At the current rate, the gender equality in cinema would only be reached in 2215 in Canada, in 2085 in the United Kingdom and in 2041 in Germany, reported a study on the impact of gender equality policies in the industry that was presented today within the framework of the Berlin Film Festival.
The report, titled “Re-Framing the Picture”was carried out by an international and multidisciplinary research team that analyzed the impact of gender equality policies on the film industries of the three countries between 2005 and 2020.
The study also examined 12,000 films from 34 countries for evidence of the impact of different policies, such as diversity standards being a requirement to receive state funding.
Cinema needs more women in the right positions
According to the specialized portal The Hollywood Reporter, the report concluded that although there is an improvement in the representation of women in the British, German and Canadian industries, progress is still slow.
When it comes to key creative and management positions within the industry, they are still dominated by men. In Germany, on average, 74 percent of all key creatives and 86% of managers were men. The figures in the UK were 78 per cent and 81 per cent respectively. In Canada, they stood at 77 percent and 82 percent.
“At the current rate of progress, gender equality, where women hold 50 per cent of key creative positions, will only be achieved in 2215 in Canada (that is, in almost 200 years), in 2085 in the United Kingdom United Kingdom (in more than 60 years) and 2041 in Germany (in more than 15 years)”, according to the report.
“The film industries not only need more women, but women in the right positions”said Professor Deb Verhoeven of the University of Alberta, one of the report’s authors.
Verhoeven noted that “the modest advances made by women and gender minorities have not come at the expense of men but have emerged as a result of an expansion of the industry rather than a displacement of men.”
Source: Ambito
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