"Would I like to have more women displayed? Our job as industry members away from this festival is to help with change," she said. "Is [#metoo] going to have a direct impact upon the films in competition this year, six, nine months on [from the Harvey Weinstein controversy]? There are several women in the competition, but they aren't there because of their gender. They are there because of the quality of their work."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 08, 2018 17:15 UTC