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Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch Says Her Parents, Holocaust Survivors, Taught Her About the ‘Power of Cinema’
Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch said she learned about the 'power of cinema' from her parents, who are Holocaust survivors.
Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch said she learned about the “power of cinema to carry messages, liberate speech and accomplish a duty of remembrance” from her parents, who are Holocaust survivors. Speaking at the Kering Women in Motion Talks at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, the Munich-born Knobloch said her parents took her to the movie theater several times a week. Asked about challenges she has faced as a top-ranking female executive, she admitted that “it’s clear that as a woman you always have to prove that you’re at the right place and more so than if you were a man.
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