The film industry is “nowhere near [gender] parity” because it produces an “alarmingly” low number of mid-career female directors, according to the head of the London film festival, which unveiled its full lineup on Wednesday.
Kristy Matheson, who is directing her second edition of the festival, which opens with the premiere of Steve McQueen’s Blitz on 9 October, told the Guardian that reaching gender parity at festivals was difficult because there were few established female directors.
