Cate Blanchett has defended the lack of women directors at Cannes this year, arguing that change will come to the film festival, but “not overnight”.
There will be more and more [female film-makers] in the future,” he said. “It isn’t just the Cannes film festival that’s going to change.
Blanchett, however, suggested that Cannes was seeking to address the issue of gender imbalance.
The festival has been widely criticised in recent weeks for including only three films directed by women in its 21-film official selection lineup.