The world's oldest film festival kicks off in Venice, but a lack of female directors and the inclusion of controversial names has drawn criticism
The Palazzo del Cinema is pictured on August 27, 2019 on the eve of the opening of the 76th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.
After a few years on the wane, the festival is now seen as a launchpad for award season success, having premiered "La La Land", "Gravity" and "Roma" which triumphed at the Oscars. The Oscar-winning director was expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for violating a conduct code it adopted in 2018 following hundreds of accusations of sexual harassment or assault against figures in the entertainment industry.
Polanski's "An Officer and a Spy" drama is about the 19th century Dreyfus affair and Barbera called it "one of his best movies so far". "Polanski is one of the last masters of the European cinema," he said. "It's a major issue of course, I'm fully aware of that. I was trying to find more female films to invite to the festival," Barbera said.
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