Diversity
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NewsDavid Heyman: Lack of diversity on film sets is "shocking, disappointing and depressing"
Heyman was speaking at the launch of the London Screen Academy.
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BFI Film Audience Network creates kit to help exhibitors support diverse audiences
The website and online toolkit aims to make cinemas more welcoming to audiences with various different needs.
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San Sebastian confirms gender parity on its selection committee from 2019
The festival’s communications head Ruth Pérez de Anucita will join the committee in 2019.
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UK's Boudica Films unveils new projects on female-focused slate
The finance initiative for female-centric films was launched in 2016.
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Features
Dignity Film Finance's Maggie Monteith on backing British talent
Dignity invested in Carol Morley’s ‘Out Of Blue’, which has premiered at Toronto this month.
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TIFF: Geena Davis, Amma Asante speak at Share Her Journey rally
TIFF executive director Michele Maheux introduced a line-up of industry women to speak about gender equality
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TIFF: diversity in film criticism research reveals 30-to-1 divide
For the 300 top-grossing films from 2015-2017, white male critics are 31 times more likely to have a top review on Rotten Tomatoes than female critics
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Diversity and data can help save theatrical business, say experts
Diana Elbaum, Matthijs Wouter Knol and Franklin Leonard debated the future of cinema at Locarno’s StepIn event.
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Bafta confirms diversity requirements for 2019 British film awards
Entries for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut must comply with BFI Diversity Standards.
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Women comprise just 35% of 'high-status employees' at markets
Study reveals under-representation of women at EFM, Cannes and the AFM.
