piano. Throughout this year’s fest, a series of Women in Motion Talks will focus on women and the film industry, covering a range of issues such as women’s status, their representation within the profession and on screen, the specific nature of their narrative points of view and their perspectives behind the camera. Fest chief Thierry Frémaux will be one of the guests. He said today, “Women’s contribution to the film industry, be it on screen or behind the camera, is essential and invaluable. By putting this topic on the agenda, we hope to work towards greater recognition of their work and input to cinema.” A special award will be presented at the Presidential Dinner on May 17, hosted by incoming president Pierre Lescure, Frémaux and Kering Chairman and CEO, François-Henri Pinault. Lescure said, “We are opening another chapter in the history of the Festival de Cannes and are paving the way for the cinema of tomorrow, enriched by a greater variety of points of view and by the diversity of films. This initiative perfectly corresponds to the new momentum we wish to give the competition.