From the MENA to the USA, there may not be so so many titles directed by women at the festival. But what is programmed is simply the best.
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COURTESY OF THE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
A still from Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Zama’
The Venice Film Festival Diaries: ‘The Shape of Water’, the Wonder of Netflix and Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Zama’
While my first 36 hours at the Venice Film Festival were filled with impossible sunshine and balmy heat, with the morning’s thunderstorms came both barometric relief but also some much needed introspection. I found myself in a deep, thoughtful place thanks to a beautiful meeting with Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel and a morning screening of Netflix’s ‘Our Souls at Night’.
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