Venice Film Festival signs pledge on gender parity

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New Delhi, Sept 01 (ANI): As the trend of film festivals across globe for taking social initiatives have picked up pace, the Venice Film Festival signed a pledge for gender equality following in the footsteps of Cannes, Locarno, and Sarajevo film festivals. The pledge was signed by the festival's artistic director Alberto Barbera at a news conference that he attended; Paolo Baratta, the president of La Biennale, the fest's parent organisation; and the Italian groups Dissenso Comune and Women in Film, TV and Media Italia. The pledge, initiated by French organisation 5050×2020, requires Venice to comply with norms of transparency in the festival's selection processes and gender parity in the organisation's top management.