A record 76 countries submitted films to the Academy Awards Foreign Language category. Attached to these films are 79 directors, 17 of them women. That's 21.5%, which I believe is at the higher end of the proportion of feature films directed by women, globally . The three women in this list who are joint directors all share that credit with men. (WHY are there so rarely women who co-direct?).Any guesses about which of these will be among the few actually nominated? Or might win? I suspect that in this context Haifaa al-Mansour's Wadjda will be up there. I've seen so few of these films though. There's a fine opportunity for an enterprising person to set up an online festival (hello Indiereign , hello MUBI ) , so we can all share the delights of the very diverse directors' achievements! Images of the directors are on my Pinterest board, Oscars 2014 Women Directors . Hoping this board will flourish over the next few months-- Here's the list:
The Development Project's blog— For women who make movies. And for the people who love them. Globally.