„ Especially when it comes to public money it has to be equal. “ Jane Campion, Cannes 2014
APPEAL to female colleagues, female supporters and male supporters PRO QUOTE REGIE was founded one year ago. In the meantime, we are more than 340 female directors who stand up for the equality of women in our profession. Discussions with film funding officials and politicians have confirmed our endeavour. We would appreciate your support as signatory of this appeal. Please mail to:
[email protected] (for directors) or to:
[email protected] (for supporters). The impulse for the creation of our association was an article in the film industry magazine black
box, which examined the production results of two large German film funds from autumn 2012 in terms of gender equality. The numbers were alarming: in all 47 of the funded cinema projects, men exclusively occupied the position of director. The numbers of the DFFF (German Federal Film Fund) from 2013, which automatically provides awards without a jury’s decision, are similar. In all of the 115 projects funded by the DFFF only 13 had female directors. For the final bids, this means that of the 62.5 million that the DFFF awarded in 2013, only 6 million went to female directors. In 2014 the DFFF awarded 59.5 million and only 7.5 million were awarded to women directors. In awarding contracts by TV productions, which are the bottleneck of filmmaking in Germany, the situation does not look different. Our analysis of publicly available sources found that: in the last ten years, less than 15 per cent of the director jobs in television were awarded to women, from 2010 to 2013, only 11 per cent. But the numbers of film school graduates shows a very different picture: 42 per cent of those who received the director diploma were women. An imbalance! This affects not only the working conditions of female directors, but also has a cultural and political dimension. In our diverse society with different religions, races and cultures, 85 per cent of cinema and television films are directed by men. Where are the other perspectives and opinions? We need a variety of perspectives to represent our world in our films! Should it be the case that as many people as possible switch on and watch, but only as few as possible actually participate? The ultimate result of a lack of pluralism is the weakening of democracy, but also the weakening of competitiveness! For some time, TV has been in search of renewal, and reforms of our film funding system are constantly discussed. A systematic equalization in the distribution of
director assignments to women is an essential step to promote pluralism, - 50 per cent of the society are women - to expand the view of the world and thereby set a desired renewal in motion. We are convinced that discrimination against women does not happen programmatically, but to the greatest extent, unconsciously. Of course we will also put our own behaviour under the microscope! PRO QUOTE REGIE is committed to education; through public relations we want to create public awareness. A look abroad: there, female directors have formed similar initiatives, sometimes in collaboration with the politicians. SWEDEN: Due to the Film Agreement between the government, parliament, film producer and television stations, 50 per cent of the film funding budgets have to be awarded to women in the position of director, screenplay or production by the end of 2015. Outstanding! FRANCE: Three women from film marketing have founded Le Deuxième Regard and brought to life the Charter for Equality Between Men and Women in the Film Industry, in which they call upon production companies, TV stations and politicians to voluntarily commit to hire more women in film and television. Their concern is to break down gender-specific statistics by gender, to be equally represented in all decision-making bodies, to raise awareness of gender equality. They also want to ensure equal pay for men and women. ARTE, CNC and the French Minister of Culture, among others, have signed the appeal. ENGLAND: The Women's Committee of Directors UK has launched a campaign for equality in film and TV. Their numbers show that women are represented in the independent sector with only 18 per cent and that this is only in the low budget range. In the television sector, women have even lost influence. USA: The American Director Association (DGA) commissioned a diversity study in 2012, the result of which corresponds with our research for Germany: less than 15 per cent of the director contracts were awarded to female directors.
