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Film Festival Jury President Discusses Politics and Gender

Updated 2026-09-02 11:10 UTC 1 source Neutral

At the Venice Film Festival, jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal addressed political themes in cinema and highlighted a systemic issue of female directors' underrepresentation. Her comments came amid ongoing global conflicts.

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Venice Jury President Maggie Gyllenhaal Says Films Are ‘Fundamentally, Unavoidably Political’ and Questions Lack of Female Directors in Competition: ‘There’s a Systemic Problem’

It didn’t take long for politics to take the spotlight at this year’s Venice Film Festival jury press conference. Amid the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine, as well as the unrest in the United States, jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal was asked whether cinema should be political. “OK,̶

2026-09-02 10:49 UTC