Abstract
The Austrian Film Gender Report (AFGR), 2012-2016, is the first comprehensive, quantitative study on gender relations in the Austrian film industry. The AFGR was based on a five-year period of data elicitation. Four key areas of the film industry were investigated by gender effects: representation of women off screen (fundings, jobs, payments, etc.), gender representation on screen, visibility at Austrian film festivals (programming, juries, awards), and gender structures in film education. All results showed clear gender imbalances: less financial subsidies awarded to women; less jobs allocated to women together with additional gender pay gaps; less representation at festivals; a variety of gender stereotypes and sexualized violence against women in feature films; and underrepresentation of female teachers at the film school. Thus, the undeniable data serve to call for political interventions and substantive measures in all areas in order to achieve gender equality and enable women to bring in their competences in the film industry. One measure by the Austrian Film Institute was arranged meanwhile, and further innovative initiatives are presented.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Women in the International Film Industry |
| Subtitle of host publication | Policy, Practice and Power |
| Editors | Susan Liddy |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing – Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-39070-9 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-39069-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 504014 Gender studies
- 504018 Sociology of culture
Keywords
- film industry
- gender relations
- gender research
- women
- austrian film
