26%. This is the number of feature films directed by women in Europe between 2018 and 2022, according to a study by the European Audiovisual Observatory. Or only one film in four. Nonetheless, progress compared to the 2017-2021 period, where the percentage was only 21%.
Women are “underrepresented” in key positions
However, in other areas of cinema, there are a little more women many. This is, for example, the case of producers, an essential profession, wherever they are found 35%. Just like among screenwriters, where their presence is of the order of 29%.
But among directors of photography, a position considered extremely prestigious, women are a small minority: 11%. Overall, women are “ underrepresented » in key positions or essential, the report writes.
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If the presence of women remains minority behind the screen, it seems that in front the gender balance is more respected. Again according to the European Audiovisual Observatory they represent 41% of all artists playing at least one lead role in a feature film.
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