Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorVenice Film Festival jury President Cate Blanchett is “very excited to be having a conversation with adults,” she told journalists on the Lido today, quipping, “I have been talking to pigs and chickens for the past six months.” That was one bit of levity during a press conference that touched on some more serious subjects including the implications of streaming’s growth during lockdown, certain countries’ “obtuse” response to the COVID pandemic, and the Berlin Film Festival’s decision to make its acting awards gender-neutral.Blanchett, who was recently the President of the Cannes Film Fest’s jury, is chairing the main panel for the first major international event in the.
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