Research
Recent Studies:
2010
The Burgess Report: Needs Assessment for Gender-Based Impact Analysis of the Canadian Feature Film Policy
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2009
Martha Lauzon's The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2009
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2008
Martha Lauzon's study about the lack of women film critics: Alliance of Women Film Journalists.
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Los Angeles February 7th, 2008 The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media Releases New Findings: Males outnumber females almost 3 to 1 in films.
Montreal, March 5th, 2008Réalisatrices Équitables* released today A new study has just come out of Quebec on the status of women directors in that province.
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2007 - 2008
Boxed In: Women On Screen and Behind the Scenes in the 2007-08 Prime-time Season.
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2008 Scottish Screen Gender / Equality Annual Report. Scottish Screen, as the national screen agency for Scotland, is responsible for the development of all aspects of screen culture and industry across the country.
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2007
The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2007.
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Major Findings overview link: click here
2006
BC Institute of Film Professionals. Women’s Participation in the Independent Sector of the BC Film and Television Industry. Cari Green Consulting, December 2006.
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Study commissioned by the BCIFP - Woman's Labour Issues in the Film and Television Industry in British Columbia.
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2005
BC Institute of Film Professionals. Women’s Labour Issues in the Film and Television Industry in British Columbia. Ference Weiker, January 2005.
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2004
Culture-Biz: Bridging the Priorities of the Lisbon Strategy and EU Social Agenda
European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research July 2, 2004
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For British Film Institute Free downloadable Research Guides click here
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For British Film Instititute Free Downloadable Literature and Research Reviewlink, click here
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Women In Film and Television – Toronto. Frame Work: Employment in Canadian Screen-Based Media - A National Profile. Paul Audley & Associates Ltd. and EKOS Research Associates Inc., with the assistance of Delvinia Interactive Inc. and Humewood Communications Corporation. June 2004.
2003
(June 26, 2003) DGA report reveals no progress in the hiring of women and minority directors in the past 3 seasons of Top 40 Prime Time drama and comedy series television programming.
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Changing Focus: The Future for Women in the Canadian Film and Television Industry 1991, Toronto Women in Film & Television.
Articles and Speeches
2009
Speech by Sharon McGowan at WIFTV Festival 2009
2007
NAWL Women – Minister of Canadian Heritage September 20, 2007 – The Current
August 7, 2007 - CNN.com - Chicks Directing Flicks: Where’s the Love?
June 29, 2007 – Washington Post - Are the Pixar Movies an Animated Boys Town?
May 22, 2007 – Financial Times - Steps That can Help Women Make it to the Top
February 1, 2007 – 24 Hours Breaking Through the Lens
February 1, 2007 – Vancouver Sun Film Industry: There’s a Reel Gender Gap
February 1, 2007 – Playback Magazine Glass Ceiling Intact in BC
February 1, 2007 – The Province Women Calling Few Shots
2007 – Traction Celluloid Ceiling Report
2007 – Traction If Women Ran Hollywood 2007
2006
2006 – Traction Boxed in: Women on Screen and Behind the Scenes in the 2005-06 Prime-time Season
2005
June 14, 2005 - Media Village An Alarming Broadcast Trend: Dark Sadistic Violence Against Women
No date – Media Awareness Network Violence in Media Entertainment
2003
September 12, 2003, Creative Women Workshops Association Submission to Prime Minister’s Task Force on Women Entrepreneurs.
Miscellaneous Research
Women in Film - A Bibliography of material on the subject of women and film.
Strong Women: From Buffy to Lara Croft, a reference guide for research of strong women of the 1990s in both cinema and television.
Strong Women II: Reflects on the re-emergence of powerful women on the screens but also considers their transformation of the traditional gender representations.
Older Women in Feature Films. Research on key films where older women challenge the "norms" as well as more general theme of age discrimination in relation to women in feature film.
Telefilm Canada Development Program and Writer's First Program - Here is the gender breakdown on the Recent Telefilm Decisions for script development funding.
June 28, 2007 BCIFP Acceptance Speech at the WIFT-V Spotlight Awards Gala.
1993, Toronto Women in Film & Television Take Two: A Woman’s Guide to Technical Jobs in the Film and Television Industry.
Status of Women Directors The status of women directors with respect to public funding for film and television in Quebec (2002-2007)
Statistics on Female Directors at 2008 Canadian Film Festivals:
Funding & Awards
Telefilm Feature Film Fund Production Decisions April 2008 10 films were funded. Female producers represented 31%, directors, 27%, writers 19%. Feature films with female directors received a total of 4.4 million dollars, those with male directors 11.8 million dollars. Feature films with female writers received a total of 3 million dollars, those with male writers 13.2 million dollars.
Corus Script Development Funding Decision Mar 2008 48 screenplays were funded. Total 112 writers: 87 (78%) male, 25 female (22%).
October 2007 Telefilm English Language Feature Film Development Decisions. 93 screenplays were funded. Total 112 writers: 87 (78%) male, 25 female (22%).
Genie Awards 2008 Nominees + Winners. Of 62 nominations in key positions, just 20 were female (32%). Of the 17 winners, 9 were female (52%).
Gemini Awards 2007 Nominees + WinnersOf 124 nominations in key positions (producer, director, writer) 32 were female (25.8%). Of the 20 winners in these positions, 4 were female (20%).
2007 TIFF – Canada’s Top Ten ListOf 20 films which made the Toronto International Film Festival’s Top Ten list, only one (5%) was directed by a woman and this was a short film.
