He Cannes Film Festival faces the final stretch of this edition marked by the feminism and the complaint of the French ‘Mee too’ that has flooded the red carpet. It all started with an image of several women during the presentation of the short film Moi Aussi, by Judith Godréche, who posed on the stairs of the festival covering their mouths with their hands to protest against the President of the National Film Center in Paris, who is joined by the accusations by nine women against French producer Alain Sarde for sexual violence.

Since then there have been many gestures and statements in favor of the movement. own Emma Stonewinner of four Oscars, also made it clear that she is “feminist“. “Whether or not this is considered activism, it is what makes sense to me,” he said.

Greta Gerwigpresident of the festival jury and film director, compares it to the American ‘Me Too’: “I have seen substantial changes in the film community in the US. “It is important that we continue to expand those conversations.” And he values ​​the importance of continuing to address the issue: “I consider this to be the right direction to keep those lines of communication open.”

The unions of actors and film producers of France unanimously approved new measures to prevent sexual violence within the industrya fact that Emma Stone has publicly thanked: “There are many people who are doing their best to make things change and advance so that women feel that there is real equality in cinema,” she said.

One more sign of how the feminist struggle is changing the foundations of cinema.