Even after a banner year, in which they helmed a record number of the year's top films, Tuesday's Oscar nominations couldn't find room to celebrate female filmmakers.
The Handmaid's Tale director Daina Reid.But despite the inroads female directors have made in the industry, traditional biases persist, Reid said.
In Australia, the Oscars' shunning of female directors contrasts with December's AACTAs, in which half the directing nominees were women – Jennifer Kent for"The fact it was equal and a woman won it proves we're already ahead of the game, and not even because of quotas," Reid said of local efforts to promote women filmmakers.
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