The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have released their list of films eligible for the 2014 Oscars, and of the 289 films that qualified for Oscar consideration, a paltry 25, or 8.6%, were from female filmmakers. (This does not include the Academy Awards’ documentary category, where women made up a third of the shortlist.) The 8.6% figure simply reflects the status quo, where only about 9% of American films are made by women.
At this juncture, the likeliest Oscar bet on a woman director is Jennifer Lee’s Frozen. Of the women-directed films, Enough Said is arguably the biggest recipient of critical praise, but the Academy has never shown Nicole Holofcener any love.
To qualify for the 86th Academy Awards, a film must be exhibited for at least seven days in a Los Angeles County theater by the end of the year and last longer than 40 minutes.
Scroll down for the list of Oscar-eligible films directed by women:
ADORE — Anne Fontaine
AFTERNOON DELIGHT — Jill Soloway
AUGUSTINE — Alice Winocour
AUSTENLAND — Jerusha Hess
BALLAD OF RUSTOM — Ajita Suchitra Veera
BLACK NATIVITY — Kasi Lemmons
THE BLING RING — Sofia Coppola
BRAVE MISS WORLD (doc) — Cecilia Peck
CARRIE — Kimberly Peirce
ENOUGH SAID — Nicole Holofcener
EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN — Ana Piterbarg
FILL THE VOID — Rama Burshtein
FROZEN — Co-directed by Jennifer Lee
GIRL MOST LIKELY — Co-directed Shari Springer Berman
HANNAH ARENDT — Margarethe von Trotta
IF I WERE YOU — Joan Carr Wiggin
IN A WORLD… — Lake Bell
THE LEGEND OF SARILA — Nancy Florence Savard
LORE — Cate Shortland
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED — Susanne Bier
99%: THE OCCUPY WALL STREET COLLABORATIVE FILM (doc) — Co-directed by Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic
THE SQUARE (doc) — Jehane Noujaim
THE TO DO LIST — Maggie Carey
THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL — Francesca Gregorini
WADJDA — Haifaa Al-Mansour