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 …
We are bombarded everywhere everyday by moving images. Films, TV, YouTube, Ads, Music Videos. Most media these days involves some sort of video and so those videos require directors. On this blog I have mainly focused on film, but I think its important to recognize that the mediascape of today is changing and content creation …
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 …
My new girl crush is undoubtedly Ava DuVernay. She is such an inspiration to me as an aspiring film director myself and every time I see an interview with her or hear her speak its completely uplifting. But what kind of fan would I be without actually seeing her work. Ava has directed a handful …
If you've been following my blog for a while you will know that I feature work by female filmmakers. By showcasing work from women around the world I have tried to increase the visibility of female directors and therefore increase the chances of bridging the gender equality gap. This week I thought I'd try something …
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. …
I honestly didn't consciously chose to see two lesbian films in my Sydney Film Festival viewings, but I'm glad that it worked out that way. Both Rafiki directed by Wanuri Kahiu and The Miseducation of Cameron Post directed by Desiree Akhavan were new stories that I had not experienced before. I will preface this post by stating, the probably …
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I wrote an article about Cannes last year highlighting some of the influential women who spoke out against the inequality that the industry, and the festival, was harbouring. I mentioned the slight improvement of statistics in the number of films directed by women and ended on a hopeful note that maybe this was a small …
One of the great things about creative industries is that most people never stick to the same job for the entirety of their career. There is a fluid kind of system in place that encourages people to know how to do many of the jobs that make up the whole process of film making. The more …
Not only are there a lot of men directors in our industry, but there are a lot of men directors over the age of 50. White men over 50 are dictating the kind of stories we see on our cinema screens but there is a plethora of young and diverse storytellers that need to be …