PRO QUOTE REGIE demands for Germany: −
A comprehensive sociological study on the career and professional situation of female directors, and the granting practices of TV stations and film funding bodies regarding gender specific aspects
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Equal representation in the decision-making of all film funding bodies
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A quota for the award of director contracts in television and film industry, namely:
30% in 3 years, 42% in 5 years and 50% in 10 years
THE VISION 2018. The proportion of female directors in the award of contracts in the public TV channels has increased to 30 per cent. The proportion of women in the award committees is 50 per cent. 2020: The proportion of female directors in the award of contracts in the public TV channels has increased to 42 per cent. 2025: The national film funding goes 50 per cent to female directors. The quota is no longer an issue; variety and diversity are reflected in television and in the funding decisions. PRO QUOTE REGIE is abolished! Of course, our aim is an ideal. The drafters of our Constitution in 1949 did the same, when they proposed, among other things, the article 3, paragraph 2: "Men and women are equal. The state promotes the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and works towards the elimination of existing disadvantages." To achieve our goals, we need your solidarity and support! Please sign this appeal, please get touch with our association, bring our concerns to your personal environment, and be active yourself: We need many people who are willing to take responsibility in committees, in associations, on podiums, in public! Make yourself visible! To subscribe, or join the association, please send a short email to:
[email protected] (for female directors) and
[email protected] (for supporters). Visit us on www.proquote-governing.de or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/proquoteregie With your signature you agree that your name will be made public. Thank you very much! So far have signed the appeal: The fem ale directors: Vanessa Aab, Maren Ade, Alice Agneskirchner, Daniela Agostini,
Kerstin Ahlrichs, Barbara Albert, Irene v. Alberti, Claudia von Alemann, Sophie Allet-Coche, Elena Alvarez, Viviane Andereggen, Annette Assmy, Mo Asumang, Emily Atef, Johanna Aust, Helga Bahmer, Christiane Balthasar, Ilona Baltrusch, Katrin Barben, Sabine Barth, Neelesha Barthel, Patricia Bateira, Solvejg Bauer, Edda Baumann, Ulla Bay Kronenberger, Cynthia Beatt, Hilde Bechert, Pola Beck, Christin Berg, Judith Beuth, Britt Beyer, Barbara Biegel, Sophia Bierend, Susanne Binninger, Juliane Block, Maria Blumencron, Ina Borrmann, Julia Bossert, Carolin Brandl, Nancy Brandt, Bettina Braun, Inga Bremer, Franziska Buch, Eileen Byrne, Maria Teresa Camoglio, Gesine Danckwart, Daniela Dar-Creutz, Felicitas Darschin, Anika Decker, Miriam Dehne, Marlene Denningmann, Sabine Derflinger, Seyhan Derin, Catharina Deus, Madeleine Dewald, Hanna Doose, Doris Dörrie, Katja Dringenberg, Katja Duregger, Sonja Dürscheid, Christina Ebelt, Sabine Eckhard, Carmen Eckhardt, Sil Egger, Martina Elbert, Sylke Enders, Silke C. Engler, Aysin Eralp, Annette Ernst, Katinka Feistl, Juliane Fezer, Heike Fink,
