Meet The Record Breaking 4 Female Directors At Cannes This Year — And The 18 Films Up For The Top Prize

The Cannes Film Festival has announced the 18 nominees for the fest’s top award, the Palme d’Or — and among them are four films by female directors. That’s a record: the largest field of female competitors in the 64-history of the prestigious festival. It’s also a welcome change — an uproar surrounded last year’s festival, which contained zero nominated women. The women who made the cut are: (clockwise… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : The Wire Discovery Date : 14/04/2011 20:45 Number of articles : 5

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Meet The Record Breaking 4 Female Directors At Cannes This Year — And The 18 Films Up For The Top Prize

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