Though women are represented in almost every category at the festival, the
stats for women directors at Cannes aren't much better than last year's, and parity remains a distant not - reality, so there's still a lot of work to be done.
Bustle writes that the lack of
nominations for women directors is significant because it «brings attention to how few women directors are making movies in the first place.»
«This is a pretty incredible year, and I think you'll be seeing some nominations, I'm predicting at the Oscars this
year for a woman director, if not several.»
He told «Entertainment Tonight»: «There's also a watershed happening right now, slowly, maybe not fast enough,
for women directors.