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The 76th Venice Film Festival began with a chaotic press conference in which its organisers were criticised for both including a new Roman Polanski film,, in the line-up, and the fact that only two out of a total of 21 films in the main competition were directed by women. Alberto Barbera, the festival’s head, defended the former decision saying, “The history of art is full of artists who committed crimes but we have continued to admire their works of art and the same is true of Polanski.
The head of the jury, Lucrecia Martel, agreed with this stance on the controversial director, but on the latter issue, said, “Quotas are never satisfactory, but there are no other solutions to guarantee the inclusion of women or give them the position they deserve.” Barbera replied that he was “fully against the idea of quotas” and found it “offensive”.
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