Johnny Depp Female Filmmakers Looking To Stop Festival From Giving Him Award

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It was announced that Depp would receive the Donostia, a lifetime achievement award, during the 69th annual San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain.

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Cristina Andreu Cuevas, the president of Spain’s Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media condemned the festival.

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"This speaks very badly of the festival and its leadership, and transmits a terrible message to the public: ‘It doesn’t matter if you are an abuser as long as you are a good actor.'"

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Festival organizers, including San Sebastián’s festival director José Luis Rebordinos, stuck up for Depp and their decision to award him the lifetime achievement designation.

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“The role of a film festival is not to judge the conduct of members of the film industry."

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He added, "[A film festival's role] is to select the most relevant and interesting films of the year and to extend recognition to those who have made an extraordinary contribution to the art of film.”

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