The Venice Film Festival is getting underway today, kicking off with the world premiere of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth. However, before the red carpet rollout this evening, there was some s…
, as well as the fact that only two female filmmakers are in the main section, and how to change that going forward.
Martel took a different stance, saying, “I don’t separate the man from the art. I think that important aspect of the work emerges in the man.
Elsewhere, Martel supported the idea of quotas to increase gender parity at festivals. She allowed they are “never satisfactory,” but said, “there are no other solutions to ensure the inclusion of women or to give women the place they deserve. Quotas are pertinent for the time being. Do I like them? No. But I don’t think I know of any other system that would force this industry to think differently and take into consideration films directed by women.
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