This year, the Cannes Film Festival is trying to make amends . Despite all the progress women have made in the entertainment industry over the years, only one woman has ever received the highest honour from the festival, the Palme d'Or (Jane Campion in 1993 for her film The Piano). Last year, Sofia Coppola won the award for Best Director, but that made her only the first woman to have been given the prize a the festival since 1961. In fact, out of 268 filmmakers who have won Cannes’ top three awards, eleven of them have been women