Julia Finkernagel, Laura Fischer, Azize Flittner, Martina Fluck, Kristina Förtsch, Lillian Frank, Maren-Kea Freese, Verena S. Freytag, Gloria Gammer, Claudia Garde, Mechthild Gaßner, Katrin Gebbe, Almut Getto, Nora Gielke, Katalin Gödrös, Aelrun Goette, Susan Gordanshekan, Ayla Gottschlich, Irene Graef, Valeska Grisebach, Esther Gronenborn, Nina Grosse, Juliane Großheim, Alexandra von Grote, Cornelia Gruenberg, Delia Gyger, Petra Haffter, Janin Halisch, Lioba von Hardenberg, Andrea Harkin, Carola Hauck, Helene Hegemann, Hanna Maria Heidrich, Claudia Heindl, Julia von Heinz, Sonja Heiss, Maria von Heland, Eva C. Heldmann, Sophie Heldman, Carolina Hellsgård, Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Maria Hengge, Janine Hennig, Juliane Henrich, Anke Hentschel, Sabine Herpich, Kordula Hildebrandt, Dagmar Hirtz, Sigrid Hoerner, Anna Hofmann, Petra Hoffmann, Ilse Hofmann, Maike Höhne, Irene Höfer, Claudia Holz, Kerstin Honeit, Sherry Hormann, Ullabritt Horn, Helena Hufnagel, Hermine Huntgeburth, Anne-Kristin Jahn, Lih Janowitz, Friederika Jehn, Vanessa Jopp, Karin Jurschick, Christine Kabisch, Cordula Kablitz-Post, Henriette Kaiser, Inka Kallwass, Iman Kamel, Steffi Kammermeier, Antoinette Karma, Marina Kem, Döndü Kilic, Sophie Kill, Imogen Kimmel, Caroline Kirberg, Solveig Klaßen, Isabell Kleefeld, Caterina Klusemann, Dagmar Knöpfel, Kristina Konrad, Felicitas Korn, Heidi Kranz, Kerstin Krause, Korinna Krauss, Nicoletta Krebitz, Franziska Krentzien, Jessica Krummacher, Antje Kruska, Leonie Kurz, Ute Langkafel, Birgit Lehmann, Gosia Lehmann, Antonia Lerch, Susanna Leu, Mirjam Leuze, Francesca Levorato Sarkis, Lena Liberta, Mónica Lima, Caroline Link, Gaby Lingke, Ivette Löcker, Friederike Lorenz, Angelina Maccarone, Ingrid Macziev, Uschi Madeisky, Lilo Mangelsdorf, Pia Marais, Elisabeth Mayer, Anna Martinetz, Karola Meeder, Sarah Judith Mettke, Doris Metz, Sylke R. Meyer, Pamela Meyer-Arndt, Sabine Michel, Barbara Miersch, Helke Misselwitz, Beatrice Moeller, Erica von Moeller, Maria Mohr, Birgit Möller, Katharina Mückstein, Vanessa Nica Mueller, Vera Mueller, Christa Mühl, Diana Näcke, Vivian Naefe, Alexandra Nebel, Sandra Nedeleff, Marita Neher, Sandra Nettelbeck, Nana Neul, Esther Niemeier, Käthe Niemeyer, Marie Noelle, Dorothea Nölle, Wendla Nölle, Bettina Oberli, Ruth Olshan, Carolin Otterbach, Carolin Otto, Jana Papenbroock, Daniela Parr, Nathalie Percillier, Maggie Peren, Christina Perincioli, Katharina Peters, Marion Pfaus, Maris Pfeiffer, Vivien Pieper, Stefanie Platen, Franziska Pohlmann, Alexandra Pohlmeier, Ayse Polat, Sonja Pollikeit, Kerstin Polte, Mischka Popp, Claudia Prietzel, Anne Pütz, Susann S. Reck, Maya Reichert, Anne Kristin Reyels, Ziska Riemann, Barbara Rohm, Jule Ronstedt, Claudia Rorarius, Caroline Rosenau, India Roth, Katrin Rothe, Margrét Rún, Susanna Salonen, Hanna Salzer, Yasemin Samderelli, Helke Sander, Silvana Santamaria, Katarina Schickling, Ika Schier, Franziska Schlotterer, Claudia Schmid, Carolin Schmitz, Susanne Schneider, Bettina Schoeller-Bouju, Franziska Schönenberger, Sarah Schreier, Marieke Schroeder, Alexa Schulz, Birgit Schulz, Andrea Schwalbach, Petra Seeger, Christina Seitz-Ferro, Satu Siegemund, Helen Simon, Maru Solores, Hilde Stark, Tamara Staudt, Irma-Kinga Stellmach, Sabine Steyer, Julia Stiebert, Marita Stocker, Ula Stöckl, Britta Stöckle, Eva Stotz, Katja Straub, Pia Strietmann, Franziska Stünkel, Isabell Suba, Stefanie Sycholt, Magda Szymkow, Sibylle Tafel, Barbara Teufel, Frauke Thielecke, Clarissa Thieme, Anne Thoma, Ines Thomsen, Sibylle Tiedemann, Tina von Traben, Monika Treut, Desirée von Trotha, Margarethe von Trotta, Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Tini Tüllmann, Tatjana Turanskyj, Nergis Usta, Ulrike Vahl, Gwendolen Van Der Linde, Anett Vietzke, Petra Volpe, Marie-Theres Wagner, Petra Wagner, Ulla Wagner, Anna Wahle, Julia Walter, Connie Walther, Britta Wandaogo, Nicole Weegmann, Mareike Wegener, Saskia Weisheit, Esther Wenger, Birgitta Weizenegger, Christine E. Wiegand, Ute Wieland, Anne Wild, Bettina Wilhelm, Claudia Willke, Lisa Wimmer, Bettina
