I read an article the other day by director of recent release The Spy Who Dumped Me, Susanna Fogel, who brought up the interesting idea that maybe we are over-saturating people with the message of gender equality. Everywhere you look these days there are people making a point of pointing out that its still not equal, that …
The San Diego State University study of Women in Television and Film that came this week discovered that female critics are outnumbered 2 to 1 by their male counterparts [1]. A look into 4111 recent film reviews on popular film criticism site Rotten Tomato's discovered that 68% of those reviews were written by men, 4 …
So it's time to start up this blog again for 2018! The past year has been a big year for women in film. In the work that they have produced, and in closing that gender gap. Awareness is the main word I think of when I look back at 2017. Women found their voice and we're not …
This came up in conversation the other day when I was doing some training about respect and creating a positive culture in the workplace. However I think its relevant to the everyday and specifically to the issue of gender disparity. The topic I'm speaking about is unconscious bias. So what is it exactly? Our brains …
In part 2 of our around the globe series I thought it would be good to take a look at Bollywood. Whilst the industry shares its name with Hollywood, is it incorporating female filmmakers any more than its American counterpart? The short answer is not really. Representation of women in films coming out of India …
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We all know the issue. That’s why you’re probably reading this. Gender diversity in the film industry sucks. And this isn’t an issue that is purely confined within the Australian border. Film as a global industry suffers from this lack of diversity and in this new series of blog posts I wanted to take …
We are continuing on with our showcase of new up and coming female directors this week. This time we’re taking a look at the work of Rose Newland who writes, directs and edits her own short films and sketches. A recent film school graduate Rose has wasted no time getting stuck into making small projects […]
It is not an unknown fact now, I think, that women are in a minority when it comes to directing films. However there are those who are in even more of a disadvantage because they are placed within the category of multiple minorities. I am speaking particularly about black women and film industries struggle accepting …
I keep hearing arguments from various sources suggesting that it is impossible to have gender parity within the film industry. Some of the arguments come with evidence, such as an article written by Tim O’Hare, that states the only reason 2 out of the 28 Director nominees were female at the recent Australian Academy of …
For some of you who were unaware The Women's Direction campaign stemmed from the requirements of a university assignment. That being said the passion behind this issue is something that is still very real for me and I chose this particular topic because of its relevance to me as an aspiring female director. After the …
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