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Jane Campion Thinks Box Office Success of ‘Barbie’ Has Helped Female Filmmakers Be ‘Trusted with Money’

Campion believes women who get behind the camera will now be 'trusted with money.'

This past week, filmmaker Jane Campion was honored at Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland with the Palme d’Onore Manor, awarded to the most outstanding personalities in cinema. As reported on by Deadline, while there, she acknowledged the shift she believes has taken place since “ Barbie ” smashed box office records, becoming the first female-directed film to gross over a billion dollars. She brought up a photo taken in 2017 of past Palme d’Or winners and her being the only female surrounded by a field of men, despite it being 24 years since she’d won hers for “The Piano.”

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