Justine Trier, 44, succeeds Jean Campion (“The Piano” in 1993) and Julia DeCourneau (“Titan” in 2021), confirming the slow movement towards gender equality in the cinema sector, which has traditionally been dominated by men.
France’s Justine Trier won the Palme d’Or on Saturday for her film “Anatomie of a Val” (“Anatomie d’une chute” in the French original), becoming the third female director to receive this highest reward in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.
Justine Trier, 44, succeeds Jane Campion (“The Piano” in 1993) and Julia DuCourneau (“Titan” in 2021), confirming the slow movement towards gender equality in the cinema sector, which has traditionally been dominated by men.
