From the Underwire film festival people, off the back of:
We’ll be asking everyone to get myth-busting on common misconceptions about female filmmakers and the struggles they face in making the transition from short films to features. NoĆ© Mendelle (Scottish Documentary Institute), Hannah McGill (Sight & Sound, The List) and Tom Kalin (Columbia University) will take a series of familiar complaints, rip them to shreds, and look forward to a time when the question ‘How does it feel to be a woman filmmaker?’ is never asked again.
Kate Taylor has already kicked off the debate with a blog over on the GSFF site, laying out her Golden Rules for the session: Damn the Statistics; Let the conversation be diverse; and the 9-point 'myth list'.
