Inclusive cinema: Cate Blanchett launches mentoring program for women and gender minorities

Cate Blanchett continues to affirm her commitment to making Hollywood more inclusive. As noted Vanity Fairthe Australian actress announced last December the launch of a program, Theoretical verificationintended to promote and financially support films dedicated to transgender or non-binary protagonists and directed by women or gender minorities.

An inclusive selection committee

This Monday, March 25, Cate Blanchett announced who made up her selection committee, and the casting is more than prestigious but also very inclusive: the actresses Lily Glastone (the first Native American actress nominated for an Oscar) and Eva Longoria (who works for better inclusion Latin American actresses in Hollywood). But also the non-binary interpreter Emma Corrinpioneering female directors Chloe Zhao AND Jane Championthe transgender director Lilly Wachowski as well as the director Janicza Well done. These figures will be supported by the manufacturer Coco Francinithe inequality specialist in Hollywood Stacy Smithas well as the Netflix Equal Opportunity Fund.

Concretely, the directors whose projects are selected will be rewarded a $50,000 scholarship to develop their short film. They will also benefit from a mentoring program from the organisation, to give them visibility. Committee members will choose eight directors from the 1,200 directors who applied.

A more than necessary program, since according to the latest study by Stacy Smith, only 6% of films the most profitable ones released between 2007 and 2023 were made by women. Even more surprising, only 2% were transgender directors Remember Vanity Fair. “ Proof of Concept is proof to the entertainment industry that there is a large pool of underrepresented talent ready to make the leap to large-scale filmmaking “, the founders said in a press release.

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