`Barbie` Superstar and Cannes Film Festival competition jury president Greta Gerwig addressed the growing #MeToo movement in France at the jury’s press conference on the opening day of the annual celebration of world cinema.
GerwigAccording to “Variety”, it is good that “people in the film community tell us stories and try to change things for the better.” She was responding to #MeToo-related rumors that were circulating ahead of the festival.
“I’ve seen substantial changes in the American film community and I think it’s important that we continue to expand that conversation,” Gerwig said. “So I think this is just moving everything in the right direction. Keep those lines of communication open.”
Gerwig serves as president of the jury for this year’s competition, which will receive the prestigious Palme d’Or at the end of the 11-day festival. The jury, reports “Variety”, is made up of Spanish filmmaker JA Bayona, Turkish actress and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Italian actor and producer Pierfrancesco Favino, “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Japanese filmmaker and producer Hirokazu Kore -eda, Lebanese actress and filmmaker Nadine Labaki and French actor Omar Sy.
The ongoing war in Gaza and the incendiary debate surrounding Israel and Palestine came up when “Variety” asked the jury about Cannes’ decision to ban protests on the Croisette.
Earlier in the conference, Favino referred to the festival as a “free space”, and was pressed on how ignoring the Gaza situation is perhaps impossible; After all, the official Cannes program has a film about Gaza and juror Sy recently urged politicians. take measures to stop Israel’s ground invasion of Rafah, notes “Variety.”
“When I say free space, I don’t just mean physical space. It’s also the possibility of time,” Favino said, according to “Variety.” “One of the hardest things we can do is look for beauty. Remind the world that there is beauty in the world with filmmakers. Films can talk to people… if we look for beauty, then we might look for peace.”
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