he AL FEMMINILE CINEMA AWARDS, promoted by the Società Umanitaria of Milan, are the first Italian and international cinema awards dedicated to women who have chosen cinema as their profession.

If it’s true that the male gaze continues to dominate, it is not enough to simply encourage the hiring of female directors or to increase female professionalism — more radical measures must be tested, to promote award policies for female-led projects, designed by women themselves — and that is exactly what we have done.

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The project boasts the support of renowned professionals in the industry, including director Cristina Comencini who, in the interview Al femminile, premi cinematografici Società Umanitaria with Enrico Nosei, Director of Programming at Cineteca di Milano, offered some advice to the candidates, concluding: “I am a woman, therefore I encourage, help and care. We are different.”
And Maria Pia Calzone, actress and member of the Gender Equality Observatory of the Ministry of Culture, interviewed for us, added: “The fight against inequality — on and off set — is a path we must walk together, because nothing is stronger than a man who legitimizes a stance.”

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