Eighty-two women marched on the red carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on Saturday to protest gender inequality at the festival and in the wider film industry.
The president of Jury of 2018 Cannes Film Festival is Cate Blanchett , she led the group and read out a statement from the steps of the Palais des Festivals.
In her statement for 71 years of this world biggest festival there have been only 12 female heads of its juries.”Out of 71 Palme d’Or only one woman Jane Campion in 1993 received this prestigious award.But in 2015 Varda won an honorary Palme d’Or .The essence of this protest is to change the process.
