NFB commits 50% of its production budget to films by women

VANCOUVER – The National Film Board of Canada marked International Women’s Day on Tuesday by pledging that at least half of its productions will be directed by women, and half of all production spending will be allocated to films directed by women over the next three years.Women in View, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening gender and cultural diversity in Canadian media both on screen and behind the scenes, recently released a report on the Canadian film industry showing that women represented only 17% of directors, 22% of writers, and 12% of cinematographers, in a sample of 91 feature-length...