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Gyllenhaal: Women directors face 'systemic' barriers

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Gyllenhaal: Women directors face 'systemic' barriers
RTÉ News
RTÉ News48 mins ago
Gyllenhaal: Women directors face 'systemic' barriers
Maggie Gyllenhaal has said women continue to face "systemic" barriers in the film industry, as she questioned why so few female directors feature in the main competition at this year's Venice Film Festival.
Variety
Variety🏁 first to report2 hrs ago
Venice Jury President Maggie Gyllenhaal Says Films Are ‘Fundamentally, Unavoidably Political’ and Questions Lack of Female Directors in Competition: ‘There’s a Systemic Problem’
It didn’t take long for politics to take the spotlight at this year’s Venice Film Festival jury press conference. Amid the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the unrest in the United States, jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked whether cinema should be political. “OK,” Gyllenhaal said with a laugh. “May
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