Gender equality has been among the hottest of topics on the film-festival circuit these last few years, with Cannes earning praise for recent developments and Venice earning criticism for a lack of female filmmakers in competition. With the Locarno Film Festival underway, festival president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali have signed the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals. An initiative of the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the Pledge has also been signed by Cannes.
The Pledge’s commitments are as follows:
To compile statistics according to gender, especially those regarding the number of films submitted, in order to support Swan with reliable data. To disclose the list of the appointed members of selection committees and programmers, the aim being to eliminate any suspicion of a lack of diversity and parity while allowing the festivals to fully pursue their editorial and strategic choices. To...
The Pledge’s commitments are as follows:
To compile statistics according to gender, especially those regarding the number of films submitted, in order to support Swan with reliable data. To disclose the list of the appointed members of selection committees and programmers, the aim being to eliminate any suspicion of a lack of diversity and parity while allowing the festivals to fully pursue their editorial and strategic choices. To...
- 8/5/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Locarno Film Festival officials signed today a programming pledge for parity and inclusion, following the footsteps of Cannes Film Festival.
The pledge was signed by Locarno fest president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali. The initiative was put together by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan) with director Ursula Meier, who is the pledge Godmother, and producer Pauline Gygax, the pledge advisor.
“We are thrilled about this first step towards equality and diversity in festivals. Just as with budgets and funding, women are entitled to an equal share of the spotlight and the screens. Visibility of our films is essential,” said Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stéphane Mitchell, Swan’s co-presidents, in a statement.
“The financing part is essential to allow women directors to make movies and being selected at a festival plays a key role in the financing because it can raise a profile of a filmmaker and create a demand,...
The pledge was signed by Locarno fest president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali. The initiative was put together by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan) with director Ursula Meier, who is the pledge Godmother, and producer Pauline Gygax, the pledge advisor.
“We are thrilled about this first step towards equality and diversity in festivals. Just as with budgets and funding, women are entitled to an equal share of the spotlight and the screens. Visibility of our films is essential,” said Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stéphane Mitchell, Swan’s co-presidents, in a statement.
“The financing part is essential to allow women directors to make movies and being selected at a festival plays a key role in the financing because it can raise a profile of a filmmaker and create a demand,...
- 8/5/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Locarno Festival has agreed to sign the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals after being introduced to the measure by the Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network (Swan).
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Locarno Festival has agreed to sign the Programming Pledge for Parity and Inclusion in Cinema Festivals after being introduced to the measure by the Swiss Women's Audiovisual Network (Swan).
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
Locarno will be the first A-list festival after Cannes and the first Swiss fest to sign the pledge, which came out of the French movement 5050x2020 during Cannes in May.
The pledge will be signed by Locarno president Marco Solari and vice president Carla Speziali on Sunday at a special ceremony along with Swan co-presidents Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr and Stephane Mitchell, Swiss Director of Federal Office ...
- 7/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Following the Cannes and Annecy film festivals, Locarno is the latest international fest whose chiefs have agreed to sign a pledge ensuring gender equality and inclusion in programming.
Organized by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the pledge will be signed by Locarno festival president Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali on Sunday. The film festival begins Wednesday.
The pledge-signing event will be attended by prominent Swiss industry figures and members of Swan, notably filmmaker Ursula Meier, along with producer Pauline Gygax, and Swan’s three co-presidents and authors-directors Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr, and screenwriter Stephane Mitchell.
“The fact that Locarno Festival signs the pledge, only months after Cannes, is absolutely thrilling. When we approached them with Swan, the Locarno Festival was immediately open to meeting with us and signing the pledge,” said Kaehr, who will introduce the pledge-signing at the Spazio Cinema in Locarno along with federal...
Organized by the Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (Swan), the pledge will be signed by Locarno festival president Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali on Sunday. The film festival begins Wednesday.
The pledge-signing event will be attended by prominent Swiss industry figures and members of Swan, notably filmmaker Ursula Meier, along with producer Pauline Gygax, and Swan’s three co-presidents and authors-directors Gabriel Baur, Laura Kaehr, and screenwriter Stephane Mitchell.
“The fact that Locarno Festival signs the pledge, only months after Cannes, is absolutely thrilling. When we approached them with Swan, the Locarno Festival was immediately open to meeting with us and signing the pledge,” said Kaehr, who will introduce the pledge-signing at the Spazio Cinema in Locarno along with federal...
- 7/31/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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