The 6th discussion on the status of women in film business and gender equity on the occasion of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival is taking place on February 22nd, 11.00 a.m.
For further information, including booking, please e-mail: presse-iwffn@frauenfilmfestival.eu.
“There are certain images, possessing them gives you power.” belit sağ
This is a event to consider greater diversity in the areas of gender, race, age, sexual orientation and disability. How can the ongoing and significant underrepresentation in the film industry be stopped? How can the quality and value of difference be recognised and acknowledged? Join the discussion.
Line-Up and Programme
Welcome
Malte Krückels (State Secretary for Media and Representative of the Free State of Thuringia for Federal Affairs) (invited)
Representative of the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Introduction
Silke J. Räbiger (Festival Director, Dortmund | Cologne International Women’s Film Festival)
Key Note
Simon(e) J. Paetau (Director)
Panel : Diversity Standards
Karola Gramann (film curator, Kinothek Asta Nielsen, Germany)
Sheri Hagen (director and actress, Germany / Group “Black Filmmakers”)
Christopher Racster (Executive Director of Outfest | UCLA Legacy Project, USA)
Representative of the British Film Institute (invited)
Moderator: Aurora Rodonò (Freelance Curator & Research Fellow, Institute for Art and Art Theory | University of Cologne Germany)
Discussion & Reception
Date: Thursday, 22 February 2018, 11.00 am
Venue: Delegation of Thuringia in Berlin, Mohrenstraße 64, 10117 Berlin
RSVP: http://www.registration.frauenfilmfestival.eu
SPONSORED BY:
Film und Medienstiftung NRW
Freistaat Thüringen
IN COOPERATION WITH:
International Women’s Film Festival Network
WFTHN 