Kate Winslet Feted At The Munich International Film Festival: “It’s Hard To Make Films As A Woman And It Is Hard To Make Films About Women”

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Kate Winslet was feted before the European premiere of her film Lee at the Munich International Film Festival and told the packed crowd about starring in, and producing, the movie about war photographer Lee Miller.

Taking the stage to accept the Festival’s CineMerit award, Winslet said that the release of Lee had been put back. “We chose to delay the release of Lee because of the strike and because I wanted to be able to talk about the real true labor of love that it was for me and my producing partner Kate Solomon to make this film. “It’s hard to make films as a woman and it is hard to make films about women.

I hope with this film people will be more open-eared and more open-eyed to wanting to absorb stories of phenomenally important historical figures like the formidable Lee Miller.” Miller was a model turned photographer turned war correspondent.

She took a series of iconic and often harrowing pictures during World War Two. The Munich premiere had an added resonance given Miller is known for herself featuring in an iconic shot, in a bathtub in Hitler’s abandoned residence in the German city.