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The Burgess Report: 2010 Needs Assessment Gender Based Impact Analysis.
August 25, 2010
Marilyn Burgess explores the extent to which findings of the Department’s 2005 Gender-Based Analysis (GBA) still hold, and identify new issues that have since emerged relating to the participation of women in Canada’s feature film industry.
- To ascertain what data are available to support the analysis of issues and hypotheses relating to the participation by women in the Canadian feature film industry as compared to 2005.
- To recommend areas for further research and suggest next steps to meet data collection needs.
To read the entire article click here.
Buenos Aires - The First International Women and Film Festival for Gender Equity.
May 12, 2010
Marcela Valente reports that "organisers said they felt they had achieved their goals of increasing the visibility of women's problems, raising awareness among viewers about the debate on the inequality of the sexes, and promoting inter-gender dialogue."
To read more click here.
From The Wrap. Study: Despite Bigelow's Success, Women Directors in Decline.
February 16, 2010
Lisa Horowitz writes that Despite Katherine Bigelow's Success with The Hurt Locker, women directors were on the decline in 2009.
To read the entire article click here.
From The Atlantic:
April 1, 2010
Lynda Obst, a producer and writer who has made 15 films in her producing career, at almost every major studio, argues In Defense of the Chick Flick.
To read the entire article click here.
From the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
April 17, 2010
Research has revealed that over 5000 women have left their jobs in the TV sector in Britain in the past 3 years compared to 750 men. The research paints a clear picture of institutionalised discrimination, industry-wide, against women.
To read more about the Skillset survey that revealed this disturbing trend, click here.
For analysis on these findings from The Guardian click here.
For analysis on these findings from www.opendemocracy.net click here.
From The Vancouver Sun newspaper.
April 17, 2010
A recent article by Rachel Talalay in the Vancouver Sun newspaper questions whether Katheryn Bigelow's Oscar win for best director is truly a win for women in film. Talalay points out that unlike Bigelow's film The Hurt Locker, with it's almost exclusively male story-line, James Cameron's big budget film Avatar does more to promote women in film because Cameron "consistently celebrates strong, smart, cool female leads".
To read the entire article, click here.
From the Motion Picture Association of America.
March 18, 2010
Here are some startling facts regarding the demographics of moviegoers as gathered by MPAA in 2009: (Thanks to Mary Bissell for passing this on).
=> A higher percentage of women than men are moviegoers in all categories of frequency. In total, there are 113 million female moviegoers, compared to 104 million male moviegoers.
=> Women have higher attendance per capita (4.7 tickets per year) and attendance per moviegoer (6.9 tickets per year) averages than men.
=> Women buy a higher percentage of movie tickets (55%, or 778 million tickets) than they represent of the population (51%), and more than men buy (45%).
Bottom-line: Women are more frequent moviegoers than men. Yet less then 15 % of women are directing. Why do movies made for and by men dominate the market?
You can download the MPAA 2009 report here: MPAA Theatrical Market Statistics 2009
Crazy 8’s.
March 18, 2010
This year senior Vancouver filmmakers and film professionals sent out a challenge – “We triple Dog Dare You!” to encourage more women to enter this competition, the results are in and have resulted in the best ever number of women selected. Four out of this year’s 6 films will be directed by women! And you can see all the films at the Screening March 27th.
Gala Screening & Party
Saturday, March 27, 7pm
Vogue Theatre
918 Granville Street, Vancouver.
Check out the Crazy 8's website to learn more: Crazy 8's
From The Wrap: Indies Are Better for Women -- but Not Much
October 26, 2009
Brent Lang writes that although the percentage of women working as directors, writers, producers, cinematographers and editors on films appearing at film festivals is a tiny 24%, it is still better than the percentage of women working on the top 250 domestic grossing films which was only 16%.
To read the entire article click here.
New study on the status of women directors in Quebec published.
March 5, 2008
The group Réalisatrices Équitables* released the results of a study entitled La Place des réalisatrices dans le financement public du cinéma et de la télévision au Québec (2002-2007) [The Status of women directors with respect to public funding for film and television in Quebec (2002-2007), which was produced with the support of L’Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) and in collaboration with UQAM’s Institut de recherches et d’études féministes.
The study found that although women account for 50.5% of the population and 43-45% of the students in film and video programmes, women filmmakers receive only 10%, 11% and 14% of the production budgets given out by the Canadian Television Fund, Telefilm Canada and SODEC respectively!
For more findings, click here.
New Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film Created
May 15, 2008
The School of Theatre, Television, and Film at San Diego State University is creating a major new Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film to be headed by Dr. Martha Lauzen, a member of AWFJ’s Board of Advisors. The Center’s activities focus on the employment of women working as directors, writers, producers, cinematographers, and editors in television and film.
Click here for more information.
Women in the Media - A Presentation
September 24, 2007
BCIFP Women’s Initiative Steering Committee is pleased to release a thought-provoking and conversation inducing presentation on the issues plaguing women working in the BC film and television industry. Get the facts, review the statistics and find out how you can be part of the solution!
Click here for presentation.
Picturing Women in Film and Television
September 20, 2007
BCIFP and pleaseadjustyourset.com are pleased to release a promotional brochure on key facts, statistics and what you can do to raise awareness about the status of women in film and television industry.
Click here for brochure.
BCIFP Launches Please Adjust Your Set Initiative
September 20, 2007
BCIFP Women’s Initiative Steering Committee is launching a campaign designed to stir industry and government into action. A new web site, www.pleaseadjustyourset.com will be a central place to share research and other information about the status of women in the film and television industry, promote their hiring, and collect data on women’s participation on an ongoing basis.
For a full press release, please go here.
BCIFP Film Industry Survey Applauded by WIFVV Special Jury Award
June 28, 2007
Women in Film and Video Vancouver (WIFVV) will honour the BC Institute of Film Professionals (BCIFP) with a Special Jury Award at their prestigious Spotlight Awards Galato be held on June 28th at the Hycroft. The BCIFP is being honoured for their two part study focusing on "Women’s Labour Issues in the Film and Television Industry in BC" and "An Analysis of Women’s Participation in the Non- Unionized Sector of the Film and Television Industry".
For a full press release, please go here.
Western Canadian Companies back Women Directors - A Presentation
February 19, 2007
Vancouver, Canada (February 18, 2009) – Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) is pleased to announce the winner of a $100,000 in kind award designed to encourage more feature films directed by women in British Columbia.
Click here for presentation.
