Audiences - of all kinds - are not only eager, but grateful to have a wider range of stories and character types to experience; a more diverse
selection of talented filmmakers are telling those stories in creative and thrilling ways; and a more diverse crop of stars are becoming icons for a whole new generation of kids, who will grow up never knowing this was once a debate, at all.
Overall this is an outstanding
selection of films this year - a huge amount
of extremely
talented filmmakers from all over the world presenting their latest work.