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The festival screened films written, produced, or directed by women from around the world, [7] screening over 50 films, both short and feature films, unreleased in French cinemas. There was a competition for the feature films, [9] with awards including the Golden Wave, Audience Award, [14] a Special Jury Award, and Special Mention. [1]
Germaine Dulac (French:; born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942) [2] was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic. She was born in Amiens and moved to Paris in early childhood.
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"Women's cinema is a complex, critical, theoretical, and institutional construction," Alison Butler explains. The concept has had its fair share of criticisms, causing some female filmmakers to distance themselves from it in fear of being associated with marginalization and ideological controversy. [2]
The competition is open to women from around the world who have made a feature-length documentary, a short length fiction and a documentary film. [citation needed] The festival offers a number of prizes, including several Audience awards and the "Grand Jury Prize." There is a festival archive containing more than 10,000 films by women.
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[9] While knowing that the movement of "women's cinema" worked as a counter to the classical Hollywood system, Fontaine didn't like to identify with this. During an interview in 1998 with Eve-Laure Moros, she stated: "If people say that 'Nettoyage a sec' is a woman's film, I'm very surprised, I don't know what that means...
She has written widely about European, and especially French cinema, specialising in popular genres and stars. In 1998, she was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, for services to French culture. She is currently co-chief general editor of the journal French Screen Studies. [6]