This report aims at helping to measure the gender divide existing among film directors in Europe. The first section provides a general overview of the gender of directors of European films produced between 2003 and 2017. The second part focuses on the volume and the share of European films by gender of directors, including information on film genres and admissions.
A few key figures
21%
The number of female directors with at least one European feature film produced and
released between 2003 and 2017.
1/2
female directors made only one film between 2003 and 2017.
1/3
female directors worked on more than two films between 2003 and 2017.
1/2
of films directed by women were likely first features in 2017.
19%
of European films were films exclusively directed by women in 2017, compared to 15% in 2003. This growth was mainly driven by an increase in the number of documentary films.
25%
25% of documentary films were directed by women between 2013 and 2017, compared to 15% for fiction and 11% for animation.