The 75th annual Venice Film Festival kicked off Wednesday in the northeastern Italian city of Venice.

 

第75届威尼斯电影节周三在意大利东北部城市威尼斯开幕。

 

The jury for the main competition is presided by Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, whose movie The Shape of Water won four Oscars including Best Director and Best Picture, as well as the top prize at Venice, or the Golden Lion.

 

"I hope to be surprised and to make discoveries," said Del Toro, adding that "being a juror renews the pact¹ with cinema, a pact which goes beyond its commercial and cultural aspects -- it is a very intimate aspect."

 

"One way or another, you will change someone's life," said Del Toro.

 

The Mexican director added that he hopes the filmmaking world will become more gender²-equal, with women and men represented "50-50 (percent) by 2020".

 

Del Toro said gender inequality in film "is a real problem, and needs to be solved at every level, with strength and resolve."

 

He added that he is currently producing five films, and that three of them are being directed by women.

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