A record number of female filmmakers are competing for the biggest prizes in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. That’s 4 films made by women out of the 20 in the competition category. Last year, there were zero women made films in the competition. Two of the much talked about films at Cannes this year are directed by women, including Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and Julia Leigh’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
In the competition category, the films made by women directors are :
In the competition category, the films made by women directors are :
French film maker Maiwenn |
Australian director Julia Leigh |
Scottish director Lynn Ramsay |
Japanese director Naomi Kawase |
4. HANEZU by Japanese director Naomi Kawase, the movie being set in Asuka region, the birthplace of Japanese culture.
Movies 1 to 3, that center around sociopathic issues that an average person cannot even imagine happens in the society,...is bound to create a tornado of psychological turmoil upon watching them. One would need a thick skin and strong stomach to watch these or else the stories and images are going to sort of haunt you for several days. It's quite a great achievement for women film makers to be competing at the Cannes this time.
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