Survey reveals just 13% of directors featured at Venice were women,while the Toronto total was 26%New research has established that women film-makers are being sidelined in choice for major film festivals, even in programmes expressly designed to nurture emerging talent.
The data visualisation site Silk.co has posted research on the numbers of women selected at this year’s Venice and Toronto film festivals in a survey that will include future events such as the Sundance film festival, and the Bafta and Academy awards,and the film component of SXSW. The data, collected by Silk.co data journalist Alice Corona, or reveals that,at Venice, just 13% of the directors of films selected were women, and while at Toronto women made up 26% of all directors of films at the festival.
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Source: theguardian.com