In 2022, the Cannes Film Festival set a record for the number of female directors entering the Film Review Competition.
After a series of scandals and heated public debates that the major European film festival does not adequately represent the directors in favor of the male directors themselves, the festival has led to a surge in entries. At the same time, “the current record is only 5 female directors out of 21 participants in the festival’s main program. Less than a quarter.
In 2022, Iris Knobloch, who previously headed the French division of the film company Warner Bros., was elected. , the new president of the festival.
Knobloch became the first woman to hold this position, and she will hold this position until 2025.