Julia Ducournau

As we observe International Women’s Day this March 8, as part of Women’s History Month, it seems like a good time to reflect on just how much progress women in Hollywood have made in the past year. The answer today may be disappointing.

For the first time in film history, women have dominated the three most famous and the most important international film festivals in the world – Berlin, Cannes, and Venice – by earning their top awards. It’s impossible to predict whether this is the beginning of a new trend (although that is not likely), or a series of coincidences.