News
The Swedish Film Institute and the Netherlands Film Fund are partnering on an initiative designed to support filmmakers who are too often denied funding. A press release announced that the two orgs...
The Swedish Film Institute has launched a new initiative in the hopes of addressing the gender gap among Sweden’s screenwriters — especially the one that persists on bigger budget films....
Awards
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...
Features, News
This is the second of three dispatches from the 2016 Gothenburg International Film Festival. Last year, we praised Anna Serner, the head of the Swedish Film Institute, who achieved her...
The Swedish Film Institute has been making headlines recently for achieving 50–50 parity in its funding distribution between male and female filmmakers. Please join Women and Hollywood’s...
News, Women Directors
Meet Anna Serner, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute and our latest film-industry heroine. Since she took up her current position in October 2011, Serner has reached her stated intent of...
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