Women directors made just 25% of the European feature films released theatrically in at least one European market between 2017-2021, according to a new report by the Council of Europe’s European Audiovisual Observatory.
This is only a 2% increase from the organisation’s last study for the years 2016-2020.
Female directors are most prominent in documentary films with a 30% share, followed by live-action films with 21% and animation with 19%.
In other fields, the highest proportion of female professionals behind the camera was among producers at 34% and screenwriters at 28% - both a 1% increase from the last study. Female actors still made up 39% of leading roles.
The greatest gender disparity existed in cinematographers and composers where women only make up 10% of roles in both fields.
The study also found that women tended to work with other colleagues in the same role more often than men – with the average share of female directors per film only accounting for 22.4%.
The countries included in the study are all members of the Council of Europe which includes the UK.
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