A few good women: Cannes feels heat over prize disparity

CANNES, France - In a year dominated by the #MeToo movement, the Cannes film festival - which starts on Tuesday - is feeling the heat to address glaring gender imbalances in the competition for its top prize, the Palme d'Or.

But the numbers show the festival still has some way to go in the battle of the sexes.

Of the 268 filmmakers who have claimed one of Cannes' top three prizes, only 11 - or four percent - have been women, an analysis by AFP shows.