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Cannes Releases Gender Stats for 2019 Festival, in Accordance With Parity Pledge

Representation-wise, Cannes 2019 has been a significant — albeit not unexpected — disappointment for women directors. Just a handful of women-helmed films have been selected for...

Festivals

Turin Film Festival Commits to Gender Parity Pledge

Another fest has signed the 5050×2020 charter for gender parity and inclusion. Italy’s Turin Film Festival, also known as Torino Film Festival, is following in the footsteps of Cannes,...

Festivals

Rome Film Festival Signs Gender Parity Pledge

Rome Film Festival has followed in the footsteps of fests such as Cannes, Venice, and TIFF by signing a gender parity pledge. Introduced at Cannes earlier this year, the Pledge is a way to hold...

Festivals

Mill Valley Film Festival Signs Gender Parity Pledge, Honors Dr. Stacy Smith

The 2018 edition of the Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) features 45 percent women directors in its program. Already a proven supporter of women in film, MVFF has made it official and signed a Gender...

Festivals

Poland’s Gdynia Film Festival Takes the Gender Parity Pledge

Poland’s Gdynia Film Festival is the latest fest to sign the 5050×2020 Pledge for Gender Parity, Variety reports. The pledge — which was signed Friday by Gdynia general director...

Festivals

San Sebastian Festival Expected to Sign Gender Parity Pledge

Yet another major festival is set to sign a gender parity pledge. Following the lead of Cannes, Venice, TIFF, and IDFA, among others, Spain’s San Sebastian Festival is expected to sign the...

Festivals That Have Committed to the Gender Parity Pledge

Women and Hollywood is keeping a running list of the film festivals that have signed, or plan to sign, the 5050×2020 Pledge. Created by 5050×2020 — an offshoot of Le Deuxième Regard that...

Festivals

Cannes Film Festival Signs Pledge In Push for Gender Parity

The issue of the lack of female directors is dominating this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Part of this conversation is how movies get selected and who selects them. Is there a clear submission...

Festivals

Venice Film Festival’s 2020 Competition Lineup Marks Historic High for Women Directors

Venice Film Festival is finally getting with the times. After years of programming dominated by men, this year’s main Competition lineup features an encouraging number of women directors. The...

Festivals

Cate Blanchett Will Be Jury President at 2020 Venice Film Festival

Well, maybe the 77th Venice International Film Festival will include more than one or two woman-directed features in competition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cate Blanchett has been named...

Festivals

Venice Film Fest Hosts Gender Equality Seminar

Historically, Venice Film Festival has not seemed to give a shit about gender parity or inclusion. Artistic director Alberto Barbera has said he would rather quit than set gender quotas. In the wake...

Festivals

Locarno Film Festival Releases Gender Stats for the First Time

Last year’s Locarno Film Festival saw the signing of the Programming Pledge for Parity in Inclusion in Cinema Festivals. Supported by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (SWAN), this...

Festivals

Locarno Film Festival to Open with Ginevra Elkann’s “Magari”

The 2019 Locarno International Film Festival will kick off with Italian filmmaker Ginevra Elkann’s feature directorial debut. Cineuropa confirmed that “Magari” has been chosen as...

Research

New Study From 5050×2020 Finds Significant Gender Gap in French Film Criticism

It’s been a year since 5050×2020 introduced the Gender Parity Pledge at Cannes, but the equality collective’s work is far from over. Since Cannes 2018, 5050×2020 has...

Festivals

Rachel Ward’s “Palm Beach” Will Open 2019 Sydney Film Festival

Rachel Ward’s latest will kick things off at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. The Sydney Morning Herald confirms “Palm Beach,” an ensemble comedy about a group of friends...

Research

Berlinale Breaks Down 2019 Gender Stats in New Report

The 69th annual Berlinale begins today and, while the fest will not officially sign the Gender Parity Pledge until Saturday, it’s already stepping up its transparency efforts. The Berlin...

Festivals

Berlinale Will Sign the Gender Parity Pledge

The 2019 Berlin International Film Festival won’t kick off until next Thursday, February 7, but it’s already made history. Screen Daily confirms fest artistic director Dieter Kosslick...

