Variety reports that the festival’s parent organization, the Venice Biennale, will sign the 5050×2020 pledge at a news conference today. The Venice Film Festival will join its European festival brethren and will sign a gender parity protocol recently embraced by Cannes, Locarno, and Sarajevo. “1) Transparency about film selection details, 2) Transparency about the structure of the selection committees, as well as management and 3) An increase in the presence of women in the organization’s structure.” #BiennaleCinema2018 Firmato il documento con #DissensoComune e #WomeninFilm #5050by2020 per la trasparenza delle informazioni su film pervenuti e selezionati, nella composizione di organi direttivi e selettivi e per un’alta presenza femminile nelle strutture dell’organizzazione /AALpr4AWAd - Biennale di Venezia AugAlso. “The pledge outlines three objectives, similar to those signed by other festivals,” read the official statement. The pledge, initiated by French organization 5050×2020, was signed by the festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera, president of La Biennale Paolo Baratta, and the Italian groups Dissenso Comune and Women in Film, TV & Media Italia. The Venice Film Festival signed a pledge for gender parity on Friday, following suit with Cannes, Locarno and Sarajevo film festivals.
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