Woernle, Monika Anna Wojtyllo, Katharina Woll, Ariane Zeller, Micaela Zschieschow, Angela Zumpe. The supporters : Claudia Apel (Artist), Michael Andre (Journalist), Stefan Arndt (Head Producer X Filme), Christine Aufderhaar (Film Score Composer), Heinz Badewitz (Festivaldirector Int. Hofer Filmtage), Michael Ballhaus (DOP), Altea Bayo Pérez (Event Manager), Marie Bäumer (Actress), Julia Beerhold (Board Member, Actors' Guild),Prof. Hans-Joachim Berndt(Filmhouse Duck Soup), Ines Berwing (Scriptwriting Student), Martin Blankemeyer (Managing Director Filmhaus Köln), Kathrin Buchner (Journalist), Christian Becker (Producer Rat Pack Filmproduction), Bibiana Beglau (Actress), Connie Beißer (DOP), Senta Berger (Actress), Michael Bertl (DOP), Barbara Biegel (Artist), Milena Bonse (TV Editor, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel), Annette Bruhns (Journalist, Instigator ProQuote-Medien), Silke Burmester (Journalist), Oliver Broumis (Actor), Anja Caspary (Journalist/Radio Presenter), Lauro Cress (Filmstudent), Octavia Crummenerl-Gloggengießer (Composer Film Score) Susanne Degener (Ministery of Science and Culture, Niedersachsen), Kristin Derfler (Writer), Anke Domscheit-Berg (Writer, Journalist), Angelika Doucha-Fasching (TV Editor ORF), Karen Duve (Writer), Sandra Ehlermann (Investigator&Director of Scriptmakers.de), Christine Eichholz (Theatre Pedagogy), Dr. Rainer Fabich (Composer Filmscore), Tom Fährmann (DOP), Elke Ferner (parlamentarische Staatssekretärin beim BMFSFJ, ASF-Bundesvors.), Veronika Ferres (Actress), Jonas Fischer (Student), Ulrike Folkerts (Actress), Esther Freymadl (Administration Senat Berlin), Amelie Fried (Writer, TV-Presenter), Annette Frier (Actress), Marc Fritzler (Writer), Stephan Geene (Film Director), Nicole Gerhards (Producer NiKo Films), Antonia Gerke (Actress), André Georgi (Scriptwriter), Heleen Gerritsen (Director dokumentART Festival), Josefina Gill (DOP), Claudia Gleisner (Filmeditor), Pamela Gräbe (Internet Editor/Community Mgmt.), Erika & Ulrich Gregor (Co Instigators dt. Kinemathek & Intern. Forum of Berlinale & Festivaldirector, a..m.), Ingrid Gündisch (Director Theatre), Birgit Gudjonsdottir (DOP), Angela Haardt (Curator), Martin Hagemann (Head Producer Zero Fiction), Kirsten Hager (Head Producer Hager Moss Film), Evelin Haible (Producer Geissendörfer Film- & Fernsehproduktion KG), Mahelia Hannemann (Master of Arts, Media Science), Katja Harms (Camera Student), (Benjamin Hassmann (Film Student, Martina Haubrich (Producer, Looks Film&TV), Clementina Hegewisch (Producer), Peter Henning (Writer/Director, Professor Scriptwriting), Jutta Hercher (Writer), Annette Hess (Scriptwriter), Annika Hohl (Agent/Verlag der Autoren), Eva Hubert (Director, Filmförderung Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein), Sigrid Hupach (Kulturpolitische Sprecherin/Die Linke), Akiko Hitomi (Writer), Martin Hoffmann (Intendant Berliner Philharmoniker), Alfred Holighaus (Director Deutsche Filmakademie), Nicole Houwer-Joens (Producer/Writer), Frédéric Jaeger (Filmreviewer), Karin Jahns (Equal Opportunity Commissioner), Beate Jensen (Actress), Anne Juenemann (Filmeditor), Franziska Kabisch (Filmstudent), Bernhard Karl (Programer Filmfest München, intern. Program), Regina Karner (Entrepreneur), Uschi Keil (Agent/Above the Line), Bettina Kenney (Actress), Cordelia Kissling (lic.phil/Comunication), Klaus-Peter Klauner (Sound engineer WDR), Dr. Mechthild Klotz (Coach, Mediator), Bodo Knapheide (Director of Studies DFFB), Daniela Knapp (DOP), Maria Köpf (Producer Zentropa Entertainments), Alexandra und Meike Kordes (Head Producers Kordes&Kordes), Dieter Kosslick (Director of Int. Filmfestival Berlin), Alexandra Krampe (Producer), Franz Kraus (CEO, ARRI), Anke Krause (Script Consultant), Elin Krause Halvorsen (Student HFF/B Konrad Wolf), Vicky Krieps (Actress),
