Locarno Film Festival Announces 2015 Lineup with Few Women Directors

The lineup for the 68th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has been unveiled, and the program is sorely lacking in female-helmed features.  Only two of the 16 titles, or 13 percent, in the high-profile Piazza Grande section are directed by women: Catherine Corsini's lesbian love story "La Belle Saison" and Elisabeth Scharang's "Jack," which focuses on a convicted murderer being released after 16 years in prison. These films will compete for the Pix du Public Audience Award, as well as the Variety Piazza Grande Award, which will be decided on by Variety critics on the basis of "artistic excellence and commercial appeal." The featured titles...

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