Women Directed Record Number of 2020 Films, Study Finds

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Natalie Oganesyan editorThe 2020 Gotham Awards have already made history, with all of this year’s best feature nominees directed by women. The ceremony, which will livestream on the Independent Filmmaker Project and Variety’s Facebook pages beginning at 8 p.m.

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Daily Mail.Researchers asked nearly 1,200 participants in the study questions such as “Are you gay or bisexual?” and “Are you transgender?” Respondents could answer “yes,” “maybe,” “no,” or “I do not understand.”About 190 respondents, or 1.6% of the total, were classified as part of the “Sexual and Gender Minority” cohort.

Chris Willman Music WriterMusic streaming was down in the early days of the pandemic, but that turned around in a big hurry as quarantining went on — so much so that the year 2020 ended up setting a streaming record in America, increasing 17% for the year to end with an unprecedented 872.6 billion streams.The flagship artist for that wild increase? Lil Baby, whose “My Turn” album, released in late February, ended the year with a total of 3.9 billion on-demand streams for its tracks.These are

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterAyrshire hospitals are dealing with a record number of coronavirus patients, new figures show.Statistics released by Public Health Scotland reveal there are 201 Covid patients in the region  - the highest number since the pandemic began.That includes a further 11 virus-related admissions in the last 24 hours.A total of 11 deaths have also been confirmed as Ayrshire tries to get to grips with a

Variety.Women accounted for 21% of all directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top grossing films – though they made up fewer than 10% of directors identified in the “watched at home films” portion of the study.Dr. Martha Lauzen, who oversaw the research, said that while the statistics were encouraging, there remained a “stunning” imbalance in certain areas.

Perhaps Andy Cohen is feeling the pangs of regret on this one?

It was a big year for women behind the camera.

If you want to make a lasting impression with a commercial posing as a short film, you could do a lot worse than hiring Gaspar Noé. The filmmaker welcomed us into the new year with a new short film for Saint Laurent titled “Summer of ’21” to showcase Anthony Vaccarello‘s upcoming collection, and it’s just what you’d expect from a Gaspar Noé short film.

Also Read: Emerging Female Filmmakers on Challenges of Making Shorts, Especially During the Pandemic (Video)Overall, women accounted for 23% of those working in key behind-the-scenes roles (directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors, cinematographers) on the top 250 grossing films in 2020, up from 21% in 2019, an increase of just six percentage points over more than 20 years.To break it down further, of the top 250 domestic grossing films, women accounted for 17% of writers