Francine Hetherington RaveneyExecutive Director of the European

Women’s Audiovisual (EWA) network

Film finance, Media & Communication Consultant

Schedule

• The data reality• Box office hits (EU-27)• Eurimages films (36 member states)• What next?

Where is the data?• European countries leading the way:

- Norway – NFI (monitoring gender balance in film production since 2003) -

http://www.nfi.no/english/;- Sweden – SFI (detailed analyses of gender balance and policy

strategies) – http://www.sfi.se/;- UK – BFI publishes annual report – http://www.bfi.org.uk/;- Finland – Finnish Film Fund – http://ses.fi/en/home/;- Austrian Film Institute –http://www.filminstitut.at

Box office statisticsNumber of women directors among top 500 European films in the EU

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

1997-2001 2002-2006 2007-2011

47

5655

Number of woman directors among top 500 European films in the European Union

Most successful films by women directors between 1997 and 2011 in the EU 27

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

Most successful female directors in EU27 1997-2011 - number of films in

top 500

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

Box office statisticsNumber of women directors among top 500 US films in the US

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

1997-2001 2002-2006 2007-2011

47

5655

Number of woman directors among top 500 European films in the European Union

1997-2001 2002-2006 2007-2011

29 29

20

Number of woman directors among top 500 US films in the US

Most successful US films by women directors between 1997 and 2011 in the US

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

Most successful female directors US 1997-2011 - number of films in top 500

Source: analysis of data in the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database (lumiere.obs.coe.int)

Eurimages data 2008 – co-production supportTotal no. of projects supported 57Total amount support awarded €20 200 000Total no. of projects applying 114Total no. of projects applying with male directors 99Total no. of projects applying with female directors 15Total no. of female-directed projects supported 7% of projects supported with female directors 12.30%Success rate among female directors 47%Total amount awarded to female directors €2 480 000Female directors' share of total amount awarded 12.30%% of 1st or 2nd-time female directors receiving support 29.00%% of projects with female directors receiving support with a budget of €1 million or under 0%

Source: Analysis of data in the Eurimages database by Francine Hetherington Raveney

2008 – Female directors receiving Eurimages support

Eurimages data 2009 – co-production support

Total no. of projects supported 55

Total amount support awarded €19 460 000

Total no. of projects applying 109Total no. of projects applying with male directors 82Total no. of projects applying with female directors 27Total no. of female-directed projects supported 11% of projects supported with female directors 20.00%Success rate among female directors 40.70%Total amount awarded to female directors €3 610 000Female directors' share of total amount awarded 18.60%% of 1st or 2nd-time female directors receiving support 18.20%% of €1 million or under projects out of those supported and with female directors 0.00%

Source: Analysis of data in the Eurimages database by Francine Hetherington Raveney

2009 – Female directors receiving Eurimages support

Eurimages data 2010 – co-production supportTotal no. of projects supported 56Total amount support awarded €19 260 000Total no. of projects applying 125Total no. of projects applying with male directors 102Total no. of projects applying with female directors 23Total no. of female-directed projects supported 8% of projects supported with female directors 14.3%Success rate among female directors 34.8%Total amount awarded to female directors €2 120 000Female directors' share of total amount awarded 9%% of 1st or 2nd-time female directors receiving support 12.5%% of projects with female directors receiving support with a budget of €1 million or under 0%

Source: Analysis of data in the Eurimages database by Francine Hetherington Raveney

2010 – Female directors receiving Eurimages support

Eurimages data 2011 – co-production support

Total no. of projects supported 72Total amount support awarded €22 350 000Total no. of projects applying 139Total no. of projects applying with male directors 107Total no. of projects applying with female directors 32Total no. of female-directed projects supported 18% of projects supported with female directors 25.00%Success rate among female directors 56.30%Total amount awarded to female directors €4 090 000Female directors' share of total amount awarded 18.29%% of 1st or 2nd-time female directors receiving support 44.40%% of projects with female directors receiving support with a budget of €1 million or under 16.70%

Source: Analysis of data in the Eurimages database by Francine Hetherington Raveney

2011 – Female directors receiving Eurimages support

Eurimages data 2012 – co-production support

Total no. of projects supported 68Total amount support awarded €21 710 000Total no. of projects applying 148Total no. of projects applying with male directors 123Total no. of projects applying with female directors 25Total no. of female-directed projects supported 9% of projects supported with female directors 13.24%Success rate among female directors 36.00%Total amount awarded to female directors €1 720 000Female directors' share of total amount awarded 7.90%% of 1st or 2nd-time female directors receiving support 66.67%% of projects with female directors receiving support with a budget of €1 million or under 55.56%

Source: Analysis of data in the Eurimages database by Francine Hetherington Raveney

2012 – Female directors receiving Eurimages support

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