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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Female film-makers still being squeezed out of industry, London film festival director says

Kristy Matheson speaks at the BFI London film festival launch.
Kristy Matheson, the director of the BFI London film festival, said programmers had no problem finding strong female-made debut films, but the numbers dropped off after that. Photograph: Simon Ackerman/Getty Images for BFI

Female film-makers are still being squeezed out of the industry as they progress beyond their debut films, the director of the London film festival has said, adding that “the dial does not seem to be moving”.

Kristy Matheson’s comments came as LFF announced its full programme for this year’s event, which runs from 7 to 19 October. Of the 251 titles, 109 (43%) are made by female film-makers, but only two of the 21 gala films are directed by women.

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