Göteborg Film Festival to Challenge One-Eyed Film Industry by Launching 50/50 Vision and Promising Gender Parity in 2020

50/50 Vision – Göteborg Film Festival

In Hollywood, 96% of film directors are men. In Europe, 81% of films are directed by men. Only 20% of films shown in Swedish cinemas so far this year have female directors. We think this leads to an imbalance that makes the film industry more one-eyed than it needs to be. A film industry with more gender equality would lead to more exciting films with more perspectives and much higher definition.

We want to see those films. We want to see the whole world. We do not just want to represent the film industry as it is, we want to inspire change. That is why women will direct half of the films at the 2020 Göteborg Film Festival. We call this initiative 50/50 Vision.

The Göteborg Film Festival would like to start the gender parity year of 2020 by implementing what everyone is talking about: an equal program at a major international film festival.

During the 2020 Göteborg Film Festival, we will show 200 films by men and 200 by women.