CANNES (FRANCE) - Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Salma Hayek called Saturday for equal pay in the cinema industry and beyond in a historic red carpet protest at the Cannes film festival. With Cannes under fire for its dearth of women directors, the world's top film festival hoped to fend off some of the fierce criticism with the march. Producer and activist Melissa Silverstein of Women and Hollywood hailed the event as a "massive milestone towards change". The protest comes at the first Cannes festival since the cinema industry was engulfed by the spiralling sex abuse allegations against Weinstein. - 'Disturbing' depictions -Blanchett has criticised Cannes for once again failing to invite more female directors.

Source: Bangkok Post May 12, 2018 17:26 UTC