
So this post is for all of you producers, people who run distribution companies, film festivals, country representatives, programmers, directors, funders, anyone and everyone who has access to films before we in the media get to know about them.
I ask you to share with us some titles that should have been on the mind of the people at Cannes. Let's start getting the names of women out as part of the conversation.
Either post the names of the films and the directors in the comments or send it to me at melissa@womenandhollywood.com
Here is an opportunity to be pro-active. Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: Here's one from me- how about Susanne Bier's film All You Need is Love. It sold to many territories in Berlin so it must be close to being finished. Bier is an Academy Award winning director for her film In a Better World so her work should be considered in the same breathe as any male director even if this film is not a hard hitting political film like her last one.
LS- Be prepared. I drop the f-bomb a lot.
Melissa, thank you for cross-posting this. And Mr. Lew, what a great article. My favorite line,
Dear Melissa, When you dropped that F-bomb, I laughed out loud so hard it qualified as a,
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Aimee | April 19, 2012 1:48 PM
Maria Matteoli- "The Wine Of Summer"
Katherine | April 19, 2012 1:07 PM
Amy Seimetz - Sun Don't Shine. Was incredible --saw it at SXSW and would've fit perfectly into Cannes
divine | April 19, 2012 10:48 AM
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