The period film is the sole female-directed entry in this year’s Venice competition, down from six of 21 films last year. Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera called the figure a “historic low in recent years”

The Danish filmmaker, one of two female directors in competition this year, comes to the Lido with a feature following a woman about to marry her widowed employer in the aftermath…

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…