Buenos Aires — Despite recent gains, namely the equality pledge towards 50/50-2020 signed at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on Nov. 12, producer Magalí Nieva, pointed out that no representative from Incaa was present following the apparent resignation of its vice-president Fernando Juan Lima. “We are left without an interlocutor to discuss gender policies at the Institute,” Nieva said.
The audiovisual industry in Argentina has a long way to go if it is to achieve parity by 2020: between 2008 and 2017, only 15% of films shown at the Mar del Plata Film Festival were directed by women. There was a heavy male presence in the jury for the international competition with only 15% of women participating over the same period.
“We work really hard to ensure there are more women in evaluation committees within Incaa,” said Nieva, adding: “We achieved the first all-women panel recently.”
She proposed a number of gender policies, including having...
The audiovisual industry in Argentina has a long way to go if it is to achieve parity by 2020: between 2008 and 2017, only 15% of films shown at the Mar del Plata Film Festival were directed by women. There was a heavy male presence in the jury for the international competition with only 15% of women participating over the same period.
“We work really hard to ensure there are more women in evaluation committees within Incaa,” said Nieva, adding: “We achieved the first all-women panel recently.”
She proposed a number of gender policies, including having...
- 12/15/2018
- by Claudia Ricca
- Variety - Film News
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