Nina Kronjäger (Actress), Rainer Kühn (Composer Film Score), Konradin Kunze (Writer/Director), Adrian Kutter, (Festival Director Filmfestspiele Biberach), Barbara Lackermeier (Actress), Katharina Langensiepen (Sozialpolitische Sprecherin/Grüne Ratsfraktion Hannover), Anne Leppin (Managing Director Deutsche Filmakademie), Barbara Liere (Social Padagogue), Barbara Leu (Psychotherapist), Max Linz (Director), Kristina Löbbert (Producer Wüste Film West), Claudia Loewe (Managing Director DFA Produktion), Petra Lüschow (Writer), Hannah Maag (Line Producer), Nina Maag (Producer Construction Film), Fränzi Madörin (Artist), Helen Mahlke (Psychologist), Cristina Marx (Filmuniversität Babelsberg Release/Distribution), Sineb El Masrar (Editor Gazelle, Writer), Sophie Maintigneux (DOP), Sabine de Mardt (Head Producer Eyeworks), Falk Neubert (Board Member MDR-Rundfunkrat, Die Linke, Landtagsabgeordneter Sachsen), Gerda Nieves Martinez Lopez (Producer), Sabine Michel (Writer), Cornelia Möhring (Member Bundestag), Anna Momber-Heers (Coaching/Acting), Jossie Moormann (Ltd.Regierungsschuldirektorin a.D.), E.R.Nehle (Sculptress), France Orsenne (Producer), Martin Ontrop (Actor), Yildiz Özcan (Producer Wüstefilm, West), Zoltán Paul (Filmdirector), Franziska Petri (Actress), Harald Petzold (MdB, mediapol.Speaker/Die Linke), Esther Maria Pietsch (Actress), Kristl Philippi (Script Consultant), Franziska Pohlmann (Producer Pohlmann Creatives), Sebastian Popp (Head Producer, Stoked Film), Prof.Dr, Elisabeth Prommer (Professor Media Studies), Nadja Radojevic (Women In Film and Television), Susann Rauhaus (Producer, Script Consultant), Uschi Reich (Head Producer), Silke Räbiger (Director Int. Frauenfilmfestival Dortmund/Köln), Angelika Ramlow (Arsenal, Inst.f.Film u.Videoart), David Jeremy Rauschning (Filmeditor), Annette Reeker (Head Producer all-in-production), Edgar Reitz (Filmdirector, Marcel Reuter (Press Relations Officer Bündnis90/Die Grünen), Katja Riemann (Actress), Peter Rommel (Head Producer Rommel Film), Tabea Rößner (Bundestagsabgeordnete, Bündnis90/Die Grünen), Claudia Roth (Vicepresident d. dt. Bundestages), Astrid Ruppert (Writer), Susanne Sachhsse (Actress), Natasha Saheli-Shahnian (Political Scientist), Anno Saul (Filmdirector), Ulle Schauws (Bundestagsabgeordnete, Bündnis90/DieGrünen), Till Schindler (Actor), Brigitte Schlögel (Art Director), Melanie Schmidli (Actress), Volker Schlöndorff (Film Director) Katrin Schlösser (Head Producer ö Filmproduktion), Raphaela Schmakoswski (Therapist), Maren Schmitt (Producer), Dorothee Schön (Writer), Ruth Schönegge (Filmeditor), Jan Schütte (DFFB Director), Monika Schulz-Strelow (President FidAR), Sylvia Schwarz (Actress, Acting Teacher), Antje Sommer (Journalist), Manuel Siebenmann (Writer/Director), Dr. Gabriela Sperl (Producer Sperlfilm), Claudia Splitt (Actress), Birgit Stauber (Actress), Phillipp Stendebach (Producer Augenschein Filmproduktion), Susanne Stenner (Writer, Producer), Sophia Stepf (Director Theatre), Ruth Stieve (Actress), Belinde Marijana Stoisits (Vienna Film Comission), Leah Striker (DOP), Nadja Stübinger (Actress), Barbara Süess (commercial employee), Hanneke van der Tas (Producer Vandertastik Films), Ursula Theißen (Frauenkulturbüro NRW), Milena Thomsen (Filmstudent /Producer, Marketing Ass), Ruth Toma (Writer), Julia Tripke (Illustrator), Theresia Vogel (Student Science of Music), Anika Wagner (Student Film/Video), Verena E. Weiss (Choreograph), Sarah Wiener (Entrepreneur), Lavinia Wilson (Actress), Manja Wittmann (Producer Tresor TV Produktion), Iris Wolfinger (Head Producer Eyeworks), Luise Wolfram (Actress), Barbara von Wrangell (Head of Production), Dr. Gualtiero Zambonini (WDR, Integration Commissioner), August Zirner (Actor) - and many more. München, 13.1. 2016
