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Nicole Kidman vows to support female filmmakers

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Nicole Kidman criticized Hollywood's rate of hiring women directors and vowed to support female filmmakers at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. Kidman said that women "have to support female filmmakers - that's just a given now." She was speaking on behalf of Sofia Coppola's "The Beguiled," one of three films directed by women in competitio­n for the Palme d'Or in Cannes.

"The Beguiled" is a remake of Don Siegel's 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood, but told from a female point of view. It's a Civil War thriller in which a wounded Union soldier is taken in by an all-girls school in Virginia. Kidman noted that only 4 percent of major releases in 2016 were directed by women. Said Kidman: "Everyone keeps saying 'It's so different now. But it isn't." — AP

 ?? — AFP photos ?? Australian actress Nicole Kidman (left) and British model Naomi Campbell pose as they arrive for the ‘70th Anniversar­y’ ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.
— AFP photos Australian actress Nicole Kidman (left) and British model Naomi Campbell pose as they arrive for the ‘70th Anniversar­y’ ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.
 ??  ?? (From left) US actress Kirsten Dunst, Australian-US actress Nicole Kidman and US actress Elle Fanning pose yesterday during a photocall for the film ‘The Beguiled’ at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.
(From left) US actress Kirsten Dunst, Australian-US actress Nicole Kidman and US actress Elle Fanning pose yesterday during a photocall for the film ‘The Beguiled’ at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.
 ??  ?? (From left) US actress Kirsten Dunst, Irish actor Colin Farrell, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and US actress Elle Fanning pose yesterday during a photocall for the film 'The Beguiled'.
(From left) US actress Kirsten Dunst, Irish actor Colin Farrell, Australian actress Nicole Kidman and US actress Elle Fanning pose yesterday during a photocall for the film 'The Beguiled'.

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