Bafflingly high praise at Cannes for Eva Husson’s Girls of the Sun – simply because it is directed by a woman – won’t help female directors’ cause
At first, everything went swimmingly. Never had a film by a female director been given such royal treatment in Cannes. The second feature from French film-maker Eva Husson was given the festival’s best screening slot on the Saturday evening. And to accompany the film’s team up the red carpet, Girls of the Sun got the best fan base it could possibly wish for: 82 female film professionals, all there to celebrate women’s empowerment. As the Hollywood activist Melissa Silverstein tweeted: “I am honoured to share that I will be one of the 82 women on the steps of the Palais tonight. We will stand for the 82 women directors who have been in the official selection. 1,645 films have been directed by men. This...
At first, everything went swimmingly. Never had a film by a female director been given such royal treatment in Cannes. The second feature from French film-maker Eva Husson was given the festival’s best screening slot on the Saturday evening. And to accompany the film’s team up the red carpet, Girls of the Sun got the best fan base it could possibly wish for: 82 female film professionals, all there to celebrate women’s empowerment. As the Hollywood activist Melissa Silverstein tweeted: “I am honoured to share that I will be one of the 82 women on the steps of the Palais tonight. We will stand for the 82 women directors who have been in the official selection. 1,645 films have been directed by men. This...
- 5/14/2018
- by Agnès Poirier
- The Guardian - Film News
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