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Breaking Through the Lens Co-Founder Daphne Schmon on What Has to Change for Gender Equity in Film: ‘We Need Actions to Speak Louder Than Words’
Breaking Through the Lens co-founder Daphne Schmon talks the non-profit's events at Cannes, global expansion and how to achieve gender equity in film.
This year, Breaking Through the Lens’ Cannes presence is stronger than ever, with its annual cocktail event on Friday being headlined by a conversation between Kristen Stewart, whose directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” is premiering in Un Certain Regard, and Sonic Youth rocker Kim Gordon. Those in the cohort — Emily Thomas, Olivia Peace, Erin Sayder and Rita Baghdadi, Damiana Acuña and Isabelle Mecattaf — already received a €10,000 ($11,000) action grant to help their films move in the right direction. Schmon hopes for Sundance and Cannes to become the “cornerstones” of BTTL’s programming, and notes that they have opened up an office in Greece in order to be eligible for European funding and are holding discussions to expand to Mexico.
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