A look back at the 9th edition of Women In Motion at the Festival de Cannes

The Women In Motion Talks & Podcasts

Dame Donna Langley, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini & Dr Stacy L. Smith, Zoé Saldaña, Iris Knobloch, Céline Sallette & Charlotte Le Bon, Judith Godrèche, and Yseult: this year’s series of Women In Motion Talks included insightful commentary from leading actresses, directors, top cinema and entertainment executives & producers, inclusion researchers and authors, and singers-songwriters.

A new series of the Women In Motion podcast was also recorded featuring Agnès Jaoui, Andrea Bescond, Alice Girard & Caroline Bonmarchand as well as Nina Meurisse.

The Women In Motion Awards ceremony 

On May 19th, on the Place de la Castre, Dame Donna Langley, Chairman, NBCUniversal Studio Group and Chief Content Officer, received the 2024 Women In Motion Award from François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes. The Young Talent Award was presented to Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu.

Kering and the Festival de Cannes were pleased to welcome at the Awards ceremony the members of the Festival jury, including Greta Gerwig, Omar Sy, Lily Gladstone, Nadine Labaki and Kore-Eda Hirokazu as well as Julianne Moore, Justine Triet, Uma Thurman, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Salma Hayek Pinault, Michelle Yeoh, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Jacques Audiard or Judith Godrèche.

About Women In Motion 

Kering's commitment to women is at the heart of the Group's priorities and extends, through Women In Motion, to the field of arts and culture, where gender inequalities are still glaring, even though creation is one of the most powerful vectors for change.
In 2015, Kering launched Women In Motion at the Festival de Cannes with the ambition of highlighting women in cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. The program has since expanded in a major way to photography, but also to art, design, choreography, and music. Through its Awards, the program recognizes inspirational figures and emerging female talent, while its Talks and Podcasts provide an opportunity for leading personalities to share their views on the representation of women in their profession.
Since it was created, Women In Motion has become a platform of choice that contributes to changing mind sets and thinking on the place of women - and the recognition they receive - in the arts and culture.

About Kering

A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods and Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin and Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”.

For more information

Please visit the Women In Motion press section on kering.com
 

Press Contacts 
Kering 
Emilie Gargatte | +33 (0)1 45 64 61 20 | emilie.gargatte@kering.com
Emma Roquier | +33 (0)6 78 04 06 62 | emma.roquier@kering.com

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