[…] Jane Campion was the first woman to win a Palme d’Or and only the second ever to be nominated for the best director Oscar. So it comes as a surprise that her latest gig, as president of the Cannes film festival jury, isn’t another act of pioneering gender breakthrough. She’s actually the 10th woman to lead the festival’s prize-giving committee – even if men have done it on 57 other occasions – and shares the honour with some heady company: …read more […]