Eighty-two women yesterday walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight the limited number of female film-makers selected for the festival's competition line-up over its 71 years. Eighty-two women yesterday walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to highlight the limited number of female film-makers selected for the festival's competition line-up over its 71 years. Husson is one of three female film-makers out of the 21 movies in competition for the Palme d'Or this year. Jane Campion is the only female film-maker to ever win the Palme d'Or, for The Piano in 1993. Jessica Chastain last year served as a jury member in Cannes and was critical of the female representation in the festival's main slate.

Source: Irish Independent May 13, 2018 01:30 UTC