Festivals

Heartland Film Fest Signs Gender Parity Pledge

More fests are showing support — and agreeing to do their part — in making the film industry more inclusive. Heartland Film Inc., the nonprofit organizer of the Heartland International...

Festivals

Upholding Gender Parity Pledge, Cannes Unveils Selection Committee for the First Time

The Cannes Film Festival is sticking to its word. Last year the fest signed the Gender Parity Pledge, promising to make its film selection process more transparent to the public — and inspired...

Festivals

Goteborg Film Fest to Sign Gender Parity Pledge, 2019 Lineup Is 41 Percent Women-Directed

Cannes, Venice, and Toronto were among the many film festivals to sign the 5050×2020 charter for gender parity and inclusion in 2018. It looks like more fests will commit to the initiative in...

News

France Launches Financial Incentives for Productions with Gender Parity

France is launching a state funding bonus for productions in which the director and key crew members are women, ScreenDaily reports. Earlier this year the country’s — and arguably...

Festivals

IDFA Signs the 5050×2020 Pledge for Gender Parity and Inclusion

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) has taken the 5050×2020 Pledge for Gender Parity and Inclusion in Film Festivals two months ahead of its 31st edition. By signing...

Festivals

TIFF Becomes Latest Fest to Sign the Gender Parity Pledge

Women and Hollywood — alongside 5050×2020, Le Deuxieme Regard, and TIME’S UP — is excited to report that the Toronto International Film Festival has signed the Gender Parity Pledge....

Festivals

Amidst Backlash Over Lack of Women Directors, Venice Film Fest Signs Gender Parity Pledge

The Venice Film Festival is finally taking tangible steps toward gender equality. The festival signed the 5050×2020 Pledge yesterday, in spite of Artistic Director Alberto Barbera previously...

Festivals

Sarajevo Film Festival Signs 5050×2020 Pledge

The Sarajevo Film Festival has followed Cannes, Annecy, and Locarno’s lead and officially committed to gender equality among its filmmakers and leadership. Fest director Mirsad Purivatra...

Festivals

Locarno Fest to Sign Pledge for Parity and Inclusion

Locarno Festival is committing to change. A press release from the Switzerland-based fest announced that President Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali will sign the Programming Pledge for...

Festivals

Directors’ Fortnight Announces Gender-Balanced Committee, Upholding Cannes 50/50 Pledge

In a positive sign of things to come for Cannes 2019, the fest’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar has unveiled a gender-balanced selection committee. The six-member group, led by Delegate...

Festivals

Annecy Animation Film Festival Signs 5050×2020 Pledge

Last month Thierry Frémaux sparked international headlines when he signed a pledge for gender parity at Cannes Film Festival. The head of the fest, along with with his colleagues at the...

Cannes Film Festival Campaign

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the key moments on the film world calendar. Women and Hollywood has used the festival to create an international conversation on the lack of opportunities for women...

Films, News, Women Directors

French Film Industry Introduces 50/50 by 2020 Gender Equality Initiative

Members of the French film industry are gearing up their fight for gender equality just in time for Friday’s César Awards. Per Deadline, 300 artists and execs are lending their support to 5050...

Festivals, Music, News

45 Music Festivals Vow 50/50 Gender Parity in Lineups by 2022

Music festivals including Toronto’s North by North East (NXNE) and New York’s Winter Jazzfest and A2IM Indie Week have promised 50/50 gender parity in their lineups by 2022. Pitchfork reports...

News

Documentary Departments at BBC and Channel 4 Commit to 50 Percent Women Directors

The documentary departments at the BBC and Channel 4 have both committed to 50 percent women director hires across their respective outputs. According to Deadline, they follow the current affairs...

Festivals

Cannes’ Ratio of Women-Directed Competition Films Remains Stagnant at 17 Percent

Update: Cannes announced additional titles April 21. Revised stats can be found below our original post.  It’s been nearly four years since Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux signed...

Festivals

Cannes Disappoints Yet Again: Just 17 Percent of This Year’s Competition Films Are Directed by Women

As gender parity becomes increasingly commonplace in festival programming, Cannes continues to lag far behind. Long considered one of the most prestigious fests in the world, Cannes still seems to be...

