There are 82 women as a symbol for the 82 female-directed films that have played at Cannes’s official competition, compared with 1645 films directed by men,” said the 5050×2020 organization.

Bleecker Street has acquired North American rights to Joe Penna’s Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen.

At a press conference on Tuesday, the 2018 Cannes jury downplayed the impact of gender politics on their choice of the Palme d’Or winner.

Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux met with the press a day before the events begins, during which he discussed the Netflix controversy, forgiving Lars von Trier, new sexual harassment hotline, and disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The festival has urged Netflix to allow Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, about his early years in Mexico, to premiere […]