Venice still hasn't got the #MeToo memo.
The figure represents double the female representation seen in Venice's 2017 and 2018 competition lineups, each of which had only a single title directed by a woman. But it still seems paltry, particularly after Venice's boisterous festival director Alberto Barbera last year bowed to pressure to sign the so-called 5050 by 2020protocol, which commits the festival to release statistics on submissions and be more transparent about its selection board’s gender make-up.
The 5050 by 2020 pledge, however, does not require Venice to agree to gender quotas — Barbera has said he would quit if a quota were imposed on the world’s oldest film fest, arguing competition titles must be selected on the basis of quality, not gender representation.from Cannes 2018 winner Hirokazu Kore-eda to James Gray's space epic, Venice 2019 is looking like another banner year.
In recent years, Venice has had the worst record when it comes to female representation in its competition lineup, averaging just one movie from a women director per year . Though it has been better. In each of the 2012, 2011, and 2009 events, the festival hosted four competition titles directed by women.
The progress for female filmmakers in Venice this year echoes that seen at the Cannes Film Festival, where four women directors appeared in competition — Mati Diop with
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