Onwards and Outwards Resources: Women in the Film Industry

A selection of articles and resources which explore the position of women in the film industry today, the obstacles that they face and the innovations that they have made.

• F-rated: IMDb introduces classification system to highlight work by women, The Guardian, 2017
• Female Cinematographers, Not Content to Hide Behind the Camera, NY Times, 2016
• A Vivid Cinema: Women in the British Film Industry, ICA Blog, 2015
• The Women of Hollywood Speak Out, The New York Times, 2015
• Our British Female Directors, Dogwoof, 2015
• Women in Film & Television UK: Reports & Statistics
• How Critics Have Failed Female Filmmakers, The New Yorker, 2015
• Jill Soloway to female filmmakers: 'Let's storm the gates', HitFix, 2015
• Why are there no female filmmakers?, Dazed, 2015
• Experienced Female Filmmakers Making Waves, Huffington Post, 2015
• Scarcely working for major studios, women filmmakers find niche in Indy films, The Seattle Times, 2015
• Here Are the Stats in the Latest, Saddest Hollywood Lack-of-Diversity Study, FlavorWire, 2015
• Exploring the Careers of Female Directors: Phase III: Sundance Film Festival Report, www.sundance.org, 2015 [PDF]

• Women are everywhere so why are we invisible on film?, The Guardian, 2015
• London Film Festival to open with focus on women in film, BBC, 2015
• The movie industry is sexist, and sexual harassment in studios is rife, The Guardian, 2014
• Women directors in British TV: Underrepresented and losing ground, Independent, 2014
• The Women Storming Sundance, BBC, 2014
• Statistics on the State of Women and Hollywood, IndieWire, 2014
• Press release: Global film industry perpetuates discrimination against women, UN Women, 2014

• Where Are All the Female Filmmakers?, Rolling Stone, 2013
• How well are women represented in the UK independent film industry?, The Guardian, 2013
• U.K. Films With Female Directors, Writers Perform Well at Box Office, Report Finds, Hollywood Reporter, 2013
• There Is an Audience for Our Films: Four African-American Female Filmmakers Speak Out, The Daily Beast, 2013
• Women in the arts: some questions, The Guardian, 2012
• Why are there so few female film-makers?, The Guardian, 2010
• Black Women and the Hollywood Shuffle, The Root, 2010
• Gender Inequality in Film infographic 2007-2012, Aclusocal.org
• The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies, YouTube, 2009

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