The European film industry may achieve gender parity in 2080 at this pace, the 2023 study by the French think tank Lab Femmes de Cinéma reveals. Films directed by women directors currently account for 23% European average, taking into account the number of feature films produced between 2018 and 2023. Results range from the leading 37% in Iceland to the lowest 14% in Bulgaria. MIOB film festivals network translated the extensive study into three more national languages, Italian, Serbian, and Lithuanian, and from today, March 21, publishes the study on its member festivals’ websites to promote gender parity in the film industry in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, Lithuania, and Serbia.
In the sixth year after #metoo, out of 36 European countries researched, 16 countries in Europe have committed to combating violence in the film industry, 15 European countries have implemented or plan to implement measures to integrate parity into broader research on diversity in the audiovisual sector, 13 European countries use funding applications as a tool to promote parity and diversity, collecting data or raising awareness. Of the 36 national film funds that provided their newest policies for the Lab, 5 countries have not introduced any gender equality measures yet.
"This study was started in 2016 when there was no European qualitative and quantitative data providing an overview of the female situation in the film industry. Our original aim was to identify the lack of parity at the European level. Today, as well as being an indicator, it is also a very concrete tool that politicians and institutes can use to implement more inclusive measures in the film industry. This study aims – and we are sure that it will contribute – to make the sector more inclusive.”, commented Fabienne Silvestre, Director and Co-Founder of the Lab Femmes de Cinéma.
Direct link to the study in English, French, Italian, Lithuanian and Serbian: https://bit.ly/FemmesdeCinema2023
