2018. What a year! It was a big year for gender equality, particularly in the sense of raising awareness. The award season kicked things off with many inspiring speeches from empowering women who called for change in 2018 and saw the first female nominated for a directing Oscar in 8 years. Plus the first woman …
One of my most popular blog posts to date is the 5 Hashtags for Film Equality post I did back in February 2017. But a lot has happened since then. Women, and men, have become far more vocal with their disgust for the lack of gender equality in the film industry. So I think its …
So the Venice Film Festival has coped a lot flack recently about the serious lack of female representation amongst the directors of the films chosen, from myself included... With the excuse being that the films were all selected on merit and it was a complete coincidence that 87% of the films were made by men. …
When I googled Australian Indigenous Female Filmmakers the top suggestion bar, where they have the pictures of said persons, sported a grand total of 5 women. This couldn't be further from the truth...
Something quite incredible is happening at the moment. Women are landing blockbuster directing jobs in the world of sci-fi and superheros genres notorious for being male heavy for years. What began with Patty Jenkins' Wonder Women has now opened up the floor for a range of women directors on other projects in a similar realm. S.J …
We should all be going to the movies more often. The best way to support female filmmakers is by attending their films in the cinemas where possible. For big executives things like box office numbers and opening weekend revenue are key things that book directors more jobs. But in this day an age going to …
It is the month of the Hallows and so everyone will be looking for some seriously scary entertainment to appropriately scare the socks off their terrified flailing appendages. So why not change up your classics and watch something directed by a woman? Horror has a habit of victimising the female shooting stories with voyeuristic male gazes …
This month I will set myself the challenge to discover and relive some great films and television directed by female directors...
