GERMAN FEDERAL FILM BOARD PUBLISHES FACTS ON GENDER DISTRIBUTION IN THE GERMAN FILM INDUSTRY

From studies to film completion: how do matters stand with gender equality in the German film industry? Concrete answers and figures are provided by the German Federal Film Board (FFA)’s new publication Gender and Film. The FFA study presents, for the first time, facts, general conditions and principles of gender distribution – and casts light on the challenges faced by men and women in the film industry. Personal interviews and a comprehensive online survey with filmmakers in key areas – direction, screenwriting, production, cinematography, production design, costume design, editing and sound – provide a broad and representative understanding of working conditions, stereotyping and factors of gender distribution. The FFA study on gender distribution in Germany is available (in the German language) online at www.ffa.de.