He will open the Cannes Film Festival with Jean du Barry. She is Maven. Her name features in a study recently published by Collectif 5050, which is dedicated to monitoring issues of parity and diversity in French cinema.
In this study, we learn that Maïwenn is at the helm of a French film directed by a woman with the highest budget of the year at just over 20 million. It’s a lot, but… Again this year, one of the findings of a study called “Parity Behind the Camera,” we note that the biggest budgets are never given to female directors and, to some extent, lower budgets. A woman stands behind the camera.
The study specifically notes that female directors are limited to smaller budgets, and the largest annual production in 10 years has never been directed by a woman.
To give other numbers, “In the last ten years (2013-2022) in France, 27% signed one or more films. In detail, it is the documentary genre that offers the most places for female directors (33%), while animation projects lead only 13%.“, summed up our colleagues Boxoffice Pro.
To learn more, the press release published a synthetic version of the study, with many graphs:
To read the full study
Going further, our podcast: What is the place of women in film history?
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