The world’s most famous film festival also has five women on its nine-member jury—Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actress Melanie Laurent, directors Mati Diop and Jessica Hausner, and musician Mylène Farmer—after years of criticism about female directors being woefully underrepresented in the major award categories. But of the 24 films in contention for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, only four were directed by women.
