Naman Ramachandran Only 22% of European feature films made between 2015-2018 were directed by women, a new study by the European Audiovisual Observatory has revealed.
When it comes to female professionals directing audiovisual fiction episodes, the percentage drops to 19%.Women are slightly better represented in the screenwriting department, accounting for 25% in films and 34% in audiovisual fiction series.
However, out of all films written by at least one female screenwriter, 67% were written in teams with other colleagues. And, in two out of three cases, a female screenwriter works in partnership with at least one other colleague — who is a man in 87% of cases.The research shows that documentary is the film genre with the highest share.
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