Festivals

Jodie Foster Will Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes This Year

Jodie Foster is joining the likes of Agnès Varda, Jane Fonda, and Jeanne Moreau. The actress, director, and producer is set to receive Cannes Film Festival’s Honorary Palme d’Or,...

Festivals

Contrary to Reports, Cannes’ 2020 Lineup Does Not Mark a Historic High for Women Directors

COVID-19 put the brakes on the 73rd edition of Cannes Film Festival, but the fest has decided to announce its 2020 program allowing films to append the moniker “Official Section of the 2020...

Festivals

Berlinale 2020: 33 Percent of Competition Titles Are Women-Directed

The Berlin International Film Festival has announced its 2020 Competition lineup. The program is composed of 18 titles, and six of them, or 33 percent, are directed or co-directed by women. Last...

Features

The Biggest Moments of the Decade for Women in Film

The fight for gender equality and inclusion in show business is very much one step forward, two steps back. Just consider the 2020 Golden Globe nominations: even though there were a bunch of great...

Festivals

Göteborg Film Fest’s 2020 Edition Will Be 50 Percent Women-Directed

Most film festival organizers believe in gender equality — in theory. In practice, they talk about the importance of parity but sometimes there is no real plan and sometimes it’s about...

Festivals

Laura Dern, Olivia Wilde, and Kasi Lemmons Among Mind the Gap’s 2019 Participants

Mill Valley Film Festival’s (MVFF) gender equity program has announced its 2019 schedule. Laura Dern, Olivia Wilde, Kasi Lemmons, Women and Hollywood’s own Melissa Silverstein, and many...

Festivals

San Sebastian 2019: Official Selection Includes Three Women-Directed Films

Earlier this week, the San Sebastian International Film Festival announced that women directed more than half of its 2019 New Directors lineup. Now the fest has unveiled new additions to its Official...

Festivals

Women Directed Over Half of San Sebastian’s 2019 New Directors Lineup

Spain’s San Sebastian International Film Festival signed the Gender Parity Pledge last year and — if its 2019 New Directors lineup is any indication — is taking its commitment to...

Festivals

Just Two Women-Directed Features Will Screen in Competition at Venice 2019

Venice Film Festival continues to disappoint. Last year the fest signed the 5050×2020 Pledge, committing to greater transparency in its selection process and staff, with the goal of eventually...

Festivals

Venice Critics’ Week Lineup to Open with Gitanjali Rao’s “Bombay Rose”

Gitanjali Rao’s feature debut will kick off the 2019 Venice Critics’ Week. The award-winning Indian animator will premiere “Bombay Rose” at the independently run Venice...

Festivals

Locarno 2019: Women-Directed Films Comprise 28% of Main Lineup

The Locarno International Film Festival has revealed its 2019 program. According to Screen Daily, 10 women-directed pics — including the previously-announced opener, Ginevra Elkann’s...

Festivals

Lucrecia Martel Named Venice Jury President

Lucrecia Martel will serve as president of the jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival, Variety confirms. The Argentinian filmmaker’s last feature, “Zama,” premiered at the 2017...

Women and Hollywood at Cannes 2019

Credit: “La Pointe courte”/Flore Maquin/Cannes During the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, Women and Hollywood Founder and Publisher Melissa Silverstein participated in the inaugural “Women...

Features

Weekly Update for May 17: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Sun Is Also a Star – Directed by Ry Russo-Young; Written by Tracy Oliver College-bound romantic Daniel Bae (Charles Melton) and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha...

Features

Quote of the Day: Julianne Moore Speaks in Favor of Quotas While Attending Cannes

“We will not have gender parity unless everybody is cooperating,” said Julianne Moore at recent event at the Cannes Film Festival, per TIME. Cannes signed the 5050×2020 gender parity...

Awards

Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner to Be Honored at Mill Valley Film Fest

The Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) is set to celebrate Anna Serner’s commitment to gender parity in the biz. According to a press release, Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute, will...

Festivals

Cannes: Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s Stacy L. Smith Partners with Women in Motion

Annenberg Inclusion Initiative founder and director Stacy L. Smith is joining forces with Women in Motion, Kering and the Cannes Film Festival’s program spotlighting women in film. According...

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