Currently Browsing: Venice Film Festival
The 76th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 28 through September 7, has doubled the amount of women directors from last year’s slate – with a total of two out of 21 films directed by women. Saudi Arabian director Haifaa Al-Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate and Australian director Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth are the only two female-directed films in contention for the Golden Lion, Venice’s top prize in line with Cannes’ Palme d’Or and Berlin’s Golden Bear.… read more.