Venice Competition Director May el-Toukhy Addresses Gender Gap in Cinema

Venice’s Lone Female Competition Director May el-Toukhy on Gender Gap: “I’ve Never Heard a Female Director Being Called a Genius”

The Danish filmmaker, whose post-WWII thriller 'Woman Unknown' premieres in competition Sunday, calls the shortage of women vying for the Golden Lion "a structural problem" that is "as old as cinema and even older than that."

By Scott Roxborough