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by Susan Liddy (Editor)
Introduction.- The Gendered Landscape in International Film Production: Continuity and Change. Susan Liddy.- Europe.- The Austrian Film Gender Report 2012-2016. Eva Flicker and Lena Lisa Vogelmann.- Where are the Female Creatives? The Status Quo of the German Film Industry. Elizabeth Prommer and Skadi Loist.- With Eyes Wide Open: Gender Equality in the Polish Film Industry. Greta Gober.- The Road to 5050: Gender Equality and the Irish Film Industry. Susan Liddy.- Gender Equality in British Filmmaking: Research, Targets, Change. Shelley Cobb and Linda Ruth William.- Gendered Representation in Danish Film. Tess Sophie Skadegård Thorsen.- To Change or not to Change: Women and Gender Equality in the Finnish Film Industry. Tarja Savolainen.- From Edith to Carlmar to Iram Haq: Women in the Norwegian film industry. Anette Svane.- Experiencing Male Dominance in Swedish Film Production. Maria Jansson and Louise Wallenberg.- Out in the Cold? Women Filmmaker in Iceland. Gudrun Elsa Bragadottir.- Women in the Italian Film Industry: Against All Odds. Bernadette Luciano and Susanna Scarparo.- Gender Struggles in the Portuguese Film Industry (2008-2018). Carla Baptista and Ana Prata.- North America.- Hollywood and Gender Equity Debates in the #metoo Times Up Era. Courtney Brannon Donoghue.- Australia and New Zealand.- Gender Still Matters: Towards Sustainable Progress for Women in Australian Film and Television Industries. Lisa French.- Marian Evans Aotearoa New Zealand: A Tale of Two Nations.- Nigeria.- Women and Representation in Nollywood: Questions of Production and Direction. Agatha Ada Ukata.
Author Biography
Susan Liddy lectures in the Department of Media and Communication Studies, MIC, Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests relate primarily to gender issues in the film industry and the representation of older women on screen and behind the camera. She is chair of Women in Film and Television Ireland and chair of the Equality Action Committee (EAC) of the Writers Guild and Screen Directors Guild of Ireland. She is editor of Women in Irish Film: Stories and Storytellers (2020).
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