Venice Jury Head Cate Blanchett Applauds Festival Diversity: ‘Industry Can’t Continue Bad and Lazy Habits’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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When the Venice Film Festival unveiled its official selection in late July, the unprecedented inclusion of eight female-directed titles within the 18-film roster was heralded as welcome progress fo…

was selected to head the jury in January, becoming the third woman in four years to hold the role, following Lucrecia Martel and Annette Bening. The “Mrs. America” star — who headed the 2018 Cannes Film Festival jury, leading a #MeToo protest on the red carpet with the likes of Ava DuVernay and Agnes Varda — is well aware of the watershed year she’s overseeing. “Maybe the main competition should be called ‘New Horizons’ this year,” she quips, referencing the popular festival sidebar.

“This year, we were struck by the high quality of the films made by women, so it was a pleasure to invite them,” Barbera adds. There were, in fact, more films from women that Venice wanted to include, he claims, but they weren’t yet ready due to the pandemic. Blanchett reminds that she has “firsthand” experience of how Venice can be a “real gamechanger” for filmmakers and actors, having been part of the 1997 “Elizabeth” premiere. “It’s a really important temperature take — perhaps more than ever. It’s the first gathering, the first re-emergence, for a lot of people, and for all of us as an industry.

 

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