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Plus, we had a majority female jury, and so, so many great pantsuits.
So … is there reason to hope?
How did you feel about the female characters you saw?
But it kind of made me think about thetypeof female-directed film that the festival is more likely to recognize.
But yeah, still not a lot of stories told through womens eyes.
Even Labakis third-place Jury Prize win was booed in the press-screening simulcast of the closing ceremony.
They dont often gravitate toward emotional films, which they dismiss as melodrama.
They like austerity and heaviness, and are skeptical of a light touch.
They need to be invested in finding and cultivating those filmmakers early on.
Thats pretty damning, I think.
That kind of contradiction cant last long.
