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Film industry ‘nowhere near’ gender parity, says London festival head
Kristy Matheson bemoans ‘alarmingly’ low number of mid-career female directors as festival lineup unveiled
Matheson said including female directing talent was not LFF’s “decision-making North Star” but said she felt “it would be remiss of us to not highlight that it’s not anywhere near parity yet”. The event’s opening film, Blitz, is also its biggest with Steve McQueen once again bringing a project to London after previously screening Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave, Lovers Rock and Occupied City at his hometown film festival. Other highlights from the programme include the closing film, Morgan Neville’s Lego animation, Piece by Piece, Ben Taylor’s highly rated IVF drama, Joy and The Extraordinary Miss Flower, which is made by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who directed the Nick Cave documentary, 20,000 Days on Earth.
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