Annette Bening isn't concerned about the lack of women directors at the Venice film festival

Venice: jury president Annette Bening addresses lack of female directors in lineup https://t.co/jMh3vIe8tE http://pic.twitter.com/wRrKLZ5zo6

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 30, 2017

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• Bening is the first female jury president in Venice in over a decade
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• Only 1 out of the 21 films in competition is directed by a woman this year
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• I was thrilled to be asked to be here, so I didn’t count the number of films that were accepted that were directed by women.They watched 2,000 films if you can imagine what that would be like. So no, I didn’t approach it that way
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• I think that we as women, we have to be very sharp and shrewd and creative ourselves about what we choose to make. I know that most people that I know, whether they’re veterans or newcomers, or they’re men or women, most people struggle to get their movies made. And there is a lot of sexism, of course that exists. There’s no question. But I think things are changing. The more that we, as women, can make films that speak to everyone, we can be regarded as filmmakers.
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• We have a long way to go, in terms of parity -- production, directors, writers, actresses, appearing in festivals and all of that.I think the direction we’re going is positive.
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