Following the footsteps of major festivals including Cannes and Venice, five Nordic festivals have joined forces to sign the 50/50 by 2020 gender equality pledge.
Initiated by Wift Nordic (Women in Film and Television), the pledge for gender parity and inclusion was signed Monday by officials from Sweden’s Carl, Denmark’s Cph:dox, Oslo Pix in Norway, Tampere from Finland and Northern Wave in Iceland.
Through the pledge, the festivals committed to increasing gender equality in the programming, as well as within their staffing by 2020. The pledge has now been signed by most international festivals, from Cannes to Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin.
“When it comes to structural and political change I believe in data and transparency and I
believe in commitment and collective awareness but before anything I believe in action,” said Tine Fischer, the festival director of Cph:dox who started getting involved with the 50/50 by 2020 advocacy group last year.
“Within a year,...
Initiated by Wift Nordic (Women in Film and Television), the pledge for gender parity and inclusion was signed Monday by officials from Sweden’s Carl, Denmark’s Cph:dox, Oslo Pix in Norway, Tampere from Finland and Northern Wave in Iceland.
Through the pledge, the festivals committed to increasing gender equality in the programming, as well as within their staffing by 2020. The pledge has now been signed by most international festivals, from Cannes to Venice, Toronto, Locarno and Berlin.
“When it comes to structural and political change I believe in data and transparency and I
believe in commitment and collective awareness but before anything I believe in action,” said Tine Fischer, the festival director of Cph:dox who started getting involved with the 50/50 by 2020 advocacy group last year.
“Within a year,...
- 8/26/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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