Aust director downplays 'whore' insult

By Elsa Keslassy
Updated September 8 2018 - 1:16am, first published 1:10am
Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent was called a "whore" by a journalist at the Venice Film Festival.
Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent was called a "whore" by a journalist at the Venice Film Festival.

An Italian journalist who called Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent a "whore" as her name appeared in the credits at the end of the screening of her film at the Venice Film Festival has had his accreditation revoked.