By comparing the rates at which each country's diverse boards outperformed male boards with the country's GDP, the firm estimated what it called the «opportunity cost,» or the increase in business profits the country might have earned if all businesses had at least one
female executive
directors.
This, combined with the women's march last week in which the
female members of the jury were joined on the red carpet to recognize that only 82 women have ever walked the red carpet as
directors of an in competition film
compared to 1,645 men, underlined that while two of the three
female directors in competition (out of 21) won prizes but the Palme still eludes a solo win
by a woman filmmaker.