Toronto, Berlin and Cannes…All home to some of the world’s most popular and competitive film festivals.
Now the BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL takes its annual event to the next level.
Beginning with its 71st edition in 2021 the Berlin Festival will make specific acting categories “gender-neutral”.
Allow me to explain.
Rather than awarding Best Actor and Best Actress awards, the two sexes will compete against one another.
Same will hold true for Best Supporting performances
The new designations will simply be the award for ‘Best Leading Performance’ and ‘Best Supporting Performance’ in a motion picture.
The festival’s organizers introduced this major gender-neutral change by stating:“We believe that not separating the awards in the acting field according to gender comprises a signal for a more gender-sensitive awareness in the film industry”.
A sign of things to come?
Will the Oscars and Golden Globes be next?
Stay tuned.
Thats total Bull*hit! I’m so sick of everything caving to appease a small majority of people. I’m so glad I’m in my golden years and not a teenager having to think about looking at this garbage for the next 60 plus years of my life.
Great. Now people can claim both systemic sexism & systemic racism when a white actor wins the award for Best Leading Performance.