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10 Reasons Women Are Ruling Sundance This Year

Though the mainstream film industry is still very much a boys’ club, women are killing it at Sundance this year.Eight of the 16 films in the U.S. dramatic competition were made by women, compared to only three in 2012. “I love the fact that there’s actual gender parity instead of just the token ‘girl,’ ” Jill Soloway, writer-director of Afternoon Delight told The New York Post. This year’s breakthrough is “what women have waited for forever, a base of true equality. Now it feels like there really is a level playing field.”

The documentaries, heavy dramas and dark comedies that are getting the most buzz at the festival all were either written or directed by women, or focus on a complex female protagonist. Anne Thompson told Public Radio International, “The new indie model that is emerging is much more collaborative — barter talent, share roles,” she said. “All these filmmakers are sort of roaming the country helping each other make films in all these different locations and all these different ranges of experiences and it works. Women are really good at that kind of thing.” Here are 10 reasons why women are ruling this year’s Sundance film festival.

 

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