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Venice Film Festival 2018 round-up: Suspiria cast attend red-carpet premiere; Jacques Audiard condemns sexism
FirstpostHere’s a roundup of everything that made news on days four and five at Venice Film Festival. Jacques Audiard condemns sexism at Venice French director Jacques Audiard went gunning for sexism in the film industry on Sunday after his extraordinary new Western, The Sisters Brothers, received a standing ovation at the Venice film festival. Ferrante supervised screen version of My Brilliant Friend The mysterious Italian writer Elena Ferrante pulled the strings behind the first screen version of her Neapolitan novels, the producers said on Sunday, as it was premiered at the Venice film festival. The maker of The Fly, Crash and Naked Lunch told a talk at the Venice film festival Saturday that “television screens are getting bigger and bigger and therefore the difference between theatre and domestic viewing has become really flimsy.” But the Canadian auteur said cinema itself would survive streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon and that it was “just evolving”.
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Top stars at Venice Film Fest praise gender-neutral prizes
Associated Press)
Venice 2019: Greater transparency in selection process may help address gender parity at film festivals
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Venice Film Festival line-up: Only two films made by women make list
The Independent)
Venice Film Festival 2018 Day 1 roundup: First Man premieres; lack of representation riles women directors
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