Katrin Gebbe

[on working opportunities for female directors in German Film and TV industry] I don't know if the new focus on supporting more female directors and producers played a role in our financing. But when I compare myself and my female colleagues to male national and international directors who have a similarly successful first feature, women definitely have a harder time to win job proposals and financing. It is also more difficult to make a second feature at all and, if one does, it mostly takes longer, even though there is so much research that proves women are really smart with their budgets and their films win prizes more often. In Germany still only 4% of feature films are produced and directed by an all-female team, like Verena [Gräfe-Höft ] and I. I am a member of the women's networks Pro Quote Film and Women in Film and Television. I think Pro Quote in particular helped a lot to improve our conditions in Germany in the past years. There is an awareness of discrimination against women that has emerged among those responsible in broadcasting, film promotion and politics. Nobody any longer denies discrimination against female creatives in the film and television industry. Especially in the television business, producers and editors employ women more often now. The film industry has also woken up.