European Audiovisual Observatory. 'Female professionals in European film production'

A new report on female professionals (directors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers and composers) active in the European film industry:

• The proportion of women in European film production only increased by 5% since 2015
• On average, women accounted for 27% of all directors of European feature films active between 2019 and 2023, up from 23% between 2015 and 2018. 
• The share of director assignments for female directors was 25%, indicating that the level of activity of female directors was lower than their male counterparts. 
• The share was higher for debut films, at 31%, and was also higher for documentaries (33%) than for live-action fiction and animated films. In the same period, the share of films directed by female-driven* teams was only 23% (vs. 74% for male-driven teams)– because when women co-directed a film, it was in most cases in collaboration with a male colleague.

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